La Gourmandine has been on my Pittsburgh bucket list for a long time. I came in with the fabulous Sophia H., and we got to ordering. I picked up a Chocolat Fondat and the Opera Cake (Hellooooo. Opera singer, Opera cake. Duh.). The pastries totaled $7.05, which was steep for the size.
The Chocolat Fondat was described as a lava cake. The chocolate flavor was very rich. It was a fairly dark chocolate, which appealed to me. The opera cake was this tiny slice of joy. Dark chocolate and espresso and cake layers. A flawless combination. However, it was truly tiny, and was about 4 small bites total.
The only side note is that my pastries became dry very quickly. 24 hours later they were already starting to go stale, which was a bit quick for freshly baked. Baked goods from Prantl's last me for days with no issues. This actually might stop me from returning because I do not eats sweets crazy quickly. These baked goods will not stay good for more than 24 hours.
If you have extra cash to drop, La Gourmandine has very high quality baked goods. The credit card machine was down when I visited, but they normally take cards.