Pastry: Fresh, crisp and thin but lacking flavour 6/10
Presentation: Neatly assembled, well proportioned 8/10
Value for money: $6.50, overpriced for the overall quality 6/10
Overall score: 6/10
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Filling: Average custard, freshly whipped cream and (strawberry?) jam 6/10
Pastry: Fresh, crisp and thin but lacking flavour 6/10 Presentation: Neatly assembled, well proportioned 8/10 Value for money: $6.50, overpriced for the overall quality 6/10 Overall score: 6/10
South Yarra Community Bakery have mixed reviews on Zomato so was keen to give their mammoth French vanilla slice a sample. At $6.50 I would normally wince, but this thing really was huge and I actually cut it into three and shared it amongst friends. Aesthetically the slice offers some slight variation to the average vanilla slice, with a layer of jam neatly concealed under the top layer of pastry and offering a half custard and half whipped cream approach. Textually the pastry was firm and crispy (obviously freshly baked); easily cutting with a sharp knife, but sadly lacking in richness and flavour. Similarly the custard and whipped cream felt about right but didn't have much distinction to their layers when tasted together. The jam was hard to distinguish any real flavour, but I knew it was there due to its obvious sweetness. Big in size and cost, but sadly not in flavour.
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Anthony
2/5/2017 09:33:02 pm
When will these merchants learn. You got to earn the $6.50 price tag.
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