Le Mardi est Jour de Gâteau

Le Salon d'Honoré
(Photo taken from TripAdvisor)

This week, we had to move Cake Wednesday to Tuesday, ergo; Cake Tuesday.

For this week's cake day, we did some research and TripAdvisor suggested that we try the café, 'Le Salon d'Honoré' on Grand Rue in Cherbourg town centre.

Well done TripAdvisor, this is one fabulous little tea room! Not only is it beautiful but they have a wonderful array of teas and cakes.

Just part of the extensive tea menu
at 'Le Salon d'Honoré'

The café is decorated in a lovely washed out peppermint green/duck egg blue kind of colour with some cream floral wall paper sections, wooden floors and pale pink and cream cushions and decorations. The walls have lovely frames, mirrors and china plate hangings. It's just so pretty!

Menu Cover

Allison ordered the 'Opus Viennois' perfumed green tea (an aromatic mix of Cinnamon, Orange, Vanilla and Rose). It smelt like 'Christmas Potpourri', as Allison described it!

I had the tea infusion 'Bisou de Fruits' (kiss of fruit) which had a delicious blend of Apple, Papaya, Pineapple and Caramel. It smelt and tasted amazing!

Cupcakes!
Chocolate with chocolate icing
and chocolate cream filling (left) and
Caramel with Caramel filling and
Vanilla cream icing and caramel sauce on top! (right)

The teas are all served on a beautiful mismatch of different china tea sets (but the cup and saucers match!). It is really sweet.

We also ordered cupcakes - one chocolate and one caramel to share. These not only had the icing on top, but were filled with creamy sauce of their corresponding flavour! Very tasty!

It seems to be run by a lovely older woman who brings everything over to your table on pretty trays.

The weather was absolutely horrible today but this little place was able to make me very happy!

I think this is in my top two favourite places in Cherbourg, along with the Parc Emmanuel Liais with their gardens and greenhouses.

Allison's 'Opus Viennois' (right)
and my 'Bisou de Fruits' (left)
Also, our Caramel and Chocolate cupcakes!