Alexa von Harder - Pâtisserie in pastel tones
in short…
small café with London charm
dreamy cupcakes and extravagant tortes
and for breakfast - fluffy pancakes or poached eggs
A bit like in London - where tidy houses line quiet neighborhoods around well-kept little parks and where a tiny cafés display pastel-colored cupcakes in flower-framed windows - that’s the feeling at Alexa von Harder.
It’s no surprise, as Alexa spent her passionate years training as a confectioner and patissier at Peggy Porschen in the British capital.
From there, she brought back just the right amount of "snugness" to keep us coming back to her romantic café.
However, Ismaningerstraße in Munich is less charming than Victoria Grove in South Kensington.
This makes it all the more remarkable what a magical place Alexa has created here with her husband Kevin.
We love the little café, where the fluffy pancakes for breakfast are just as delicious as the club sandwich at lunchtime or the scones for cream tea.
If you can’t find room for one of the artful pastries, you should definitely take at least one or two home.
In the pretty box in which they are carefully packed, they survive the transport without any problem.
For those who can't make it to Haidhausen, Alexa runs another small Café in the Fünf Höfe in Theatinerstraße.
By pre-order, she offers large cakes that look especially stunning.
Next door on Ismaningerstraße, she also holds courses - naturally in beautifully decorated rooms - for those who want to practice the art of patisserie themselves.
