CCU was ecstatic. Alicia Key’s ‘Empire State of Mind’ was pumping through her mind as she took bite out of, bite out of, bite out of each delicious creation placed in front of her.
With her cape flying behind her, she sugar rushed up, up and away… all the way to the delights of New York…
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Dear Diary,
10th July 2013
Do you remember how I went on a macaron adventure over at Zumbo’s? Well, I haven’t been again, unfortunate right that I can’t update it yet?
WRONG.
Because now I can make a new diary entry for Patisserie New York instead 🙂 – I know, I know, you should thank me now before even reading this post 😉
I have actually never visited this bakery #HSClife – so once more, my parents came to the rescue, and brought home boxes of cakes for yours truly. All in the interest of reviewing, I hope you understand of course, all professional *ahem*
When I do visit Patisserie New York (which is, funnily enough, not in New York, go figure right?), I will be sure to update you on that, but for now, I suppose you just have to be content with the amazing, mouthwatering desserts I want to share. No complaints? Didn’t think so 😛
Oh and just before I do, just let me remind you that I am definitely not done with that Sexy vegan cookbook (I have been making the smoothie everyday now!) – I still have one recipe dying to be made and a full review especially for you this weekend 🙂
Now that I am ready to begin, I don’t know where from… since I have been brought back two different boxes, shall we just go by that? 😀 – Let’s see if you can take the uber fantastical nature of Box. Number. 1.
Bring it on…
Belgium White Chocolate Mudcake Wedge
Price: $5.40
Pretty non?
This cake boasts of a white chocolate mud cake (though on their site, they describe it as sponge) with layers of smooth white chocolate ganache in between them, and topping the cake, along with apparently ‘hand shaven’ white chocolate curls, dusted with icing sugar.
All Belgium chocolate obviously.
A dense cake with a creaminess from the ganache, this is not super-sweet like white chocolate tends to be, rather reminiscent of the White Chocolate Lindor ball.
Basically on all counts, this cake is pretty much a win 🙂
Californian Carrot Cake Wedge
Price: $5.40
Ok, so this is the standard all good carrot cakes should be measured to. Actually. Dense and quite a thick cake, but still crumby and moist, not tasting like sawdust in your mouth. Trust me, I have eaten carrot cake like that…
I love the strong hit of cinnamon in the cake and the walnuts adding texture as well 😀 – and it suited the presentation, the scattering on top 🙂
The cream cheese frosting was smooth and creamy, but I couldn’t quite pick another flavour in it, slightly almost like mint, but it clashed a little bit with the cake. Perhaps a normal, vanilla flavoured, or slightly sweeter frosting would be more appropriate.
Regardless of this very minor thought, I would devour this cake in a second. Oh thighs…
Black Satin Mud Wedge
Price: $5.40
If the devil was a piece of cake, he would be this one. He would be sinful, indulgent and encourage greed and lust. Because oh. my. god. Look at this cake.
Can you resist?
Because I know I needed a muzzle to keep my teeth from biting into every luxurious mouthful. It was not being controlled by my brain, it was my heart all the way!
Topped by the cutest macaron in existence (which was a little soft on the crunch but was tasty and had a smooth chocolatey ganache inside it), this chocolatey creation was dense and very rich.
The dark moist cake was complimented by the lovely Belgium Chocolate ganache which just ‘enrobed it’, quoting the website.
I definitely found the cocoa content to be higher than majority of chocolate mud cakes in existence and had no problem with that – My mouth waters just thinking about it…
Mango Passionfruit Coconut Cake Wedge
Price: $5.40
Ok so when your brother and daddy control their sweet intake, but go crazy over a cake so much that the foodie of the house (your’s truly) literally gets one bite, you know you have a delicious cake on your hands 😉
Not only is this cake one of the most beautifully presented out there, but the tropical flavours literally transports you to Hawaii. Or Fiji. Or the Caribbean. Wherever you want to go really 😉
The glaze is a rich, mango-passionfruit concotion, and I love that they have left in the seeds, it really aesthetically adds to the cake! The smoothness of the glaze goes very well with the crumby, soft spongecake, bursting with the tropical passion-mango flavour too 😀
The coconut is quite subtle but works so well with the tropical fruits, it melts in your mouth!
And the multicoloured macaron? Gorgeous much? Like in the Black Satin Mud Wedge, the macaroni is soft, without an obvious crack, but the internal ganache is rich and delicious. Perhaps a passionfruit-white chocolate ganache inside would have complimented the cake a bit more?
