05 Oct

A la folie roughly translates to 'madness' (in the context of love) and it's a name that reflects Mercédé Coubard's passion for these wonderful macarons and petits choux. Mercédé was trained at the Alain Ducasse culinary school and has now introduced these small delights to Melbourne. A la folie also creates individual desserts, macaron cakes and macaron and petits choux towers. They even cater for special events! It was hard to choose which macarons to try, but in the end we settled on the Pistachio and the ever-popular Salted...

15:23 / A La Folie / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Restaurants / South Yarra
28 Sep

Having both grown up in India, Apoorv and Gauri sorely missed the comfort of good, unadulterated chai when they moved to Australia. Nostalgia soon gave birth to a passion to bring an authentic street-side chai experience to Melbourne. To help recreate the atmosphere of the chai stalls in India, the pair have even imported a cart all the way from India. They source their tea leaves from Assam and combine it with their spice mix, following their mothers' recipe to create a wonderful cup of natural, wholesome chai,...

13:45 / Dessert/Sweets / Drinks / Food / Indian / Melbourne CBD / Original Chai Stall / Restaurants
03 Sep

Shocolate's inconspicuous frontage is home to one of Melbourne's premium chocolatiers. Although the range of chocolates and macarons on display is not as extensive as larger chocolatiers and patisseries, so many of their offerings sounded so enticing that it didn't really matter. They also have a small cafe-style seating area for people to enjoy their sweet goodies and drinks. I decided to treat myself and bought one of their award-winning Black & White macarons and a Crunchy hazelnut praline chocolate bite. The Black & White was a rather good-looking...

11:49 / Chocolate / Dessert/Sweets / Fitzroy / Food / Restaurants / Shocolate
01 Aug

I was fortunate enough to be able to sample these sweet delights after our Nobu Apertivo Friday outing. [caption id="attachment_6019" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Greek Doughnuts w Walnuts and Honey[/caption] First to be consumed were the Greek doughnuts from Jimmy Grants. Still warm after the car trip home, they were chewy but surprisingly light, and very good with the walnuts and honey [gallery type="rectangular" ids="6022,6019,6020,6023,6024"] The sweets from Chez Dré were also delicious, particularly the caramel-mandarin dome with the soft layers of cream, sponge, jelly and mousse pairing well with the crunchy chocolate.   Jimmy Grants 113...

21:35 / Chez Dre / Dessert/Sweets / Fitzroy / Food / Greek / Jimmy Grants / Restaurants / South Melbourne
17 Jul

I came here just to try out some of their desserts and the one I picked was the tiramisu. While the flavours were generally good, I did think it was a bit mushy and starting to become a bit runny. [caption id="attachment_5940" align="aligncenter" width="529"] Baileys Tiramisu ($13.90)[/caption] Mona Lisa on Lygon 258 Lygon St Carlton, VIC, 3053 (03) 9078 4426 ...

23:23 / Carlton / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Italian / Mona Lisa on Lygon / Restaurants
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