Madeleine Cafe

Many Kuching residents experienced a gustatory epiphany upon the opening of Madeleine Cafe.

Taking a haute cuisine approach with his baked goods, Chef Liew’s work is predominantly Westerninspired, and impeccably presented. Most would never guess that he began his career making simple traditional Chinese pastries. Indeed, he started off with running a humble home business - a vastly different direction from the elaborate French confections he crafts today.

Working 12 years overseas as a pastry chef, Chef Liew came back to Malaysia equipped with the technical know-how acquired from his experience abroad, and formulated a menu tailored for the Sarawakian market.

The highly popular Praline is a testament to this. A chocolate creation topped with premium chocolate shavings and gold praline, it is indulgent yet never too cloying. Traditional French pastries tend to be sweeter and richer than what local palates are used to, and Chef Liew has taken cues from the Japanese approach to dessert-making, toning down the flavours of his creations so as not to be too overwhelming.

A favourite flavour combination of the chef, a bite into the Ivory Raspberry yields the texture of white chocolate, balanced perfectly with a robust burst of fruit.

Finally there is Red Berries, a vision of delight in pink, cream and gold. Here, the tart sweetness of strawberries and raspberries are combined with the tangy creaminess of yogurt. This trio of ingredients serves as an invigorating departure from some of the richer offerings, but is as wonderfully complex as all of the items on Madeleine’s menu. •• Madeleine Cafe is open from 8am to 10pm daily, except Tuesdays Tel: 6082-529295 FB: @madeleinecafegreenheights IG: @madeleine.greenheights