Pastry: Thick slabs, lightly baked and soggy 4/10
Presentation: Suspected let down, heavily set and thick icing 5/10
Value for money: $5 - Small portion, very lacklustre 3/10
Overall score: 4/10
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Filling: Yellow rubbery custard 4.5/10 Pastry: Thick slabs, lightly baked and soggy 4/10 Presentation: Suspected let down, heavily set and thick icing 5/10 Value for money: $5 - Small portion, very lacklustre 3/10 Overall score: 4/10 I called in to an unknown part of the ‘burbs, St Lucia. I stumbled upon The Bread Hound selling their ‘retro’ vanilla slices. Little did I expect the slice to actually resemble something from 20 or so years ago. This thing wouldn’t be out of place in a school canteen, with its heavy set gelatinous custard filling and centimetre thick white fondant icing almost impenetrable. The whole thing was a let down, from price, to portion size, to quality of ingredients, freshness and taste. I can sometimes overlook a jelly-like custard if it’s smooth, creamy and tasty, but I could not overlook the overly thick layers of underbaked, soft and starting to go soggy pastry. They provided nothing to the piece other than a method of pick up. I chose to cut the slice with a knife, only to find the knife became encased in custard like the sword in the stone. Next….
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