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French-Japanese Dining Flair at Le Petit Souffle

May 20, 2015 by Richard

Le Petit Souffle Century City French flair

Le Petit Souffle is a new French-Japanese with Chef Miko Aspiras and Chef Kristine Lotilla behind the kitchen.  Located inside a mall with glass windows showing a facade offering a little peek of the journey your senses will be taken to. Step inside the whimsical place that’s light on the eyes and imbues one with a sense of coziness without really trying. Yellow, white and brown is the color palette it adopts to transport you to someones garden complete with trees and shrubbery.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Rolling Pins

Look up and see the rolling pins hanging from the trees.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Sweet Corn Potage

Our preview into their menu started with their trio of soup. The Sweet Corn Potage (P195) is an intense corn soup that’s a bit thicker than what Irene has been whipping up at home. It has a smokier flavor because of the the roasting and some bits of playfulness by way of the caramel popcorn pieces. I forgot to say that it is one of the prettiest soup presentations I’ve seen with the corn cob on the side to nibble on.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Onion Curry Squash Soup

The other two soup options are the Onion Soup (P220) and Japanese Curry Squash Soup (P195). The onion soup is a no brainer menu item for a place serving some form of French food, classic beef and caramelized onion soup topped Gruyere and Emmental cheeses. The curry soup is the more enjoyable one for me because it’s a new combination that works really well together. A creamy and comforting bowl of soup.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Sesame Crusted Tuna Salad

The Sesame Crusted Tuna Salad (P345) is a joy to eat. It may not look it but the sesame-wasabi dressing ties everything together. The seared tuna are also perfectly executed with just a thin layer of the fish that is cooked so you still get the sashimi feel.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Yakult Guava Strawberry Mint Ice Tea

Chef Miko is enamored with ice tea so he whipped up some non traditional ones with his own spin to it. There’s Guava and Yakult (P375) and Strawberry/Mint/Celery (P375) served in big carafes perfect for sharing. With my strawberry leanings, my choice was the light and citrusy strawberry one.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Cold Matcha Latte with Matcha Soft Serve

If your tastes lean toward matcha then you’ll get a load of it with the Cold Matcha Latte with Matcha Softee (P175). Think of it as a matcha float.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Pancetta Carbonara

The Pancetta Carbonara (P355) is one of the better renditions around staying true to how it should be made. A raw egg sits in the middle of al dente fettuccine noodles, aged pancetta, shaved parmesan and roasted cashews. Mix the egg into the hot pasta to cook it and coat the noodles to create a lip smacking creaminess.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Vegetarian Soba Pasta

Vegetarian Soba Pasta (P325). If someone offered this to you, you probably would not accept it but give it a taste or you might just regret the decision. The soba noodles are tossed in a tasty shoyu sauce with lots of green vegetables. This is healthy food I would not mind eating.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Croque Madame

Croque Madame (P395). A croissant with a layer of bechamel sauce, black forest ham, gratinated raclette and a fried egg. Delicious but more ham would be greatly appreciated considering the price.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Squid Ink Rice

Squid Ink Rice (P395). Squid ink cooked rice topped with fresh seafood, shimeji mushrooms and a layer of creamy scrambled eggs. My undisputed choice for Le Petit Souffle’s signature dish. There’s no hint of “fishiness” from the squid ink rice, even Irene enjoyed it and she dislikes paella negra.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Mac and Foie

The indulgent choice goes to the Mac and Foie (P625) that’s a done with a bit of Japanese influence. Aside from the cheese and macaroni, they’ve added crimini and shimeji mushrooms as well as Hungarian sausage slices with pieces of foie gras on top. There’s a regular mac and cheese (P395) if you dislike foie gras.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Japanese Beef Curry Souffle

Japanese Beef Curry Souffle (P525). Japanese rice, beef strips with Japanese curry sauce covered with a savory souffle although it looks like fluffy scrambled eggs.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Crispy Ramen Chicken

Crispy Ramen Chicken (P355). Shoyu ramen crusted fried chicken cutlets served with Tonkotsu-wasabi and Sesame-Sriracha sauces. I felt the ramen just added visual appeal and crunchy texture to the chicken and I did not taste the flavor. The sauces are both good thought I just can’t decide which one I like more.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Valhrona Grand Crus

We started our dessert adventure with the Valhrona Grand Crus (P375). This plate is a chocolate lovers dream come true using 4 different kinds of Valhrona chocolates (Arguani 72%, Caramelia 36%, Dulcey 32%, Equatoriale 55%). Pouring the hot creme anglaise sauce melts the chocolate shavings that you have to mix thoroughly.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Matcha Parfait

Chef Miko’s parfait creations are the belle of the ball. Each one beautifully crafted and presented you’d feel bad about eating it. Matcha Parfait (P220) with matcha softee, chocolate cake chunks, chocolate sauce, matcha and coffee jellies, azuki beans and green tea white choco wafers.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Salted Egg Caramel Parfait

The Salted Egg Caramel Parfait (P220) has a vanilla custard base with vanilla cake chunks, salted egg custard, granola, vanilla wafers, caramel, peanut butter, and almond dacquoise. This is the most unique of the trio with the use of the grainy salted egg that gives a salty flavor similar to how salted caramel works.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Strawberry Lychee Parfait

The Strawberry Lychee Parfait (P220) combines two of my favorite fruits. Vanilla custard, vanilla cake chunks, fresh strawberries, strawberry sauce, lychee and match jelly, pistachio and almond dacquoise.

The custard bases were a little less creamy than what I would have liked but it’s already pretty good. They’ve since improved a couple of these parfaits by adding more toppings and substituting others out so it might not look and taste exactly the same as the ones I had. The core flavors will be there but trimmings will be different.

Le Petit Souffle Century City French Vanilla and Matcha Souffle

Excuse the picture of the souffle as I forgot to snap one before it had flattened. Of the two we tried, Matcha Valhrona (P350) and French Vanilla Bean (P300), I’m more partial to the classic vanilla bean one. Chef Miko’s souffle is a denser creation and has more body.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Frozen Valhrona Manjari and Mixed Berry Souffle Glace

Chef Miko has introduced a new line of frozen souffles but we were only able the Valhrona Manjari and Mixed Berry (P325). The frozen souffle is left to rise in the cold so the texture is still similar, a bit less airy than the baked version. This is another chocolate lovers pick with strong chocolate flavors contrasted by a tart berry compote.

Le Petit Souffle Century City Matcha Souffle Pancake

The Matcha Souffle Pancake (P180) is light and airy but the matcha flavor is too tame for the hardcore lovers. The pancake are puck shaped and thicker than regular pancakes but is still light and soft inside with a nice crust outside.

Le Petit Souffle is still growing into its menu with many changes as they gauge how the food is accepted. There are already clear cut favorites like the corn soup and the squid ink rice together with their pretty, Instagram worthy desserts.

Le Petit Souffle

Level 3 Century City Mall
Kalayaan Ave. cor. Salamanca St.
Brgy. Poblacion, Makati City
Contact No.: (632) 886-3056
 

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