Butter up Mrs Palmer: Burnt butter castriano and caramelised palm sugar creme legere, palm sugar almond crunch with caramelised puff pastry ($9)
Adriano Zumbo... patisserie genius and Balmaniac largely brought to the public's attention via MasterChef. The now renowned chef has been in the media a lot this week, with a break in and theft in his Balmain Patisserie and his culinary creation going to test Alana and Kate on MasterChef later tonight. It was such attention given to Adriano- not specifically these events but the general media frenzy surrounding the new figurehead for all things sweet- that led me to his Balmain patisserie last week. I was not alone in seeing what this phenomenon was all about- the patisserie was packed and you literally had to push past people.
To no surprise however, the queue and the crowds are definitely worth the wait. I ordered "butter up mrs palmer" which was not only quite cheap in comparison to similar sweet treats from Guylian and Lindt cafe but filled with exciting and unique flavours that were just a joy to try. And not only did my little baby taste tantalising, its design was creative and daring as well (but not so much in comparison to the other treats in the display cabinet). You may not have the same opinion from the photo, perhaps because I accidentally dropped the cardboard box that packaged the exquisite pastry.
Adriano Zumbo Patissier, 296 Darling St Balmain
this looks soo delicious!
ReplyDeleteI think Adriano's wonderful, a very kind, giving man, but his crew are not very community minded which is a pity. Victoire has some exceptional creations and they are generous to the community they are part of so we like to support them.
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