Madeleine de Proust Patisserie

Madeleine De Proust is a bakery dedicated to madeleines – the small, shell-shaped sponge cakes that originated in France. The Insta-turned-real bakery is by HyoJu Park (ex-Attica) and her chef-partner Rong Yao Soh. They’ve respectively worked in the kitchen at Seoul’s two-Michelin-starred Mingles and London’s Galvin at Windows, which had a Michelin star when Soh was there.

Here, you’ll find a dozen different types of the seashell-shaped bakes, all made with different batters, fillings and toppings. One might be filled with house-made pistachio paste and dipped in white Valrhona chocolate. Another might be a coffee madeleine filled with a ganache made from Market Lane coffee, whisky and Ecuadorian cacao. The delicate brushes used to top the madeleines with gold leaf, glazes and other finishes are imported from Japan, as are custom-made madeleine trays.