14 Aug

While wandering around The Star we happened to come across Messina, which mum said was famous for its gelato. After tasting numerous samples mum settled on Italian Nougat. Her second choice would have been pear and rhubarb. There were a lot of nuts in the scoop, both almonds and hazelnuts (and the almonds were humongous). [gallery order="DESC" columns="2" ids="2865,2864,2863"] Gelato Messina Cafe Court, Level G, The Star, 80 Pyrmont Street Pyrmont, NSW, 2009 (02) 8354 1223 http://www.gelatomessina.com/ ...

15:45 / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Gelato Messina / Restaurants / Sydney / The Star
14 Aug

The shopfront of Adriano Zumbo's Patisserie was so eye-catching that we missed the much more subtle and inconspicuous entrance for Momofuku Seiobo, which was just across the walkway. We bought 5 macarons for $2.5 each - 2x blackened vanilla, salted buttered popcorn, salted butter caramel, and annunziata chocolate (dark chocolate). The shopgirl said passionfruit was one of his best, but they weren't making them at the moment. We also bought a few pastries, which surprisingly weren't that expensive compared to others. Later we saw Adriano come in to the shop...

14:33 / Adriano Zumbo Pâtissier / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Restaurants / Sydney / The Star
13 Aug

While I was buying some bread for breakfast tomorrow, mum decided to line up for some popular-looking cream puffs, which were made by the same bakery. They had a pretty cool machine to make them. They weren't as oily or as sweet as I thought they'd be, which was nice. The outer bread layer was also slightly crispy. [gallery order="DESC" link="file" columns="2" ids="2831,2829,2830"] Emperor's Garden Bakery 96-100 Hay Street Haymarket, NSW, 2000 (02) 9211 2135 http://www.emperorsgarden.com.au/Home.php ...

08:34 / Chinatown, Sydney / Chinese / Dessert/Sweets / Emperor's Cream Puff / Food / Restaurants / Sydney
25 May

After our hot pot dinner we decided to head out to Monga Sweet Cafe on Russell St for dessert. Monga Sweet Cafe is a sister store to Dessert Lounge in Box Hill, which was popular among a number of people in the group. The decor was very Asian-inspired, down to the red, plastic stools and Chinese calendar (the one with the date in giant figures and a lot of information that I can't understand). I can't say much about the desserts themselves, seeing as I didn't taste any of them....

23:38 / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Melbourne CBD / Monga Sweet Cafe / Restaurants
01 Feb

Portuguese tarts from Lord Stow’s Bakery – the other famous tart café. There are three branches of Lord Stow’s and it seems more commercialised than Margaret’s. The line was not as long, but that was most likely because there were plenty of tarts being pumped out from the kitchen. That also meant that they weren’t piping hot and it was difficult to give a fair comparison between them and the Margaret’s tarts. Instead of buying four tarts - four each - mum bought six. The box they came...

00:47 / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Lord Stow’s Bakery / Macau / Portuguese / Restaurants / Travel
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