Emporio Leone at the V&A Waterfront
Cape Town’s most stylish baked goods store is situated at the V&A Waterfront. Emporio Leone [021 421 8518] offers luxury cakes, tarts and other confectionery and is definitely not to be missed- neither is their mouth-watering selection of macaroons.
Q: Where is Emporio Leone?
The Wharf Shopping Centre, Shop 6104, V&A Waterfront , Cape Town.
Q: When is this store open?
Sun-Wed 8:30-21:00 | Thurs-Sat 08:30-22:00 | Public Holidays 08:30-21:00
Q: What are their specialities?
Emporio Leone is known to produce extraordinary macaroons. Technically macaron de Paris is the correct name for this French delicacy, but it is has been accepted by most that the English-speaking calls it a macaroon.
Emporio Leone has over 20 Macaroon flavours to choose from with very local flavours like Red Velvet and Milk Tart.
Q: What is a Macaroon or Macaron de Paris?
Ingredients include eggs, sugar, icing sugar, almonds [ground and powder] and food colouring which gives this sweet meringue-based confection its personality.
A filling is then placed between two biscuits and normally consists out of ganache, jam or buttercream. Macaroons are smooth and if made to perfection- will melt in your mouth!
Q: What can I expect to find at Emporio Leone?
Baked Products, Cakes, Tarts, Chocolates, Desserts and Confectionery.
- Cakes | Luxury Cakes | Celebration Cakes | Birthday Cakes | Tea Cakes | Cupcakes
- Tarts | Piccolo Cocktail Tarts | Individual Tarts | Large Dinner Party Tarts
- Desserts and Puddings | Individual Ramekin Dessert Pots | Dinner Party Puddings
- Fresh Bakes | Brownies | Blondies | Tea Loaves | Tiffins
- Macaroons | A Mulitude of flavours of Parisian macarons
- Biscuits | Italian Specialities | Shortbreads | Rusks | Gourmet Biscuits | Giant Cookies
- Chocolates | Hand crafted Truffles | Italian Tartufo | Variety of Quality Slabs
- Confectionery | Fudge | Meringues | Nutbrittles | Bon Bons | Imported Pastilles | Liquorice
Q: When was Emporio Leone opened?
The Leone family’s roots go all the way back to Palermo, Italy. Their wholesale bakery, Leo Foods, was established in 1989 and Emporio Leone was launched twenty years later in 2009.
Q: What coffee brand does Emporio Leone use?
Deluxe Coffeeworks.
Emporio Leone has their own Premium Select Blend Coffee that is roasted by Deluxe Coffeeworks and made of 100% Arabica beans. An experienced barista makes sure that your Deluxe coffee pairs perfectly with your chosen treat and if you like the coffee so much, you can even buy a 250g bag of beans to take home.
Best of both worlds… try the Chococcino; which is a double shot Deluxe coffee espresso, chocolate ganache and foamed milk
[with the option of adding marshmallows!]
Q: What else should I know about Emporio Leone?
They specialize in luxury food gifting which can be orderd via telephone, email or filling out a form on their website. Emporio Leone also offers delivery service and nation wide shipping.
Content and Images | Ed Beukes