{"id":11789,"date":"2024-11-30T17:35:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=11789"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:30:02","slug":"croissant-cafe-kaliningrad-it-tastes-as-good-as-it-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/croissant-cafe-kaliningrad-it-tastes-as-good-as-it-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"Croissant Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad it tastes as good as it looks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just a very nice place to eat, drink and relax in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

30 November 2024 ~ Croissant Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad it tastes as good as it looks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never let it be said, and it seldom is not, that an exorbitant number of my posts have a disproportionate beer focus. I like a drink, and I am partial to the odd atmospheric pub\/bar, but I am just as at home ~ well, nearly just as at home ~ in a good restaurant or caf\u00e9, and whilst I feel no need to prove the point, I will let you into the secret of one of my favourite Kaliningrad caf\u00e9s: Croissant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Croissant Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Croissant Caf\u00e9 resides on Alexandra Nevskogo Street, which, in my opinion is an excellent street. Among its many other delights and facilities, there is the Tourist Hotel, a well-stocked Spa supermarket, the legendary Cultura Bottle Shop, a shop selling all kinds of inexpensive household products, including socks, pants, slippers and woolly hats, a special bread kiosk, an arty farty barbers, in fact, everything needed for daily sustenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Croissant Caf\u00e9 is, of course, an all-year-round establishment, but I am particularly drawn to it in the winter months. I like the way on a cold, damp, frosty or a snow-settled day, the light ~ soft, warm and inviting ~ frames its windows in a cosy glow and then, stealing out into the street, tugs at your lapels. If you feel like a moth drawn to a flame, don\u2019t worry. For a caf\u00e9 serving quality food, the prices are quite reasonable. You can open your wallet, and you won\u2019t get burnt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Croissant Caf\u00e9 likens itself in atmosphere and fare to the best in French tradition. It proudly emulates the pastry shops and bakeries from which French gastronomy gets its good name. Certainly, its bread selection, which comes in all shapes and sizes, has enough French sticks and crispy baguettes bristling from its wicker baskets to conjure up boulangerie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Its website speaks in mouthwatering terms of all-day breakfasts and exclusive desserts, and its confidence in its \u2018confectionary showcase\u2019 allows it to mention by name its celebrated pastry chef Alexander Dianov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an illuminated glass display unit below the bread-laden shelves, a sumptuous banquet of choice awaits for those who have a sweet tooth. There are cakes, tarts, tempting delicacies covered in rich dark chocolate, an enticing array of exciting desserts and countless peerless pastries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Excuse me, why do they call it Croissant Caf\u00e9?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though Croissant Caf\u00e9 places great store on its sweet\u2019s selection, and not without good reason, its range of savoury dishes are no less gastronomically adventurous or relegated by aesthetic indifference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every picture tells a story, and the caf\u00e9\u2019s glossy booklet-style menus capture every dish using full-colour high-res photographs accompanied by descriptive profiles. The only flaw in the caf\u00e9\u2019s menu, which in fairness is an oversight endemic in Kaliningrad, is that it fails in its savoury dishes to cater sufficiently for vegetarians, a funny lot, I know, among whose number I am one, but a consumer group all the same growing exponentially whose converts await entrepreneurs who can convert their conversion into roubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am frankly quite surprised that no one in Russia\u2019s hospitality industry has identified the vast potential lurking in this untapped resource, brought it on, encouraged it and mined it for all it is worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Croissant Caf\u00e9 (Kruassan-Kafe) Kaliningrad
<\/strong>There are a number of Croissant Caf\u00e9s centred in and around Kaliningrad each proudly purveying a tempting range of high quality pastry and confectionary products and unique recipe freshly baked breads. Aromatic coffees and a wide selection of teas, plus hot beverages of an avant garde nature complement the caf\u00e9\u2019s cuisine, or, should you wish to pamper the palate further, you could always go for one of the wines from the caf\u00e9\u2019s European selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other caf\u00e9s in the Croissant Caf\u00e9 family in and around Kaliningrad<\/strong>
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\u0443\u043b. \u0411\u0430\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430, 87
\u041b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0440. 67
\u043f\u0440. \u041c\u0438\u0440\u0430, 84
\u043f\u0440. \u041c\u0438\u0440\u0430, 23
Zelenogradsk, Lenin St, 3
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On a menu so extensive that it could have been the work of Tolstoy, I could only find three meat-free meals, and when I went to place an order, two of these I discovered though pictorially on the menu were not really on the menu at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Croissant Caf\u00e9 Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The advantage of being a simple-food person is that disappointments like these have no earth-shattering consequences, and I was not so very much perturbed by the only option left to me, which was avocado salad. This relatively humble offering, like every other Croissant Caf\u00e9 meal, could not be better presented, and with an appetising salad dressing and an assortment of tasty breads, each one freshly baked, I was not unhappy with my lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with its savoury dishes and sweets, the caf\u00e9 does not stint on its coffee and tea varieties, which are almost more diverse than the migrant-invaded West. It also caters for those whose approach to beverages is more intrepid, who are open to trying something new, something enticingly different, something overtly exotic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excuse me, why do they call it Croissant Caf\u00e9?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contrary to Western media, Russia is rather sweet <\/a>(see that picture below). I, on the other hand, am not a sweet man (Sorry, what was that you said? You\u2019ve worked it out already.). However, providing the quality and price is right, I have been known to make exceptions, and nowhere am I more inclined to make exceptions of this kind than when dining at Croissant Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caf\u00e9s can be many things, for example caf\u00e9s exist in England that bear more than a passing resemblance to the down-at-heel soup kitchens in Chicago’s prohibition era (I kinda like these too!). Croissant, on the other hand, is the very Ritz of caf\u00e9s. The food is consistently good and presented with such an artistic flair that it would not look exceptionally out of place displayed at the London Tate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service, on my most recent visit and on previous occasions, was and has been commendable, scoring top marks for efficiency and ~ now read this caf\u00e9 owners and read it in slow motion, since loyal patronage depends on it~ a gold medallion for friendliness<\/em>. I am not, as some would appear to be, in the habit of frequenting caf\u00e9s to lord it over the waiters and waitresses. Empathy is good for digestion, and Croissant Caf\u00e9\u2019s friendly staff are a credit to the caf\u00e9\u2019s appeal and to its overall experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now look here and for the last time! Why do they call it Croissant Caf\u00e9?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the croissants at Croissant Caf\u00e9 are the real, the absolute deal. They are freshly prepared, baked and produced in a seductive variety of flavours and fillings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People come from near and far to sample and savour the pastries from which Croissant Caf\u00e9 takes its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you care for a tip? Whilst the chocolate croissants should not be passed over, the marzipan ones are marvellous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main thing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Croissant Caf\u00e9 (Kruassan-Kafe)
<\/strong>Ulitsa Aleksandra Nevskogo, 24-30, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, 236006

Tel:<\/strong> 8 (401) 230-30-40

Opening times:
<\/strong>Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am to 9pm

Website:<\/strong> \u041a\u0440\u0443\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0430\u043d-\u043a\u0430\u0444\u0435<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2024 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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