PANCIOUS – Central Park Mall

Pancious is a popular pancake house, but the only reason I came here is to try their crepe cake and earl grey milk tea. Since I am not a fan of pasta and pancakes, some of my friends recommend me to try their crepes cake and earl grey milk tea which looks tempting for me. Located in Tribeca, by facing the green center piece with 1.5 ha park area in Central Park Mall, Pancious offers a good ambiance with their indoor and outdoor dining. The fresh air exposed outdoor sitting lets you to sit and take in the view of the park while enjoying your meals.

Actually, i don’t like their interior design. The ceiling is too high for a room that is not too wide, so it feels cramped. Although equipped with air conditioner, the room was still rather hot, probably because of its location close to the park. Another subjective reasons, I really hate their lighting that makes me hard to take good pictures. LOL…

Chicken Caesar Salad

Even though I don’t really like salad, but i like their Chicken Caesar Salad. It consists of romaine lettuce, egg, grilled chicken, parmesan cheese, croutons, and caesar dressing. The romaine lettuce is fresh and the croutons is really tasty and flavorful. The grilled chicken is also nice with juice and tender texture. Just dip it into caesar dressing for a perfect taste!

Hot Tuna

For each pasta menu pasta, you can choose penne, spaghetti, or fettucini for its selection of pasta. And for this time, we choose penne for pasta selection. Hot Tuna consist of tuna flakes, chili, tomato, onion, and parsley. To be honest, this is quite disappointing me. Overall, it’s less spicy and the penne itself too dry and I think it should be a little more greasy. For more comforting taste, we add more chili powder and parmesan cheese.

Earl Grey Ice Milk Tea

This is one of the reasons why we came here. And damn, for sure it’s really good! The milk tea comes in a pitcher with 2 glasses of ice cubes that made from the milk tea itself. It’s such a good idea so when the ice cubes melt, it will give us more flavor to the drink. The earl grey milk tea is really good and refreshing with the right level of sweetness. It’s definitely our favorite beverage in Pancious. FYI, you can drink it up to 5 glasses.

Green Tea Crepes Cake

Is a big mistake if you do not try their crepes cake, especially the green tea one since it’s the most favorite crepes cake here. All crepes cake comes with 2 selections of ice cream, there is vanilla and chocolate. Honestly, we really love this crepes cake, its so delicate and gentle with green tea sauce and biscuit crumbles. The amount of sweetness on the green tea sauce is just enough, and the ice cream quite helps for people who needs sweeter taste. It came with crumbs which gives a better texture of the desert. The size of the cake itself is large enough and satiating us.

Mango Crepes Cake

Beside the green tea one, we also ordered Mango Crepes Cake since i’m a big fan of mango. LOL.. The crepes cake comes with mango sauce and fresh sliced mangoes. The cake itself is good with delicate and soft texture like the green tea one that I described above. The mango sauce is also good but the fresh sliced mangoes tasted slightly sour and less sweet. But we can understand that mango is a seasonal fruit and not easy to always get the best quality at all times. And other shortcomings, the vanilla ice cream tasted a bit rough and tasteless.. 🙁

Overall, Pancious still one of the best casual dining restaurant that offers appetizing yet delicious pasta, pancake, and dessert menu. We truly love their pasta and dessert. The service is also excellent. In this Central Park outlet, we think they should improve their pest control as we found many flies flying around (It may also be due to their location that near parks). Eventhough, I know that in another outlet they have more comfortable and pleasant place.. 🙂