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Textbook Boulangerie-Patisserie, Alexandria

July 28th, 2015  |  by  |  published in Cafes, Latest | 4 Comments »

Textbook Boulangerie-Patisserie, Alexandria

There are no boring diagrams or charts at Textbook Boulangerie-Patisserie in Alexandria – just sweets so good looking that they deserve their own catwalk. There’s a Jaffa Cake ($8.50) that feels like a high-gloss, silken Chanel version of eating the choc-orange candy found in supermarket confectionery aisles – thanks to the satiny mandarin cremeux, airy milk-choc mousse, chocolate crunch and pain de gênes. […]

Hartsyard birthday cakes

February 21st, 2013  |  by  |  published in Restaurants | 4 Comments »

Hartsyard birthday cakes

If you need to step up your birthday-cake game, then get something made by Hartsyard. Pastry chef Andrew Bowden will produce something that’s traffic-stopping and stunning. I recently placed an order for a party and the resulting creation was so good-looking, it probably deserved star management and its own agent. The restaurant does custom orders […]

Birthday eats

March 3rd, 2011  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

Birthday eats

One of the upsides of turning older: getting to pin birthday candles into something fun. I am not sure if this cake endured any instance of lighting or wax-melting but it sure was a party highlight. I think it even earned a round of applause! Someone who deserves many claps and cheers: Will, who secretly […]

Absolutely Scrabulous

March 18th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Absolutely Scrabulous

Over cute and likeable strums on his track Hiccups, Darren Hanlon sings, “Some day without trying you’ll find something that’s rare/Like an eight-letter word with a triple-word square”. I think this Scrabble cake could well live up to the exceptional standards his lyrics outline. If only I was brainy enough describe this sugary creation with […]

The art of wedding cakes is dead

December 8th, 2007  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

The art of wedding cakes is dead

This lives up to the phrase “window-licker”. I never would have noticed this if these girls passing by hadn’t loudly gasped about it and I’m glad they did. We were walking to the Verona to catch Hunting And Gathering (Ensemble, C’est Tout) – and to kill two foodie observationss with one stone – my favourite […]

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Hi, I'm Lee Tran Lam. When not blogging with my mouth full, I'm usually writing, presenting Local Fidelity on FBi radio, making zines, producing podcasts or continually breaking promises about how I really am gonna get through my book pile one day.

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