L’Atelier Tiramisu

This place is hard to find! The addresses of the stores do not run In any meaningful order. The matcha tiramisu I ordered to go was heavily laced with rum. The matcha rum combo did not quite hit it for me. I would rather have had the original flavor but the birthday boy wanted matcha so matcha it was! The texture was smooth and rich and creamy! I would go back for the original tiramisu!

The matcha tiramisu is just weird to me. While I like that it is not overly sweet, the matcha taste just clashes with the alcohol in the cake.
The classic version is much better.
Expensive cakes for the smallish slices though. And yes, the store is hard to find. Follow directions towards the mrt station and you should see it.

Despite my familiarity with The Central at Clarke Quay, i spent a good 15 minutes walking round and round the basement maze searching for this little store. You’d pass by it if you take the train underpass into the shopping mall and it has taken over the dance studio for wannabe hipsters (yay to that).
The shoebox café only serves tiramisu, along with coffee from Liberty Roasters and tea. Four flavors are available– classic, lychee, dark cherry and matcha and they are made from a French family recipe of the owner’s in laws.
A slice of cake would set you back by $ 6.80 but it was a rather generous slice with Liberty espresso soaked ladies’ fingers and liqueur with Marsala wine. Here is a close up of the Classic.
The sponge was like a spongy chiffon that soaked up all that delicious elixir. I would prefer for it to be entirely soaked though as i thought the center was a little dry. I guess soggy ladies’ fingers wouldn’t be as appetizing or structurally sound but who cares!
The mascarpone cheese with dusted cocoa was simply irresistible, so much that i practically inhaled it. The cream was light and fluffy instead of rich and heavy as per my usual preference but it allowed me to easily devour the entire slice on my own.
I didn’t think that the 5 mini cup samplers ($ 15) were sufficient for a good taste of the tiramisu so just stick with a slice (or two). The Dark Cherry was kinda like a blackforest cake with plump sweet (not artificial) cherries in the mix. It’s nice as a cake, but it’s not really a tiramisu to me. Yes i’m conventional that way.

beautiful slices of classic-​and-​more tiramisu done right at this small store at the basement of the central at clarke quay. don’t be fooled by the dainty entremet-​like appearance of the slice — it’s a hefty portion of mascarpone layered with properly-​soaked lady finger biscuits, and very delicious (almost surprisingly so).
my expectations were high given the store serves only its namesake, and it more than rose to the mark. it’s some sort of OCD the way I appreciate how it cuts through beautifully — the cheese and soaked biscuits yield cleanly but retain structure, and you taste everything in the balance of coffee, cream and cocoa.
choose between ordering a sampler of different flavors, a slice of each, or a large square cake; and while not cheap at six-​eighty a slice, it’s competitive with the rising prices of cake (why?! it’s not as though I’m not paying for it with gym time already). and don’t underestimate how filling that one slice is — it’s actually perfectly portioned: any larger and the richness would be cloying, any smaller miserly. as was, it is elegant and just right for a very indulgent tea-​time.
n.b. for you hipster coffee aficionados, you can grab your slice with a cup o’ liberty java.