Not bad? Hmmm, it’ll do 😉 (says the girl who went high on cake :D)
Are you ready for Box 2? Think your teeth can handle it? Or should I say eyes? Ok, no more questions, just lose yourself in desserts… swim in desserts… Candy Land… 😉
My Bad: Gooey Caramel Cupcake
Say what? Yeah, this cupcake had a bit of mishap in coming home… oops 😉
Looks like I will just have to review it properly by buying it again – but as far as crushed cupcakes go, I had a BRILLIANT time cleaning up the mess…
Individual Apple Frangipane Tart
Price: $5.30
I really like this pastry. You know grape jelly? It is almost like an apple jelly on top 😀
Aesthetically beautiful, with a sprinkling of cinnamon, the jelly-glazed apples also worked very well with the frangipane. The almond flavour was obvious but in a sweet, good way! The texture was only a little crumby, but definitely not light, rich almost!
The pastry while crunchy, was also pleasantly sweet, definitely my favourite pastry of the bunch I tried 😉
And the apple appear to be slightly burn in its caramelisation but it added extra apple flavour to the recipe – this tart really should have be bought in big size… aah pastry shop regrets 😛
Individual Mixed Fruit Tart
Price: $5.90
This looks like the queen of desserts. If done right, the golden pastry, the pillow of glazed fruits hiding a bed of vanilla pastry queen. It looks fit for royalty… and yours truly 😉
This little treat definitely lived up to expectations! The fruit was fresh, a BIG plus, and glazed with a clear jam, I am pretty sure it was apricot or a gel of sorts. I was a HUGE fan of the vanilla pastry cream (or French Custard) in the middle, it was very smooth and tasted fresh, therefore complimented the fruits perfectly 🙂
I also liked that they kept the fruits traditional, keeping the iconic image of the fruit tart – kiwifruit, canned apricots, strawberries, blueberries and a half grape – perfect together!
I will say that the pastry almost had a savoury taste to it, conflicting with the precise sweetness of the other components, but not a big deal, just a little more sweet would have been preferred 🙂
Individual Rhubarb And Apple Crumble Tart
Price: $5.30
There is not much to say I suppose but that if you are into an apple, and a fan of rhubarb, you will VERY much enjoy this tart 🙂 – Personally, I rarely eat rhubarb but in this tart, it was hard to stop actually!
The stewed fresh apple-rhubarb mixture just worked really well. Enclosed in a shortcrust pastry of ultra buttery melt-in-mouth composition, the sweet apples and the slight tart flavour of the rhubarbs kicked butt… or tongue is more appropriate 🙂
I also really liked the crumble, it was light and almost soft, not too crunchy and taking away from the beautiful pastry, just adding another texture to it 🙂
With a sprinkling of icing sugar on top, I went to crumble heaven with this tart!
Red Velvet Cupcake
Price: $4.00
Ok, you probably don’t remember, I had a rant a while back now, possibly last year, about my hatred for commercially baked cupcakes. I completely retract that opinion for these cupcakes.
For the first time, I found some cupcakes which had a soft, moist crumb and had a flavour relating to their name as opposed to a generic piece of cardboard 🙂
I was so happy to take a bite into them, I cannot even begin to tell you!
Look at that red!
The red velvet cakes were dense, beautiful to look at and had a generous cream cheese frosting, which could have been a touch sweeter but still went deliciously with the cupcake!
Chocolate & Hazelnut ‘Rocher’ Macaron
Price: $2.80
Ok, so the macaron had a very pretty speckled shell, though I was expecting a dusting of gold to be reminiscent of the pretty gold packaging of a real Ferrero Rocher 😛
Also would have been nice to see a bit of the filling, while it was generously in the macaron, it would have added aesthetically 🙂
On taking the first bite, I found there was very little crack, which was a little disappointing, but the chocolate flavour was delicious and the hazelnut-generous filling left an aftertaste of Nutella without actually being Nutella 🙂
Room for a little improvement, but a delicious macaron nonetheless – Like Zumbo did in his Pear & Almond Macaron, they should definitely added a nut right in the middle of the macaron, to give a bit more texture!
Strawberry Rose Macaron
Price: $2.80
I know you may call me Princess CCU, considering such a complex and beautiful flavour could only come from a palace 😉
Also a little soft on the crack, this macaron more than made up for it with the incredible strawberry infused with rose cream, it added such a perfect balance!
