Le Grenier A Pain boulangerie

Visited the revamped Sembawang Shopping Centre and had another great find – Le Grenier A Pain boulangerie over the weekends. You cant miss the bakery as its located right at the entrance of the mall. And this bakery is as its name suggests, “Une autre boulangerie” – is really a different bakery! The fact that it dares to be at Sembawang already makes it stand out.

This French bakery was opened in December 2008, brought in here by an Indonesian Chinese who had a taste of this famous bakery during his trip to France and decided to bring this great bakery to Singapore. The press had a coverage of this bakery before but I did not pay special attention till I went there over the weekends and noticed this pleasant shop of bread and pastries with a strong Parisian flavour.

This lovely bakery boasting of delicious and enticing bread and sweet pastries is already a famous name back in Paris and the French regions. The master pastry chef who is also the founder of the Le Grenier A Pain bakery chain is Mr Michel Galloyer. He teaches pastry in France and has taught pastry chefs from numerous countries. With lots of teaching experiences and awards under his belt, it is no wonder the bread and pastries he turns out are so wonderful!

Fondant Paradiz

The special mention goes to the Fondant Paradiz (something like a Chocolate muffin topped with a layer of crispy chocolate). This was recommended by the staff as we were walking around the shop and wondering what to choose from the rows and rows of delicious and lovely aromatic bread and pastries. The helpful staff suggested we try this so we did. We ate it there at the small café inside the boulangerie and the staff baked it hot for us which was wonderful! Its also available in blueberry flavour and the cost is not expensive at about S$5 each. Their french baguettes are traditionally made and supposedly wonderful too. The bread they sell is very aromatic and unusually baked with ham and cheese, hazel nuts etc. Many selections are available there if you are looking for great French bread and sweet pastries.

I would definitely go there again to pick up some lovely pastries and maybe for a cup of coffee too! Le Grenier A Pain is at #01-01 Sembawang Shopping Centre, Singapore.