Pastry: Fresh, crisp and robust 7.5/10
Presentation: Tri-layer offering, pastry join visible, average piping 7/10
Value for money: $4.50 - Decent portion, tasty but not blown away 7/10
Overall score: 7/10
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Filling: Piped vanilla cream custard 6.5/10
Pastry: Fresh, crisp and robust 7.5/10 Presentation: Tri-layer offering, pastry join visible, average piping 7/10 Value for money: $4.50 - Decent portion, tasty but not blown away 7/10 Overall score: 7/10
Walking through North Melbourne on a Saturday afternoon I spotted an opportunity for a French pastry and a coffee. I duly obliged, sitting down to a pain au chocolat and mille-feuille styled vanilla slice with the family. Mrs B noted that the sweet brioche pain au chocolat was nearly as good as the Parisian Baker in Essendon, though it lacked any creme patissiere to really rival our beloved local patisserie. My vanilla slice was fresh and a decent value for the area. The pastry was baked to a slightly harder than usual state, making a clean cut through with a knife somewhat challenging. The filling comprised of sizable lines of piped creme custard. There was some vanilla content present but not overly abundant. The texture, though smooth had more than a hint of cornflour about it - obviously their thickening agent preference over an egg yolk. All up, not bad - but could do better.
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