I was actually expecting it to be a little artificial but honestly, it tasted fresh and sweet, that was it 🙂
I also really liked the pretty colour, it was a cross between a pink rose and dark strawberry – such an overactive imagination 😀
Lamington Macaron
Price: $2.80
Ok, so I am loving the patriotic pride coming through here for Aussie iconic desserts (despite being named Patisserie New York 😉
This macaron was delicious, again despite the slight lack of crack, but unfortunately it completely fell off the mark for me because it was not very reminiscent of a lamington, rather reminding me of a chocolate coconut brownie-fudgy macaron!
I couldn’t feel the spongecake, and according to the website, there is a raspberry cream which I got no hint of, perhaps overpowered by the chocolate?
While aesthetically beautiful and delicious in its own right, it should be changed a little, maybe increase the raspberry and add a bit of spongecake infusion into the cream?
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Phew. I like trying dessert
*Sets down fork and wipes mouth* – Do I have something in my teeth? Oh 30 cavities?
No problem, totally worth it 😉 – I hope you all thought so too 🙂
General Notes:
- Macaron wise, I preferred Zumbo’s but the flavours were unique and delicious still – A little adjustment, maybe making the filling all rounded instead of concentrated to the middle, and a bit more feet and rise in baking them to have a ‘Voila!’ 🙂 – also small macarons having no crack is understandable but they should be there for the larger ones!
- Everything was so fresh – the ingredients could have been bought the day of making
- Since it was brought home, I love that each cake was covered with plastic on the sides and on a little gold cardboard sheet – lift it out without ruining the cake, little details make a big difference
- By afternoon, majority of their products have sold out – it is a testament to how good their bakery is 😀
Patisserie New York
Address:
25A Morts Road
Mortdale 2223
Phone No: 9570-9997
– I know, this is their other branch in Caringbah but I am sure the quality is the same, see the blog below 🙂
Website: http://www.patisserienewyork.com.au
Other Reviews: Eesh Blog
See you next time diary, can’t wait to write more about this patisserie 🙂
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Oh my goodness look how rich and wonderful all those cakes are! So happy to hear you are keeping up with your morning Smoothie!
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Looks like this bakery has some seriously delicious treats going on. Now I’m hungry!!
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You should come to actual NYC and compare these to the real deal of NYC food 😉
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O.k. – I now have a HUGE craving for something really sweet! All of these sweets look fabulous!
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i almost fainted with all the deliciousness you have going on over here!! And the tiny cute macaron toppers are to die for!!
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Lucky you! Wow all of these pictures look so delicious! They just look so gorgeous!
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I will order the WHOLE Californian Carrot Cake & every single red velvet cupcake.
OMMMMGOSH. HEAVEN! Xxx
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Great review, Uru…those tiny macarons are TOO CUTE!!!
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Oh my goodness, Uru….did you test each of these all in one sitting?!?! How lucky you are! I wish someone would bring me a couple of boxes of pastry to taste test! They all look good, but if I had to pick one…..I think I would go with the Black Satin Mud Wedge (and that cute little macaron!). Great review!
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Haha good choice my friend, it was heavenly 😀
And I did, all in one sitting but a nibble of each 🙂
Cheers
CCU
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Dear Uru, All those cakes look delicious…I wouldn’t know which one to try first. Have a wonderful weekend. Blessings, Catherine xo
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I nearly died looking at the pictures! Everything looks absolutely delicious! I am totally craving that mango passionfruit coconut cake!
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This all looks so good! The white chocolate mud cake has grabbed my attention.
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Wow you tried so much and I’m so jealous! I love American style patisseries YUM YUM!!! One day hopefully I’ll be able to visit too hehe ~
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Wow! A box of delights like this puts the humble box of chocs in the ha’penny place! I was with you all the way, bite for bite. Your challenge now is to make your own version of each… Have a great weekend my friend!
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Challenge accepted 😉
Cheers
CCU
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I know it is tough work being an investigator but someone has to do it. Sigh! Have fun in NYC. Take Care, BAM
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Haha I am not in NYC unfortunately but do continue my job as investigator with pride 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Oh wow, now that is one serious sweet feast! I can’t decide what I’d most like to eat first, it all looks incredible.
