Pastry: Puffed but dry as a bone 4/10
Presentation: Piled high, but unrefined 5/10
Value for money: $5 - Hefty portion, hefty price, throwaway job 3/10
Overall score: 3.9/10
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Filling: Bland whipped cream 3.5/10 Pastry: Puffed but dry as a bone 4/10 Presentation: Piled high, but unrefined 5/10 Value for money: $5 - Hefty portion, hefty price, throwaway job 3/10 Overall score: 3.9/10 Stopping in Werribee town centre for a bite to eat prior to visiting the Open Range Zoo, I popped into what I thought would be a French themed Patisserie, only to discover a low key, pretty drab Aussie/Vietnamese bakery. Displayed rather appertisingly in the cake cabinet was three vanilla slice offerings, all sized large. The traditional vanilla slice had a thick layer of poor quality looking icing, the French vanilla included a layer of bright white whipped cream and this ‘custilla’ slice seemed the best of a bad bunch. It’s only when I uncovered it from its bag I saw the actual colour of the filling and the predictably dry boards of dark pastry with much of the sugar now removed. Failing to take a cross sectional bite, it opted for breaking the slice in half through the filling and eating It like an open sandwich instead. After a few bites I had already made the decision not to eat the other half, with utter disappointment that the filling was nothing more than a bland whipped cream mix that was lacking vanilla, sweetness or any notable flavour. The pastry too was abnormally thick and sucked all of the moisture out of my mouth with each bite. Following the disposal of the redundant second half I downed a pint of water to get some moisture back in my body!
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Anthony
6/12/2019 02:15:51 pm
you should really hand out some 0/10's. Looks like this place should be referrered to United Nations
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