Pâtisserie Monday
I know everyone’s expecting a beauty entry from me and I do have new stuff to share but I haven’t had time to photograph them yet because my roomie’s mom is here for a week so we’ve both been playing glorified tour guides paid for our trade in what a poor university student considers gold: free meals and the occasional ice cream. We dropped by Brunetti’s yesterday so I’m going to be civil and share some of my old shots of the place plus new ones of the desserts we had – yeah, you can think of this as a ‘filler’ entry of sorts lol. You guys prolly realised from my previous Brunetti’s entry that I am completely inept at remembering cake names so I’m going to stop pretending I know Italian and stick to typing what I can remember about each cake ;p
Biscotti on display!
The interior of the main store at Lygon St which is strategically built 15 mins away from my campus. It’s also a strategic way to get fat if you’re not careful.
Yummy. (And just so we’re clear, I’m not talking about the cakes/interior design of the place meheh)
Nothing warms the bitter heart like a cup of hot chocolate.
Raspberry vanilla cake thing which tasted like it was meant to be ice cream in a former life but someone thought it would be fascinating to translate that into a cake; in simpler terms: IT WAS HELLA GOOD.
Crap I don’t even remember what was in this cake. Can I go by aesthetics alone and guess what’s inside the cake? A triple layer of chocolate, coffee and er more chocolate (??) mousse topped with cream + hazelnuts. God, I fail at life. Don’t judge me, just look at the damn picture and marvel at how awesome it must have tasted mmkay.
The Royale cake (hey hey I finally remembered something!) Hazelnut, chocolate praline and this amazing crumbly wafer-like base = easily my fave chocolate cake.
FRUIT TART. There, that was easy.
The mini profiterole. It’s called a ‘mini’ because they actually sell a version that’s taller than a pair of Louboutins. Mini choux pastry coated in a dark chocolate, filled with a light vanilla bean-infused cream and stacked on a mound of more cream!
The inner workings of an amazing profiterole; just sublime!
love the pics~ XD they look so yummy and i can only wonder about how deliciously gorgeous they are~~~
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June 21st, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Thanks Jas! Brunetti’s are famous for their cakes and each one has yet to disappoint me lol. Well, okay I didn’t try the fruit tart (not a fan) but it’s pretty to look at ne?
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looks delicious!!! *drooling* one day i shall come and have a jalan-jalan cari makan in australia
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June 23rd, 2010 at 8:27 am
You should! Let me know if you’re coming, I’d show you around lol.
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Dessert porn it is! Dang, I’ve been craving for brownies!!!!
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June 23rd, 2010 at 8:24 am
Have you tried the brownies at this specialty brownie shop at the Dhoby Ghaut interchange? It’s prolly one of the best I’ve tried, I love their marshmallow brownie – check it out if you have the time lol. I can’t send you the desserts here but I can recommend you some places in Sg ;p
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I just had dinner but I’m hungry for dessert!! Illyana, gimme some of that NOW! hahaha
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June 23rd, 2010 at 8:20 am
Lol I’m sorry Blair but hey I’m sure your area has some pretty nice desserts – are you in the KL area? I was at Sunway last year and had an amazing cupcake there ;D
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Oh I’m so envious and hungry right now!! Heh! Love your pics!
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June 23rd, 2010 at 8:19 am
Thank you hun!
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You take such wonderful pictures! I love the quality of your camera dear. That mini profiterole looks divine! I wish we had a place like that around here, lol.
Oh, and I’m planning to go to KL during winter break too! If I do go, we should meet up and shop! =D
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June 23rd, 2010 at 8:16 am
I actually had to share the mini profiterole with my roomie because it’s so rich!
Oh that’s just brilliant! Do you know when you’re going? I’ll probably be there in early Dec! We should def. meet up ;D
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your photos are beautiful!!!! these shots look like they should be in a magazine. the cakes look YUMMMY, I want to eat them all
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June 23rd, 2010 at 8:14 am
Thank you Amy! I hope you’re having a blast in the US – stock up on all things kawaii ne?
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I just read that, looked down, and realized I drooled all over my Business Week. So I toodled off to get some banana walnut ice cream, and all is well in the world again
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June 30th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Wow what’s banana walnut ice cream like? Is that from your local ice cream store or some flavour ben n jerry’s came up with lol? Sounds yummm!
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I really shouldn’t be reading this past midnight! Now you’ve got me snacking. Or maybe that’s just an excuse
And I can’t imagine how the normal profiterole would look like!
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Gah, my earlier comment didn’t appear. Boooo
Anyway, all thanks to you, now I’ve got profiteroles waiting in the oven for me! Hehe 
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June 30th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Sorry about that! It strangely got marked as spam, so weird! How are your profiteroles? I wish I could bake them here but I’m sure even if I had an oven, they won’t taste half as good as yours!
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LOL!!!! do you know the guys in the picture? They seem to be staring right into the camera. xD
I think my favorite(in terms of picture) is the hot chocolate, the vanilla raspberry cake and the fruit tart. Absolutely yummy looking!
OMG! Those desserts look absolutely DEELISH!
Did you eat them all? Or did you just take a picture of every dessert?
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July 4th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
HAHA I wish I knew them but sadly I don’t (nor do I have their numbers just so you know…) They noticed I was taking photos and cheekily posed for the camera ;D Gotta love outgoing guys!
I had a taste of all of them save for the fruit tart. They were alllll good!
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OMG your manicures are both soooooooo cute! And I am totally jealous of the sweets. ;_;
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