Pastry: Lacking crunch and butteriness, a disappointment 5/10
Presentation: Typical mille-feuille shaped skinny rectangle, but unstable 6.5/10
Value for money: $5.50 - Not as tasty as I’d have expected and pricey 6/10
Overall score: 6.4/10
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Filling: Sloppy vanilla bean custard 8/10
Pastry: Lacking crunch and butteriness, a disappointment 5/10 Presentation: Typical mille-feuille shaped skinny rectangle, but unstable 6.5/10 Value for money: $5.50 - Not as tasty as I’d have expected and pricey 6/10 Overall score: 6.4/10
En route home I called in to a French Patisserie in the heart of Brunswick gaining some press. With an authentic Frenchman behind the counter, he suggested a vanilla slice and a raspberry choux would be a good combination for a pregnant Mrs B craving sugar and cream. Trying desperately hard to place the two items in the takeaway box, sadly the vanilla slice started to slump and the lovely gentleman needed to reconstruct the rasberry choux after a minor collapse. The mille-feuille had noticeable vanilla bean content running through the custard and tasted creamy and rich when sampled with a cheeky finger. The pastry, however, was a let down. It was uneven in thickness and texture; crisp in places but soggy in others and lacking the buttery richness you normally get with fine French pastries. When eaten all together the custard wasn’t strong enough in flavour and was overpowered by the pastry due to the overall quantities. The icing was beautifully patterned and a good thickness, containing a nice chocolate after taste when finished. Mrs B loved her raspberry choux, and for once I had food envy!
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