Address: No. 25, Lane 243, Jinhua Street, Da’an District, Taipei
Website: http://perle.looker.tw/
Style: Chinese, French
Price: $$
La Petitle Perle certainly lives up to its name: this little gem of a bakery might just be the loveliest bakery in Taipei. It's so homey - you almost feel like you're stepping into someone's kitchen and they've just taken out a tray of freshly baked bread. Because this place was one of the rare bakeries I stepped into and was greeted with the incredible aroma of hot-from-the-oven cinnamon buns. Oh man, that smell... they should get bonus points for that alone!
Although this bakery has a mishmash of both classic French bread and pastries along with a few perennial classics (I guess it's hard to run away from pineapple and green onion buns), front and centre were those cinnamon buns ($40). It has to be their specialty. Despite that, they don't really look all the great; they're certainly not photogenic with that dark cinnamon oozing out of it and its smushed, from-the-bag look. I was actually worried it was burnt, because I've had many a cinnamon bun and never seen one this dark. You'd think it's chocolate icing, but it's not. However, this was excellent. Super gooey and rich, so fresh and flavourful - now *this* is a cinnamon bun!
Rating: ***1/2
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