Pastry: Soggy inside and cardboardy elsewhere 4/10
Presentation: Tri-layer construction, heavy gloopy icing with cocoa pattern 7/10
Value for money: $6.50 - big portion, big price, little satisfaction 5/10
Overall score: 5.25/10
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Filling: Sadly lacking flavour, floury custard 5/10
Pastry: Soggy inside and cardboardy elsewhere 4/10 Presentation: Tri-layer construction, heavy gloopy icing with cocoa pattern 7/10 Value for money: $6.50 - big portion, big price, little satisfaction 5/10 Overall score: 5.25/10
Feeling like I had nothing left to loose after the farmers market I settled for a second vanilla slice of the day, from what turned out to be a lovely coffee stop at Grist Artisan Bakers. Perhaps these guys specialise in many other baked goods, but unfortunately I specialise in vanilla slices and in my opinion - they do not. This thing was pricey and big in size. The custard looked like it was bulging out the sides and I was expecting a vanilla cloud of freshly whipped creamy custard to meet my taste buds. What ensued was a rather heavy textured creamy, floury tasting custard, lacking any real vanilla flavour whatsoever. I can only describe the flavour as slightly tangy. The pastry too was unusual ,in as far as the middle layer being completely soggy and the other two layers being quite dry and hard to punch through. The layers lacked richness, butteriness and flakiness. The icing looked like something I had once concocted; thick, plasticy and way too much cocoa overpowering the flavours of the slice. Not what I’d expect from an Artisan Bakers.
1 Comment
Anthony
1/19/2018 09:16:05 pm
As read. Thanks for taking a hit for the team. You gotta be bold in this world of vanilla slices. No political correctness in your critique. nice.
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