No matter how full you are, there’s always room for desserts. It is the perfect time to treat your eyes and taste buds to these sugary delights this Hari Raya, from perfect French éclair, authentic baklava, or indulgent ice cream to cool you down.
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur has everything your tastebuds desire this Hari Raya.
Here are the top treats to satisfy your sweet tooth:
D’éclair-ation of Love
Hailing from France, PAUL bakery and patisserie serves up an impressive selection of pastries and desserts. A must-try are their famous French éclairs – a light and airy choux pastry, filled with cream and topped with a beautiful glaze. While you’re there, grab one of their tartlets – another crowd favourite. Their tangy Lemon Tartlet is filled with bright and creamy lemon curd – it’s a beautifully balanced dessert that never fails to spark joy within.
Location: PAUL, Level 2, Pavilion KL
Cheesy come, cheesy go
Using the freshest milk and highest quality cheese, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factoryis definitely worth the hype. Bite into a slice of pillowy soft, light-as-air Milk Cheesecake, or enjoy a combination of Japanese mascarpone cheese and French cream filling in their Cow Cow Milk Pie.
Location: Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory, Level 2, Pavilion KL
Let’s Choco-bout Love
Explore a variety of chocolate flavours at Harriston Chocolatier Cafe, where you can find a selection of mouthwatering Malaysian-inspired delights, such as curry milk chocolate, tongkat ali chocolate, chili dark chocolate, and pineapple white chocolate with crunchy coconut. If you’re looking for a unique sweet and sour chocolate to tickle your tastebuds, try the Ruby Chocolate Fondue — a pink chocolate bowl made from ruby chocolate topped with pretzels, strawberries, apricots, praline, macaroon, and mixed berries.
Location: Harriston Chocolatier Cafe, Level 3, Pavilion KL
Batch Made in Heaven
My Cookie Dough serves some sweet, freshly baked cookies that are crispy on the outside and soft and gooey on the inside – and you can top off with a drizzle of chocolate sauce, a generous dollop of nutella, lotus biscoff spread, whipped cream, or even crushed oreos.
Location: My Cookie Dough, Level 2, Pavilion KL
Ice Ice Baby
If you’re up for an icy Instagrammable treat, kakigori – a Japanese sweet dessert with finely shaved ice and a variety of toppings – is perfect for you. What used to be a cold dessert served only to upper-class noblemen in Japan is now a popular icy treat for all. Try the classic Strawberry or Matcha flavour, or for a local Malaysian twist, try the Horlicks or Milo flavour.
Location: Kakiyuki, Level 4 and Miru Dessert Cafe, Level 6, Pavilion KL
Ice, Scream, Catch!
caramel (left) and the Cookie Minster – mint mixed with oreo cookies and fudge (right).
Ice cream is perfect for any season, and Cold Stone Creamery is one of the best places to get your fix. Create your own customized ice cream by mixing all your desired toppings and flavours together, and watch the ice cream experts combine it all together on a slab of frozen granite stone. It’s an ice cream experience you’ll never forget.
Make sure you’ve got your camera ready when they skillfully toss your ice cream in the air. Test your quick reflexes and catch your flying ice cream cone.
Location: Cold Stone Creamery, Level 2, Pavilion KL
For the Baklava lovers
Made from layers of flaky phyllo pastry and filled with crushed nuts and honey syrup, Baklavais the perfect sweet treat to end a meal. This popular Middle Eastern dessert that dates back to the 1800s is the perfect culmination of crispy, crunchy and sweet to invigorate the senses. Al-Amar serves its baklava with a deliciously creamy ashtadip, a Middle Eastern clotted cream.
Location: Al-Amar Lebanese Cuisine, Level 6, Pavilion KL
Sweet Cheese Pull
Enjoy the amazing cheese-pull that went viral on social media. This spun pastry, called Cheese Konafah, is soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar and is layered with cheese and pistachio. This crunchy, sweet, cheesy, creamy dessert is best paired with a cup of hot Arabic Mint Tea.
Location: Dubai, Food Republic, Level 1, Pavilion KL
Delightful Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight, commonly known as lokum, is a delicacy from Turkey and Iran and can be traced back as far as the late 18th century. This candy has the soft squishy texture of gumdrops and is often flavoured with rosewater, orange or lemon. Premium varieties include chopped dates, almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios, which are then dusted with icing sugar or copra. This fun treat will surely delight kids and adults alike.
Location: Al Halabi Gourmet Restaurant, Level 7, Pavilion KL
