Showing posts with label Black Start Pastry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Start Pastry. Show all posts

Monday, May 17, 2010

Black Star Pastry

From fouratefive, onto Black Star Pastry. The view from Black Star.

Olive Bread, $5.50. Time-Out Sydney rated Black Star Bakery one of the top ten bakeries in Sydney, so of course have to try their breads too. I chose the olive bread because 1: I love olive bread and 2. the other alternative was raisin bread, can't say I love raisin breads. the breads were almost sold out. It is a sourdough alright. Rough textured, the type that goes hard in days. I quite like the bread, but compared to consummate's olive bread, I prefer the latter. Black Star's one is a true sourdough, whereas consummate is more of an olive oil bread, therefore is softer and more fragrant.

Ninja Gingerbread, $4. It is expensive for such a small piece of gingerbread, but it is well worth the money. It is quite thick, and texture is something between a shortbread and a chewy biscuit. Spicy, bits of ginger, and a thick coat of tempered chocolate, yumm yumm.

Canele, $3. Stella ordered the canele. I am not familiar with canele, but Stella said it was very good. She likes the strong caramel taste.

I started with the legs of the gingerbread man. Imagine him crying bloody murder!, while I happily chew him off bit by bit. haha.

On our way back to the city for dinner.

277 Australia St

Newtown, 2042

Phone: 02 9557 8656


www.blackstarpastry.com.au

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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Black Star Pastry

I have heard so much about black stay pastry. From Stella who said: have you tried black star? at newtown, really good. From Ja, her blog says it all. From the magazine: new kid on the block, currently most exciting pastisserie. From Rowena: these puny little cakes cost a bomb, but they are gorgeous!

So here I am, after about 20mins of aimless walking (up and down Newtown) then finally realising black star is actually just across the train station. Black Star Pastry, a hole in the wall bakery with tiny stools and tables that you would probably find in a kindergarten, serving a small selection of very fine pastries.

Looks so beautiful! But I didn't try this. Too full from lunch for a solid cake.

I went for the watermelon cake instead. Watermelon! Can you imagine? I can't when I first heard about it. Almond and probably hazelnut dacquoise, super light buttercream, sandwich in a slice of watermelon then top with generous halved strawberries= Sweet, slighting crunchy (from the crisp dacquoise and watermelon) and super refreshing (thanks to the presence of summery fruits and airy buttercream). Wow, man.

Pistachio macaron. The meringue layer is made the way it should be (and the way I like it); dense, slightly chewy center, crunchy top. Elise and I were wondering how did the chef stick so much pistachio bits onto the meringue without causing it to go out of shape. The filling though is urghh. I do not like pistachio paste. The chef used pistachio paste for this, it tastes the same as the one we used in school. urghh, taste like medicine..
Cute, tiny place.

Enjoy the sun while it last.


Black Star Pastry


277 Australia St. Newtown 2042.


Tel : (02) 9557 8656

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