My partner snuck off and got herself a coffee and a lemon crepe whilst I was waiting for my order of fried chicken at Rainbow Fried Delights.
This did not wow me, with only a very minimal suggestion of lemon within the crepe that if I wasn’t told about it I might not have noticed. FOr what it’s worth, she enjoyed it.
Saltie Dog
Level 1 food court, Wollongong Central, 200 Crown St, Wollongong NSW 2500
I had the opportunity to not enjoy this pearl custard/egg tart almost 2 years ago, not post about it, and have the photo sit on my computer until now.
I had in fact forgotten about the experience, until I revisited it when I was served baked goods from Fujimi during a recent echocardiogram course.
Clearly not learning from my mistake, I had again the same tart. My main criticism about this arises from the fact that I don’t actually enjoy the pearls in bubble tea that much, let alone on top of a tart. They’re OK one by one, surrounded by a large mouthful of bubble tea, but when clumped in a group together I think they’re just too sticky and flavourless.
I also had this purple tart, which I can’t identify, but was slightly better. My main complaint about the pastry was that it was soft, rather than crispy. Was this due to the travel-and-wait time, or is this a factor inherent in these tarts?
I don’t know, but I don’t want to have them again to find out.
Fujimi Bakehouse
Burwood Chinatown
Murray Arcade, 127 Burwood Rd, Burwood NSW 2134
I fell victim to a targeted ad for La PaTEAsserie’s cake whilst on the hunt for something to serve at our wedding.
My wife and I each got to choose a cake and my choice was the Tie Guan Yin & Orange Cake (8 inch, serves 8-12, $90), which we ordered two of. Whilst it was certainly not bad, it did unfortunately pale in comparison to its competitor, the Lemon Dream from Flour and Stone.
The majority of components of this cake were tea-infused. The chiffon, a very light sponge, was infused with tieguanyin and had a very light taste, probably a victim of the Lemon Dream that was served before it. The Tieguanyin mousse with a hint of orange zest was pretty good though overall I felt that the cake lacked in flavour and took the concept of not too sweet a little too far.
It’s a shame that we had this cake second, and I fully accept that it’s very possible that I would have enjoyed this cake significantly more had I eaten it first before eating something else that was much stronger in flavour, but it is what it is.
Again, one cake served 20 people, and the second cake that was untouched for service was sliced up by the restaurant staff at Sunny Seafood Restaurant Central Park Mall to be taken home.
We had ours in the hotel room that night.
La PaTEAsserie (online order and pickup/delivery)
35 Oxford Street, Epping, NSW
My wife and I each picked a cake to have at our wedding, and her choice was the Lemon Dream Cake from Flower and Stone Bakery in Woolloomooloo. It’s not a wedding cake in particular, but it was something that she had been wanting to try for some time, and this was finally an opportunity to do so.
I really enjoyed this cake, and I think it was easily the better of the two that we had, the other being my choice. The cake component was very rich and decadent and heavy, whilst remaining moist. The cream and lemon curd filling was delicious, and the meringue was light, with a bit of an eggy taste. Overall it was sweeter than the other cake that we had, but importantly it was not too sweet, and was well received by our fully Asian group of family-only guests.
The cake we ordered was the 12 inch cake, which was said to serve 20-30 for $165, however I think based on our experience, especially given on its density and richness, it could easily feed 30-40 people.
Flour and Stone
3 Riley St, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
This songpyeon is a rice cake dessert with variable filling, slightly salty and sweet but not too sweet on the inside. I had never had these before, but they are a candidate to have again in the future.
The green tea and red bean bingsoo (medium – $25) was different to all other bingsoos I’ve had with its dusting of injeolmi. I don’t really know if I’m at a stage where I can differentiate between the nuances of different bingsoos. This post serves only as evidence that I ate it. Adequate sizing for 4 adults post Korean BBQ.
Siroo Rice Cake Cafe
981 Victoria Rd, West Ryde NSW 2114
(02) 9807 8718