Pastry: Disappointingly soft, not up to standard 3/10
Presentation: Not refined, somewhat messy, coffee icing 4/10
Value for money: $4.80 - Average portion size, not great 5/10
Overall score: 5/10
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Filling: Vanilla custard with rather nice chocolate mousse 8/10 Pastry: Disappointingly soft, not up to standard 3/10 Presentation: Not refined, somewhat messy, coffee icing 4/10 Value for money: $4.80 - Average portion size, not great 5/10 Overall score: 5/10 It’s rare that I drive through Woodend and don’t stop at Bourkies. In five years doing the Blog, the mocha vanilla slice has always eluded me. I’ve smashed all of their other varieties (vanilla, strawberry, passionfruit, raspberry fusion), all with excellent attributes. In finally taking out the mocha slice, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. I’m not sure if Bourkies are using different pastry, or they were just having an off day, but the two sheets in this offering were lacklustre, soggy and barely baked. The chocolate mousse was really quite tasty; airy, sweet and a rich chocolate flavour. It worked well with the sweet, but still slightly bitter coffee icing, producing the mocha flavour as advertised. Hidden in the ensemble was still their traditional vanilla custard that in truth got lost in flavour, but was still very welcome. I feel that $4.80 is too steep for this ‘artisan’ variety and coupled with the poor pastry today, it really should have been more memorable for the right reasons.
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