Sugar rush!

For the first time ever, we've planned a dessert party and all invited guests were to bring a dessert to share. 

L-R from top: spiced butterfly cookies, fried rice, orange & poppy seed cake, cream puffs and chocolate sea salt & olive oil cupcakes. 

 L-R from top: red velvet cake, berries cheesecake, lemon tart and pavlova

 From top (clockwise) : berries smash, durian cake, banana caramel cupcake, brownies (with and without nuts), batik cake (also known as hedgehog) and funny faces biscuits. 

I'm glad we ''allowed'' our guests to bring in savoury dishes if sweets were not their thing. At least it provided  a slight balance to the party. Besides fried rice, we had chicken claypot rice which was totally yum. A few friends were game enough to eat the strong pungent king of fruits! One thought it tasted as bad as it smelt, another thought it tasted like passionfruit. I am one of the very few who is actually okay with it, neither love it nor hate it. 

Happy Australia Day, everyone!

Adelaide Pho

A long due catch up with a friend at Vietnamese Pho. It was only a week before since my friends raved about the yummy food. Perfect timing, I jumped onto the opportunity as soon as my friend suggested the place.  

Some sort of dry pork noodles. My friend placed her order so quickly, I missed it entirely. She thoroughly enjoyed it. 

As a first timer, I had to order their combination pho noodles. Pho is definitely a must have; for a Vietnamese restaurant has to hold true to its reputation. I do love it. It has less msg compared to a few other restaurants I know. I definitely had an awesome brunch with pho and Vietnamese coffee, along with great company of course!

199 Waymouth Street
Adelaide SA 5000
08 8212 0997

Astonish Patisserie

Happy 2013!

Can we quietly ignore the fact that the blog has been in hiatus for a month or so? 

I stepped into Astonish for the very first time- and had to wait for the rest of the dessert clique to appear. This led to me entertaining myself taking photos of the empty place (well it was fairly early for desserts). And oh, I remember constructing my miniature piano out of nano blocks to kill more time too! Okay, I shall not go off topic now and focus more on Astonish. It was opened by two Le Cordon Bleu students, thus had high expectations of their desserts.

 

The interior of Astonish Patisserie. 

We love how each area had its personal ambience to it. We were also intrigued by the book stand and discovered the books were all glued together. 

 De-constructed chocolate cake topped with raspberry coulis, chocolate mousse and macaron on the side. 

The chocolate cake definitely needed the coulis to moisten the cake up. 

Chocolate tart (70% cocoa if I'm not mistaken) with hazelnut parfait

First few bites of the tart was lovely, then it gets a little too much for an individual. Two of my mates ordered the same plate and could not finish it.

Among other items we ordered from the menu, we were not impressed with the creme brulee which tasted very much like curry. It just did not feel or taste right... a curry inspired dessert. Can I now conclude we were not overly impressed after all?

note: These photos were not from a recent visit to Astonish.

393 King William Street
Adelaide SA 5000
08 8123 4646