Pastry: Thin, but soft and stale 3/10
Presentation: Thick, yellow tinted icing, thick rectangular slab 7/10
Value for money: $4 - Medium portion size, not fresh 6/10
Overall score: 5.5/10
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Filling: Thick, stodgy and creamy, lacking flavour 6/10
Pastry: Thin, but soft and stale 3/10 Presentation: Thick, yellow tinted icing, thick rectangular slab 7/10 Value for money: $4 - Medium portion size, not fresh 6/10 Overall score: 5.5/10
A brand new shopping village called Warrally has sprung up on the outskirts of Barwon Heads since the last time I went for a swim there a good few years ago. Conveniently, heading there again I pulled in and grabbed lunch before I got all sandy on the beach. With only a few cafes to choose from, I headed into Sullies Kiosk and took out what appeared to be quite an interesting vanilla slice. I wasn’t sure at first if they baked their cakes, but I’d guess they use a supplier. The slice had real promise, with visible vanilla bean speckles dotted throughout the custard. The filling was creamy and quite heavy, but sadly lacking a vanilla flavour, even with the clear vanilla content. The pastry was at least a day old and soft. It flexed in my grip and made the custard flop quite precariously out the sides. If less dense I would have been wearing quite a lot of it on my shirt. The icing had a slight yellow tint, definitely not white. It’s flavour resesmbling white chocolate and again, creamy and sweet. In fact, the icing is what came through the most with each mouthful. Potentially this should be called a white chocolate vanilla slice. I’d be keen to try another one when freshly baked and delivered to the premises.
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Filling: A mountain of heavy, thickened whipped cream 7/10
Pastry: Puffed layers (not fresh), bottom layer soggy 5/10 Presentation: Rustic and homemade 8/10 Value for money: $5 (estimate)- Giant portion but not innovative 6/10 Overall score: 6.5/10
Cafe Bear and Scoobs was a fortuitous find through Twitter, but turned out to be a very welcome stop whilst in Geelong. I loved the friendly welcome and the overall vibe inside, not to mention the fantastic Central Perk-style mugs of coffee. What did annoy me though was being served yesterday's portion of vanilla slice when a freshly baked batch just got delivered from the kitchen. To add insult to injury, the bottom layer of cardboard- I mean pastry, was practically impossible to cut with any sharp implement. The jam and mammoth serving of cream was tasty but way too rich and as a result the slice remained unfinished. I do much prefer the tight flaky layers of pastry as I feel these tend to retain more crisp to the bite over their 'allowed to puff' cousins. Therefore most of what was left was indeed the pastry layers. Nevermind about the vanilla slice incident, but I will be back for another mug of coffee in the future.
Rating: 8/10
In one word: Morish I hadn't had the chance to sample a vanilla slice from Geelong, so when I found Le Fournil French Bakery I was keen to change that. At $5 it was a reasonably priced mille-feuille in comparison to other French style patisseries I've sampled. Then it made many others I've sampled look ordinary. The vanilla custard was divine and a gorgeous, smooth texture. The pastry was pretty good too; crisp and thin throughout. The icing was thin, with a reasonable texture, but not as sticky as I'd hoped. Overall, very morish and one of the best mille-feuilles I've tasted from a French style bakery. |
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