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Meringue Q&A

 

For those are who new to The Patissier, our meringue is the most popular cake in our shop. Our Passion Fruit Meringue, in particular, is our signature cake.


Our meringue is typically sold out a week in advance these days. This has raised queries about the (limited) availability of our meringue. So here are answers to some of the common questions asked by our customers:

1. What is the maximum quantity of meringue orders you can take per day?⁣

We can take up to 24kg of meringue orders daily. This is equivalent to FORTY EIGHT (48) 6” cakes.⁣⁣


2. Why can’t you increase the maximum quantity per day?⁣

We make our meringue from scratch daily. To produce the current maximum quantity, our chefs are already coming into work at 5 ~ 6am every day. And we deem it rather inhumane to ask them to come in any earlier just so we can sell a few more cakes.⁣

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3. How does your “Wait List” work?⁣

We will make a couple of spare meringues daily. This is just in case we miss out on an order or accidentally drop a cake. We will release the spares for sale once we have tallied up all meringue orders for that day – this will usually happen by about 11.30am. And as soon as we know how many spare meringue we have, we will start calling customers on the “Wait List”.⁣

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4. Your website said can place order with 2 days’ notice. Today is Monday and I want to place online order for Saturday. So how can you be sold out?

The typical online order lead time for most of our cakes (including Passion Fruit & Sunshine Meringues) is 2 days. However, this is subject to availability of the cake concerned. Due to the meringue production limit and because our customers are placing orders much earlier these days, this explains why we are sold out so quickly.⁣

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5. So how soon should I place an order for your meringue if I want a cake?⁣

Challenging question. But we will typically advise you to put in your order as soon as you have decided on the date that you want the cake. This is especially for Fridays, weekends, eve of public holidays and on public holidays.⁣


So, now you know…. J

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