I’m not one to line up to buy something from a store or dine at a restaurant but Dominique Ansel Bakery was an exception I had to make. Brother deer recommended that we visit Dominique Ansel Bakery on our visit to New York because it was unlike any bakery he’s visited before!
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Azure Play Cafe
This past weekend Grayson and I went to the beautiful Azure Play Cafe! A special cafe where the owner, Ivan combines his love of baking with his love of parenting. Azure Play Cafe is place where parents can hang out with each other WHILE their little ones play in the children area.
Butter.mere patisserie
Hello friends! Whew, I can’t believe that the holiday season is already coming to an end. Butter.mere is a patisserie located in Vancouver that blends traditional French pastry techniques with Asian flavors. Butter.mere specializes in a variety of pastries, cakes, chocolates and viennoiserie. They also recently started pastry workshops for pastry lovers alike.
Stuffies pastry cafe
After enjoying Taiyaki last week at Snowy Village, I decided to go to Stuffies pastry cafe that’s located near Phibbs Exchange bus station on my way to work. However, instead of calling them “taiyaki”, Stuffies pastry cafe calls them Cro-tai because they use croissant puff pastry on the outside instead of the traditional batter.
Blueberry crumb cake
Ahhh, blueberries. How I have missed you so. It has only been four months since we’ve been apart but it feels like a whole year has gone by already. This blueberry crumb cake is absolutely delicious and full of all things blueberry. The cake is packed full of berry flavour and I can’t get enough […]
Cream puffs
Cream puffs. Glorious cream puffs. How could something that looks so innocent be so difficult and technical to make? But I guess, this is what they mean when they say hard work pays off.
Swiss roll cake
I’m not a big sweets person and I rarely ever crave anything of the dessert variety but for some reason, I’ve been wanting to sink my teeth into a big slice of cake lately. However, I knew that if I made an entire cake, there would be no way we would be able to eat […]
Red bean filled glutinous rice balls (Nuomici)
I’ve made glutinous rice treats from Japan (kansai style sakuramochi, kanto style sakuramochi and strawberry daikufu), Vietnam (glutinous rice dessert) and Korea (baked rice cake bars) but I have yet to make something from Hong Kong!