Lake Travis - Westlake Edition | May 2022

DINING FEATURE

BY GRACE DICKENS

FoliePop’s opened in September 2020 with Kevin D’Andrea as executive chef.

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TASTE THE TARTE H-E-B sells FoliePop’s tartelettes at select locations in Lake Travis- Westlake. The tartelettes come in six avors: chocolate hazelnut, raspberry, lemon, caramel, chai and peanut butter. H-E-B locations: 12400 W. Hwy. 71, Bee Cave 512-263-0528 2000 S. RM 620, Lakeway 512-599-5800 7901 Hwy. 290, Austin 512-288-5440

Savory hot dog-esque treats are oered on brioche buns with toppings and llings.

The pop on top of the cake base is cracked open using a utensil.

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COURTESY FOLIEPOP’S

FoliePop’s French chef makes a statement in the Hill Country Galleria F oliePop’s is a French street food vendor and coeehouse that oers savory and sweet treats at the Hill Country Galleria. Executive chef Kevin D’Andrea

UNDERSTANDING THE NAME “Folie” means crazy in French “Pop” refers to the topper

in 2015 and winning “Best Young Chef of 2016” in France, he won “Best Bistro of Paris” in 2016 for his restaurant, Mensae, in Paris. After moving to the U.S. in 2018 and serving as executive chef at La Villa in Houston, D’Andrea developed the idea for FoliePop’s shortly after the pandemic began. The restaurant’s signature FoliePop is a cake-like base lled with cream and topped with a spherical hard candy shell full of syrup that is “popped” over the top before eating. The treat comes made to order with several avor customization options for every part of the dessert, including the base, the cream inside and the syrup on top.

A favorite among his customers, the Paris-Austin FoliePop has a brownie base with vanilla cream inside and a chocolate hazelnut Pop topper. Meanwhile, the Magnique oers a cookie base with caramel cream lling and a vanilla Pop on top. The restaurant has six unique options for each part of the dessert that can be combined to suit a customer’s taste. By selling inter- active restaurant-style desserts in a boutique setting, D’Andrea said he wants everyone to be able to enjoy FoliePop’s. “Everybody can come,” D’Andrea said. “You have $10 in your pocket; you can have lunch or dessert or cof- fee. [I want to] be out of this cliche of, ‘it’s French; it’s expensive.’”

FoliePop’s 13420 Galleria Circle, Ste. A-140, Bee Cave 512-884-7798 www.foliepops.com Hours: Mon.-Wed. 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Thu.-Sun. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

opened the restaurant in September 2020. Experienced chef D’Andrea said he was interested in making French cuisine something everyone can enjoy. “It’s a fun concept and very aordable,” D’Andrea said. “Whether you’re 3 or 73 years old, you’re going to like it. This place is a positive place where everybody can come and just have fun.” D’Andrea has worked with numerous famous chefs in the culinary scene. In addition to being a “Top Chef” France nalist

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LAKE TRAVIS WESTLAKE EDITION • MAY 2022