When it comes to the best desserts, most people will probably first think of Macaroon and Mont Blanc, which originated in Italy but were popularized by France, or tiramisu, a love food that originated during a certain war in Italy. Tiramisu, the beautiful mistake from the German chef - Black Forest Cake Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte, originated from the failed baking work of a black old mother in the United States - Brownie, etc. Is it difficult to associate desserts with the major city of Greece "Athens" Are they connected together?
'Sweet Alchemy', located in the suburb of Kifisia in northern Athens, was originally a seemingly inconspicuous dessert shop. After undergoing an overall renovation by the local architect firm Korfiatis Kostas, it looks like a Japanese TV series "Wild Boar Girl". "Transformation" is so similar that even the owner can hardly recognize it! Lets talk about the chef Stelios Parliaros first!
A Greek who was not born and raised in Greece came to Athens alone after graduating from high school. After studying in France and accumulating practical experience at the Ritz Hotel in London, he began to work in Athens. The so-called "dessert revolution" was carried out in the region, using everything from print media to the cloud network, in various forms, professional and amateur seminars, newspapers and magazines, and even publishing personal recipe books, and later opened this store , was also invited to be the Greek food promotion ambassador to promote overseas. He further began to study various raw materials and techniques, combined with his own unique skills and aesthetic qualities, and became what the locals call a "dessert alchemy expert."
The results of these evolutions are also reflected in the stores renovation design concept like a mirror. Taking the mysterious idea as the starting point, metal stands like copper and gold curtains are set up to create an ancient pharaohs treasure collection. The mysterious and gloomy feeling of the basement. Every raw material used, whether it is gold, silver, brass, or iron, maintains its original characteristics to construct the design that the designer simulated in his mind. And what about the original simulation? ?
To put it bluntly, it is actually a laboratory concept. It uses transparent filter tubes that run from the ceiling to the floor, and puts in magical liquids like hydrothermal crystals and potions. Transparency is the main axis, just like those chefs who are making desserts. They are like sorcerers with fantasy magic who are refining mysterious substances. The light that diffuses in according to the rules of sunshine time becomes the best auxiliary material, accelerating the sensitivity of the retinal visual nerve to changes in light and shadow, and you will see one after another. A carefully crafted alchemical dessert is placed in a design space like a jewelry box, as well as jars and jars of medicine.
The strange and dark dessert space is waiting for you to continue exploring.
