A Dessert Lover's Paradise: Chez Karine Bakery at Serendra

Chez Karine Bakery, located at Serendra in Bonifacio Global City, is owned by pastry chef Karen Yang (daughter of the George Yang of McDonalds Philippines), who earned her Diplome de Patisserie from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She then spent some time working at the Marriott Hotel right along the famed Champs Elysees, where she assisted the pastry chef. Having spent 15 years in San Francisco, the Stanford University graduate recently came home to Manila to pursue her passion in baking.

The store facade

At P50 each, Chez Karine Bakery's French Macarons are considered their specialty. Compared to other Macarons that I've tried, theirs is actually softer and chewier. Other Macarons are crunchier and a bit flaky, which are therefore a bit more messier to eat. Chez Karine's Macarons taste really good, too.

Holiday decorations--I wonder if those are real Macarons

We bought two boxes of seven macarons. At P50 each, the two boxes therefore cost us P700. It's definitely a bit pricey compared to other Macarons (Bizu sells their Macarons at P47 each, while one of the stalls that have them at the weekend bazaar at the Eastwood Mall was just around P35-P40 each). I would say the premium price on Chez Karine Macarons are definitely worth it, though. 

On display

The counter

Aside from the Macarons, they also sell other desserts such as pudding (which, based from other blog posts I've read are also really good) and cakes. They also have coffee which, compared to those famous coffee shop chains are actually quite reasonably-priced. 

The drinks and their prices

Their Macarons are really, really good! We devoured everything really quickly.

(Chez Karine Bakery is located at Serendra at Bonifacio Global City, right beside Cupcakes by Sonja.  You may visit their website at www.chezkarine.com or like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/chezkarinebakery. They are open from 10am to 10pm from Sunday to Thursday and 10am to 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays.)