Levain Boulangerie Patisserie

A very fussy bread lover, I was most excited when I first heard of this place. Many thanks to my boyfriend for the specific directions! This is a popular shop that located in KL. I believe that everyone has heard about this shop. It’s poshy name matches it’s interior. The bungalow that houses Levain Boulangerie Patisserie is really beautiful, classy and cozy. I love the spaces they have and the high ceiling with aristocratic feel. It is a warm and delightful French mixed English style bakery shop with a comfortable atmosphere. Fresh breads and pastries are baked in a traditional stone oven which imparts a unique flavor and texture to the breads and pastries. You definitely can smell the savory taste from the kitchen. The queues attest to its popularity. It may have been mid-afternoon when I went, but I was still required to wait 20 minutes for a table.

The range and diversity of their breads, pastries, sandwiches and cakes were awesomely impressive. The cakes are awesomely delicious, they uses pure dark chocolate with crunchy chocolate chips which are not very sweet to make their black forest cake (on the left) and freshly picked sweet strawberries with white chocolate coated with “pandan” to match the flavor of the sour-sweet strawberry.

A macaroon is a sweet confectionary. Macaroons are very, or some of them may be said extremely sweet. For me, the macaroons in Levain are not that sweet. They taste nice than other shops and the ones in Harold (United Kingdom). The outer layer was slightly crunchy as it was a biscuit and follow by soft inner layer.

The Maple French Toast (RM4.80) was really good, & it helped that I got mine piping hot out of the kitchen as people are queuing for it. The crisp exterior went wonderfully with it’s maple syrup inside which you can hardly find these extraordinary french toast in Malaysia. The baby butter croissants was flaky & buttery as how it should be for RM1.50 each.They are extremely pleasant to taste.

They garnished the bread with fruits. It is scrumptious. Classic Fruit Tart (RM3.80 on the left) was the best among those different fruit tarts. It was sooooooo creamy and the fruits were sweet and juicy. Words just couldn’t describe how good are they in my mouth. My friend’s banana cheese tart (RM4.30 on the right) was alright, but I certainly hope they could use FRESH bananas instead of the preserved ones!!!!!

Over the nutshell, it was very obvious that the kitchen got it’s TECHNIQUES and SKILLS with their fresh ingredients right. All the buns were deliciously fluffy and soft.  I really wondered how that’s achieved! The crusty breads and puffs were nicely crusty without being too hard and it’s insides soft & chewy. I PERSONALLY opined that Levain Boulangerie and Patisserie is one of the best bakeries in town and definitely a paradise for us to enjoy our meal. For sure, prices do make a difference.

No. 7, Jalan Delima,
55100 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

Phone: +603 2142 6611
Email: info@levain.com.my
Monday to Sunday 7.30am - 9pm

BY Koa Sin Yee (Sindy)