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Did you really eat (the whole) one of each or just a bite of each? They all look so sumptuous but if I could only have one it would be the Black Satin Mud Wedge.
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Only a bite my friend, my sweet tooth is not superpowered 😉
Cheers
CCU
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OK your parents are pretty much awesome!!! I’m so jealous!!! Amazing…
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I woulnd’t have known what to try first! I thought the mud cake, but the red velvet cupcake and the macaroons look amazing too!
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I would literally want one of each!! Those mini macarons… amazing. 🙂
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Wow, that’s enough to give me a sugar rush just looking at the gorgeous photos on my screen of yummy desserts! I’m sure you just taste a little to keep your pretty figure. 😉
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Haha I am a tall pear shape so far from pretty figured but still, to keep what I have, I do only taste a little 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Oh my GOD!!! So much sweet goodness!! I would have loved to dig into those boxes with you 🙂
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If you ever visit Sydney, I would definitely buy a box for us to share haha 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Oh my! I could have them all. I would love to try out this place…thanks Uru!
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You have THE BEST parents!
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No argument here 😀
Cheers
CCU
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wow! I would really wish to have that box filled with lovely cakes and treats in front of me right now! Did you finish it all on your own!
Lamington macaron? thats interesting. if only they did it well. but i would love to have the frangipane tart!
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Haha no I promise I didn’t finish it all on my own 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Everything looks so amazing! I love the review. 🙂
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Oh my gosh, I would go insane over that white chocolate mud cake!
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Wow! Definitely the mud wedge for me! Yum!!
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“Mud Wedge”? That doesn’t SOUND good but it looked delicious, as did every single sample your parents brought for you. 🙂
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CCU, you have the greatest parents!
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It´s been drizzling for days now, cold and today even humid (the worst thing ever), so I guess I´m entitled to a box, or maybe both…
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I believe you most certainly are 🙂
Cheers
CCU
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I so need dessert! Like RIGHT NOW 😛
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Excuse me. I’m still rotflmao at Mr. Bean :p …ahahaha that meme is epic! :p Ahhhhh…now onto dessert. Girl, you’re killing me with all these sweet treats. Those cakes look amazing..I wouldn’t know where to begin. #luckygal 😉
Toodles,
Tammy<3
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It’s time for breakfast, but now I’m just dying for cake! 🙂 That fruit tart is my favorite – so pretty!
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WOW! I would need a muzzle, too!!! What a fabulous array of sweets 🙂
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I am having a sugar over load just looking at the photos!
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What a fabulous cake tasting! I did think that you had travelled to New York though at first 😛
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Haha I wish I had but this is not bad 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Love a bit of white choc mud cake a d the apple Frangipane=swoon for me too! I can’t go pass the incredible selection so I think the next time I’m down south way, I gotta check it out!
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Each one of the sweets/desserts stands out in its own way. I had a great time looking at them and yes, just perfectly made, blooming with colors and I can go on and on but let me stop.
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Oh, you are teasing me with all those delicious treats!
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Did you need to break out your fat pants (as if you own any) Uru!
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Mortdale? Isn’t that a long way from home? If so, your parents did a really good job of getting this box of goodies all the way home in one piece. I am wondering how you managed to get through all of this without falling into a sugar coma. As for me, I would just love to reach through the screen and grab that carrot cake – you surely wouldn’t miss it xx
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Yeah, we have some friends who live there haha, my parents are definitely skilled 😀
Wouldn’t I? I have to wonder… that carrot cake looks pretty missable!
Cheers
CCU
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Sorry for the absence. We lost power in Toronto because of flash floods, and we were some of the unlucky ones who didn’t have electricity for 3 days! Power is back up now, so it’s back to blogging “business” for me!
Anyway, you are so lucky to have your mom bring you all these treats for professional review – ahem! I’m looking at that Mango Passionfruit Coconut wedge and I am drooling! That Apple Frangipane and Apple and Rhubard Crumble looks divine as well!
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Not a problem my friend, I hope you are all safe and the floods have stopped 😦
I wish I could send you everything from this wonderful bakery, thank you for stopping by 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Delicious! All those desserts look fantastic!
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Wow, all these desserts look fantastic. I envy you!
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Oh my goodness – they DO look wonderful – all of them, not just the ones you put on facebook!
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ooo this looks wodnerful, hidden gem?
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A little bit, they only have 2 bakeries so it was quite unexpected 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Oh goodness look at all those amazing treats..wow…salivating!
