adriano zumbo, balmain - 2 June 2008, 22:45
adriano zumbo (296 Darling Street, Balmain). the mere mention of this patisserie brings forth squeals of joy for what is happiness but a colourful macaron or a beautifully presented cake? sure theres the savoury section of which ive no doubt are excellent but it is the promise of rows upon rows of cakes with such attention to detail that legions of bloggers have fanatically been spreading the joy. the mothership decided i needed cake for my bday and how can i argue with free cake =D
marry me ed ($7.50). walnut parfait, apple raisin compote, coffee brulee, coffee walnut biscuit madeline. so many components to create such a beauty! i wasnt sure whether id like fruit+coffee but the combination worked well with the chocolate and i loved the crispy coffee brulee shards scattered on top!
cloud 9.5 ($5.50). lime and passionfruit creme, whole raspberries & italian meringue in a pate sucree shell. this gorgeous tart is higher than cloud 9 (heh geddit!) with its soft wispy peaks hiding a slightly sour layer of lime and passionfruit creme. i was pleasantly surprised that the tart as a whole wasnt too sweet meaning i could keep eating without my teeth crying!
bounty hunter ($6). milk chocolate & coconut ganache, coconut moisture. like the chocolate bar bounty, the bounty hunter is a crisp tart encasing milk chocolate ganache and moist coconut topped with a whimsically shaped pringle-like slice of baked coconut covered in dark chocolate
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wah!!dat lime and passionfruit tart give me some ideas to my lemon-lime meringue tarts….. prettyyyyy :D
— oshabu Jun 3, 11:32 PM #ok that settles it. there has been too much coverage on zumbo’s cakes to ignore it any further! i’m going to get me some!
btw great blog! :)
— cyn Jun 4, 11:11 AM #OMG… look @ that meringue! *drools… How would u even start to eat that thing! hehe…
— Jen Jun 4, 05:19 PM #I’ve been restraining my sweet tooth, but I will now hv to break my diet — you’ve published just too much luscious coverage on Adriano Zumbo! Drool.
Guess it’s better to hv unique stuff here than to waste calories on ordinary stuff.
— Choo Tweet Jun 5, 01:08 PM #rosha: lol make for meeeee!
— chocolatesuze Jun 6, 02:54 PM #cynth: heh its worth it trust me! get the wheely good!
jen: pick it up with your hands hehe
choo tweet: exactly! try the wheely good! its my fav!
must…resist…temptation…
— baz Jun 7, 05:01 PM #There cakes are delicious but there customer service needs to be trained. I found them very rude and unprofecianal.
— Anna Lewis Feb 5, 11:12 AM #