La Cure Gourmande
“So imagine my surprise when I'm doing my daily lunchtime walk and I pass a window at Brookfield Place where cookie tins are prominently displayed!”
“Last week it was buy one tin of lolly-pops and get the second tin of lolly-pops free!”
“the apple cinnamon and apricot are my favorite.”
La Cure Gourmande
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
5 reviews
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I came here to buy a gift for my colleagues. This place is a French sweets store located inside Le District at Brookfield place. They have sweet biscuits with filling (apple and cinnamon, apricot, caramel, chocolate, figs, lemon, raspberry, strawberry).
I bought a tin box of apricot filled biscuits, and I tried some biscuits (navettes, sweet biscuits) to make sure that they would make a good gift. I tried the navettes: the almond, then the orange blossom. I didn't taste the orange flavor in it. These are super hard cookies! Beware for your teeth. Maybe they're meant to be dipped in a hot drink? Still, I wouldn't recommend them. The butter cookies are crumbly shortbread. They have plain or chocolate. As for the filled biscuits, the chocolate, the caramel were ordinary. The apricot filled were my favorite. I think that the fruit filled ones are more interesting than the chocolate or caramel because these can feel dry.
Fun shop with delicious and colorful baked goods and cookies reminiscent of the South of France Delicious flavors and friendly staff, a must in the area!
The cookies and candies are legit French! I happened to be here with a fresh-off-the-plane French friend and he confirmed it.
– Samples abound –
As soon as we walked in, a worker didn't give us a crumb. He handed us a hefty cookie filled with some sort of cinnamon jam that transported me directly to Christmas for a minute. I think you can try anything if you ask for it.
– Miracles –
I'd been looking for squishy buttery madeleines online and in the city for months now, with no luck. They're here! In 4 flavors! (plain, raspberry, orange, and caramel) Madeleines are $1.50 each or twelve for $10.50.
– Happy endings –
Before we made our purchase at the register, another worker made a point to hold an open tin of crispy chocolate balls in front of us and offered some.
Wonderful, lovely place. Delicious treats. Not cheap, so just buy what is on special. Last week it was buy one tin of lolly-pops and get the second tin of lolly-pops free! This week it's buy two cakes and get the third for free! Makes for amazing gifts! As for the cashier customer service, they're always a bit aloof and seem untrained, but there are a couple nice helpful people on the sales floor who give samples & advice.
Mmmm cookie! I seriously puffy heart anything baked and sweet and I have a notorious sweet tooth. So imagine my surprise when I'm doing my daily lunchtime walk and I pass a window at Brookfield Place where cookie tins are prominently displayed! Hold up work, I'm gonna need a few minutes.
So I walk in and well nothing really caught my eye at first, I just see tins and tins of things…a little display of chocolate and caramels, when a worker bee asks me if I want to sample some lemon filled cookies. Um, yeah! And so tasty they were… I see where they sell the loose cookies, grabbed me a plastic glove (which I need to steal a few for my home hair dyeing days…) and went to town. Fig, chocolate, lemon, apricot, apple cinnamon, strawberry, raspberry and some others I can't remember.
Skip my way to the cashier where she rings me up…and offers me more samples…WIN! Okay so they're not cheap and I was hoping that they would be worth it. I had the apple cinnamon first, then the fig. Bottom line is that they are tasty, though a tad on the dry side…more like a biscuit consistency. Did I enjoy them all? You bet. Would I go back for more? Mmmm, maybe not. The tins are really cute though and may get one for an out of town friend.