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love your title. *undercover. very clever 🙂
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Okay, I don’t see one that I wouldn’t gladly shove in my face & only wish I had some right now…immediately!
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Wow, everything looks SO good. You’re making me wish I lived much closer so I could go visit and get a box of sweets, too. =)
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I guess someone had to do it. To bad it wasn’t me.:(
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Thanks for the great post! I would definitely visit if it was located a little closer 🙂
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Really gorgeous pastries…and how nice of your parents to bring them to you! At first I thought you’d been to New York. 🙂
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I’ve heard of this place but I’ve never had anytime after work to head there. Now that I’ve seen this blog post, I’m making the time 🙂
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I sincerely hope you do my friend 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Oh, I’m a sucker for anything with mango-passionfruit!
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you are not helping my diet young lady!
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That is what everyone says to me 😉
Cheers
CCU
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I’d eat the whole box….
Good job, Chippy!
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wow! they all look amazing! loving those baby macarons! 🙂
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Oh my…thank you for the detail report. Now I wish I have a Patisserie NY around! I can’t wait to visit and try them out myself. They all look wonderful, especially the decadent chocolate cake and fruit tart!
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OMG these treat are high sugary treats. I love it. I think this sugary treats did prevent your good night sleep.
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I know exactly what you mean! 😛
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You really need a lot of visitors to come over and save you from all those desserts. I volunteer to be one of them. 🙂
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Haha you are all generosity 😉
Cheers
CCU
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OMG that carrot cake. I’m salivating over here! This is one undercover job I’d love to have! 😉
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Oh my gosh everything looks so delicious!!
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How did you not go into a sugar coma after all those sweet treats…lol!! They all look really delicious!!
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Fun review! I’ve never met a Patisserie I didn’t like. Alas. 😉
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I’ve gained 5 pounds reading this post and all were worth it. 🙂 The carrot cake and frangipane tart please.
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Whoa, not that looks so wonderful. What a lucky lucky girl you are go get those goodies. Everything, and I mean everything looks absolutely delicious.
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I knew by the title this post was going to be a tough one to read right before lunch. So much for craving a healthy salad! It all looks irresistible.
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Oh you lucky, lucky girl! I must have gained 20 pounds just looking at all this deliciousness. I love a dense carrot cake so I’m going to say, that one has my name on it!!! Although, I’d be happy to “review” any one of these delicious looking delicacies.
Thank you so much for sharing…
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Oh my gosh. Uru, you’re killing me!!! Thanks for the gorgeous review. I need to get my hands on some of those cakes… ah!! xx
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I just gained 20 pounds drooling through this post…but so worth it, XOXO
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They look and sound delicious 🙂
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Oh my goodness those treats look amazing!! I wish this place was near me, but then I would be super fat haha
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Haha I am lucky I am able to control myself around their sweets – superfatness could definitely come easily 😉
Cheers
CCU
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What an awesome and detailed review! Goodness me, only 30 cavities? Hee hee… I love how cute the little macarons are !
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No New York-style cheesecake? I’m disappointed. 😛
But I’m dying over that apple-rhubarb crumble. YUM
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Haha I promise just for you, I shall see if they have it 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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OMG! I do hope you shared some of these goodies with your family. I would love a bite out of the white chocolate cake, wow!
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Haha I shared but with great reluctance (jokes 😉
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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Gosh..so many gorgeous cakes! I I particularly love that apple frangipane tart.
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OH MY WORD!!! Can I try a little of each please? They all look amazing….amazingly delicious! Hugs, Terra
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Lots of food porn today! Love the tarts, actually prefer them to cake.
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I FOR REAL just licked my screen!
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Haha I have done that many times when you post 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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1. my god you bought so much freakin cake !! thanks, but damn!
2. i appreciated the mr. bean reference
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Haha good taste my friend if you like Mr Bean and cake 😀
And I promise, I did not eat it all… in one go 😉
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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Oh my goodness! You are a lucky, lucky girl! I could devour each and everyone of those. Fantastic!
Nazneen
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Can i come over … i just love the desserts.
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:O everyone one of those special treats look so DELICIOUS!!
lucky you Uru! 🙂 (rhyme intended :P)
what a fab way to help get through the studies!
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Haha they were very useful keeping me going through the revision in the holidays – highly recommended 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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What a treat to go through two (two!) bakery boxes with you.
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