Showing posts with label pumpkin bread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pumpkin bread. Show all posts

Monday, February 15, 2010

Bakery Nouveau – Review 2

Restaurant: Bakery Nouveau – Review 2

Cuisine: Bakery/Desserts
Last visited: January 31, 2010
Area: Seattle, WA (West Seattle)
4737 California Ave SW
Price Range: $10-20


1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very good 5: Excellent 6: Tres Excellent!!

Food: 6
Service: n/a (I wasn’t actually there)

Ambiance: n/a

Overall: n/a

Additional comments:

  • Pastry chef William Leaman
  • Pastries baked several times daily
  • Famous bakery in Seattle
  • Gourmet bakery
  • Traditional desserts with a gourmet/West Coast twist
  • Breads/Desserts/Pastries/Chocolates/Jam/Lunch
  • Award winning desserts
  • Natural ingredients
  • Seasonal ingredients
  • Gift baskets available
  • Daily/Weekly/Holiday specials
  • Dine in/Take-out
  • Mon-Thurs 6am-7pm
  • Fri 6am-9pm
  • Sat 7am-9pm
  • Sun 7am-7pm

**Recommendation: Blueberry Pistachio Cake, Double Baked Almond Croissant


I am so lucky to have friends that love me! To get desserts from Bakery Nouveau twice in one month is seriously something to brag about! My friends went down to Seattle and recalled my post about Bakery Nouveau and with my “must go there” push they decided to stop there for lunch. They were happy, I was happy and I still am happy.


My 1st review for Bakery Nouveau.


On the table:


Pumpkin Bread 4.5/6

  • Super moist like a moist banana bread would be. It’s more like a cake than it is bread.
  • Very buttery and a bit oily so you can see it on your hands. But it’s good!
  • Very strong cinnamon taste, lots of canned pumpkin. I think there is lots of clove in there and maybe a little nutmeg too. It almost seems like all canned pumpkin in taste and texture because it’s so moist.
  • It marbled with a brown sugar walnut crumb streusel. It’s almost paste like.
  • It’s quite sweet, and even a bit salty. They definitely added that pinch of salt to bring out the flavours, but I could actually taste it a bit more than I wanted to.


Snowball Cake 5/6

  • I don’t have the exact description but it had a custard bottom, cake layer, milk chocolate caramel Rum like layer, another custard layer, another cake layer and it was all covered with freshly dried coconut shavings. Probably around $5.50USD. It's quite expensive here.
  • I love the coconut shavings! This cake was very custardy with a Rum taste. I think they use a very potent Vanilla Rum extract so it almost taste like there’s actually Rum in it.
  • It’s creamy and very sweet, but good!
  • It’s like a coconut vanilla custard trifle in taste and in texture it was like a tiramisu (without the cheese taste). It had egg nog like flavours, especially in the cust ard and there are real vanilla bean seeds in it.

  • You can hear the moistness when you cut through it with your fork…sounds gross, but it’s really good. The cake layer is quite wet and soaked/
  • The whole cake is spread with vanilla custard or a cream that’s a bit thinner than pastry cream before it’s covered with coconut.
  • The chocolate layer is a bit too sweet. I think it’s a very low % of cocoa powder and it tastes like melted milk chocolate spread.
  • It’s a bit too sweet and I wouldn’t want a whole piece. I needed to eat it with a glass of milk. It was still excellent though.

Twice Baked Almond Croissant 6/6

  • My friend meant to order the Twice Baked Chocolate Croissant but by mistake called out Twice Baked Almond Croissant – which I tried last time.
  • I actually started writing about it and how disappointed I was that there was no chocolate…until I realized…lol
  • No changes, still delicious. Except I didn't like how oddly shaped it was, the one I had last time was better looking.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

2009 Top 10 List - My favourtie foods of 2009

Follow Me Foodie’s Top 10 Favourite Foods of 2009


I decided to do a special post for my favourite foods of 2009 since I’ve started my blog.


They're mostly "best food in Vancouver" items, but there are a few that are listed from places I've traveled to this year. It's not the restaurant, but the particular dish I loved at that restaurant that makes the list.


There are other amazing/best food in Vancouver I've tried this year, but I'm only featuring the foods I've done reviews for.


It’s listed in random order because they’re all freaking delicious.


1. Pumpkin Bread (Special offer)

2. Vanilla Battered Prawns

3. Biggest Blueberry Pancake

4. Bison Steak

5. Matcha Macarons

6. Tuna Garlic Pepper Sashimi

7. Pork Tenderloin w/gerwrztraminer pan jus

8. Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

9. Pan-fried Prawns with Basil

10. “Signature” – Double Chocoloate Potato Brioche


This one doesn't count because you have to make it. It definitely deserves a shout out though: Tiramisu Cupcakes.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Your Christmas gift - Special offer!

The Christmas Post


To: YOU

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. May you enjoy it with friends, family & of course food ;)

From: Follow Me Foodie – Mijune


Whether you are a loyal reader or a 1st time visitor, I really appreciate your visit and support for this blog.

My gift to you this Christmas is a special offer for 10% off one of my favourite breads in town:

The Pumpkin Bread from Maple Castella Bakery. This is one of my items I rated 6/6.




Special offer:

  • 10% off the Pumpkin Bread Loaf
  • Valid only at Maple Castella Bakery
  • Address: Unit 1068 - 8700 McKim Way, Richmond BC
  • Upon purchase please use promo code: Follow Me Foodie
  • Offer valid: December 25, 2009 – January 10, 2010


This special offer is exclusive to Follow Me Foodie.


Thank you!


Mijune

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