La Roche - Tunbridge Wells

Some places treat you well but when I visited La Roche today I tweeted that I was being treated like a queen and I felt like it, you only need to see the presentation of the food to see what I mean. It took me forever to choose a dessert from all of the beautiful hand-made and decorated French desserts. I decided on a gorgeous chocolate éclair, sat on a gold card, topped with a patterned chocolate wafer and a chocolate coin stamped with ‘La Roche’ in gold, extremely beautiful and just as tasty. The smiling young waitress behind the counter sent me to find a table while she placed in on the bottom of a two tier cake stand, putting a cake fork and spoon on the top tier and finishing it with strawberries and raspberries. When she brought it over I couldn’t help but remark on how pretty it looked and thank her profusely.

The counter is delicately filled with French cakes and pastries from apple danishes to cupcakes and not forgetting the gorgeous éclairs. Off to one side is a glass cabinet, proudly displaying three ruffle-effect cakes, they look wonderful and show the talent of whoever made them and are available by commission. The whole place is decorated in gold and marble-effect, shown in the pillars (that match the floor and the counter) that adorn the gorgeous arched cabinet at the back of the room, now being used to display the fresh bread that they bake and sell here. Saying that, the whole room smells like baking, just adding to the classic bakery atmosphere and the fresh flowers in the center of the counter round off this fresh, friendly and traditional café to perfection.

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Website: larochetw.co.uk
Address: 7 London Rd, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0RR