Cakes & Bubbles

During this trip, we ate a lot, and I mean A LOT. But perhaps, we might have just left the best for the last. It was on our final day in London before we have to catch the flight back, but us being gung-ho, decided to queue up for the opening of Cakes & Bubbles, which is Albert Adrià’s first foray into the London’s F&B scene. If you are not familiar with Albert Adrià, he’s the brother of Ferran Adrià and both of them were the driving forces behind the legendary Michelin three-star Restaurant, elBulli. Both brothers have created a gastronomic revolution and the restaurant will be forever remembered as the gold standard. After elBulli, Albert is now the owner of a culinary empire, including the hottest tapas restaurant in Barcelona, Tickets, in which the restaurant was awarded a Michelin Star and inducted in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Albert himself was even crowned The World’s Best Pastry Chef by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants and there is just no way we could have missed the opening of Cakes & Bubbles.
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On opening day, the queue was massively long and it took us almost an hour before we got to the front. As it was the launch, the restaurant was giving away a limited quantity of their famed signature dessert, The Cheese Cake, which fortunately for us, we were able to get one each. The description of this cheese cake was pretty interesting and it reads “for the adventurous: A new concept of the cheesecake, with coulommiers cheese, hazelnut and white chocolate” and at £12, it was by no means affordable. However, the price tag was clearly justified as each bite just brought an even higher euphoria. It has got to be one of the most memorable desserts that I’ve had in recent times and I highly recommend everyone to go get it when in London.
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Cakes & Bubbles
Address: 70, Regent Street, Hotel Cafe Royal, London W1B 4DY