Dumouchel Patisserie — Restaurant in Leeds

We’ve visited a couple of times after a friend close to Garforth recommended the place. It gets very busy at the weekend so I recommend coming midweek or getting here early!

It’s a sweet little shop in an unsuspecting area, next to the leisure centre. There are a big range of treats on offer with savoury and sweet pastries, and lots of gorgeous cakes and tarts. At Easter there were lots of eggs on sale too. You can buy a lot of the good stuff from the counter: the first time we went I ordered a mini chocolate mousse cake and it was absolutely to die for. Melt in the mouth and the silkiest creamiest mousse.

It was so good I ordered a birthday cake for my husband. This was the “origine” cake which is layers of dark and milk chocolate cake and mousse. We were blown away by this - it was rich and creamy and more like a dessert than a cake. It went down extremely well. I ordered a medium which was about 6-8 portions; it’s very rich so you don’t need big slices. I think this will be a new go-to for birthdays for us, we couldn’t get enough of it and the ordering process was simple and easy. It was such a wonderful treat to be able to order such a high quality cake here in Leeds and was worth the 25 minute drive from the other side of the ring road. Actually, for that cake I think I would happily walk over hot coals the whole way just to get another slice. Beautifully presented and made with f great care.

They also run cookery school sessions if you get a group together, which is something we might try in the future. Can’t wait...

My partner and I have visited twice in the last month, and each time have been bowled over by the quality of Thierry’s breads and pastries. For context, we live two hours away: our first visit was for a birthday treat and the second was because….the pastries are worth the two hour drive! :)

The almond pain au chocolat is INCREDIBLE and I would also highly recommend the little cake covered in chocolate as the mousse inside is just insanely good. The sponges are beautifully light and nothing is too sweet so flavours are perfectly balanced. The breads are full of flavour and highly recommended!

I also purchased some of the chocolate drops to bake with and have yet to do so, but a quick nibble test confirmed the high quality.

The best patisserie I’ve found outside France itself! Thierry is so lovely and very passionate about his produce, which is lovely to see. We will be back!

(Only one photo because everything got devoured before I remembered to...

I fancied some cheese for my evening meal. The French are light years in front of the English by eating beautiful high class bread with their cheese.

I have known of Dumouchel but not visited previously.

I availed myself of a baguette, a croissant and a pastry similar to a doughnut consistency ( but not look). I also took a triangle of quiche.

The items I had were simply wonderful. These people really know what they are doing. The goods on offer in the display counters also looked beautiful.

I was served by the proprietor who was very friendly and helpful, a nice bit of service I...