I felt like Charlie, walking into Willy Wonka's factory and most definitely, I would end up as Veruca Salt, the brat who wanted everything!!
These were the Zumbarons that were available at that moment! They had toasted marshmallows, caramelised white chocolate, which were my favourites, and banana, mojito (which tasted of fresh mint leaves), Francesco Brownie (his father's name), fingerbun (which was coated in desiccated coconut), caramel au beurre sale, and hazelnut praline. They had other flavours which were not ready at that moment, which were red velvet, berry brûlée, SBC on Toast (salted butter caramel), popcorn, and a couple of others which I cannot remember!
In the end, we chose just a few items, which included some macarons, a Cronut (which was what I was there for) a croissant and a I-forget-what-it's-called some Calamansi thingy.
Here it is. The Calamansi thingy.
Black Forest Cronut, it was actually very good! Having tried the mediocre one in Singapore, this one exceeded expectations. The lack of a queue made me think it wasn't that good. Perhaps it was the wrong criteria to judge it by!!
The pastry was crisp and slightly crunchy, as if when you spread butter on croissant and toasted it, and the cherry was tart/citrusy enough to balance out the sweet, light cream, and the frosting was a little chewy/sticky to balance out the many flavours bursting in that one mouthful. Mmmm:)
The brown one on top, Francesco Brownie, and the bottom row, from left to right, toasted marshmallow, mojito, caramelised white chocolate, and fingerbun.
The Francesco one was chocolatey, taste n texture a lot like a fudgy brownie, but it didn't hit the spot. Maybe because I like my chocolate, chocolatey. The toasted marshmallow was a really interesting flavour, I cannot tell what went into the filling, but it was sweet gooey goodness, just like a toasted marshmallow would be. The mojito was a mint flavour one, but it was not the regular spearmint or eucalyptus mint, it tasted like mint leaves, as was described "like the mint leaves in the Vietnamese Pho". It was a refreshing taste (excuse the pun) and it wasn't too heavy on the palate. I could go for 2 at a time. The caramelised white chocolate was a really interesting twist on regular run of the mill caramel. There was the added dimension of milky chocolately goodness. But, just a hint of it. There wasn't the heaviness of regular gooey caramel macarons. I might just have been converted from a caramel lover to this caramelised white chocolate. Hah.
🍭 23 March 2014
