Chez Christophe Chocolatier

Chez Christophe Chocolatier is a specialty cafe located in Burnaby Heights. Chez Christophe offers a variety of pastries, chocolates and cakes made in-house daily! You can choose to dine in with a hand-crafted beverage or sit on the patio.

If you’re not up for something sweet, they also offer sandwiches created with their house-made croissants! These are perfect for the days you’re here in the afternoon. I’ve visited a few times before for lattes and croissants but it’s been a while since I’ve had one of their desserts.

Chez Christophe Chocolatier offers a variety of chocolates and macarons for you to choose from to satisfy your sweet tooth. They display everything in their pastry cases so you are greeted by the bright colours when you walk in. They sell their specialty chocolates and macarons by the piece or box depending how many you would like.

The cakes are located beside the chocolates and are just as colourful. They have a variety of cakes to choose from. What I love about their cakes is how unique the flavours are! They have a sunny matcha cake, cassis vanilla cake, chocolate mango and more!

Strawberry pistachio cake

★★★★

I decided to get the strawberry pistachio cake. I picked it because it’s one of their seasonal items. The one I got was the one for 5 – 6 people and costed $29 after tax. The cake had FIVE layers to it and it included a pistachio cream, pistachio praline, strawberry cream and a layer with fresh strawberries!

I loved how even the layers of the cake was and it was The cakes here aren’t very sweet which is why I like the cakes from Chez Christophe Chocolatier so much. My favourite layers were the first three with the pistachio cream and fresh strawberries. The bottom two layers of the cake were denser which made it difficult to cut through compared to the silkier top layers. It was also a bit tricky to cut through the praline on the bottom so we didn’t end up eating it with the rest of the cake. We enjoyed it and found the pistachio to be a unique addition to the cake.