Zumbo’s new café is located on Terry Street in Rozelle, which is in the next suburb, but really just 2 streets over from his old café. Having been to the old café, I have to say I was a little disappointed. This “lab” was indoors, unlike the old lovely oudoorsy setup and extremely, and when I say extremely I mean can’t-breathe-in-here-I-feel-so-squished, small. Okay, maybe not that small, but once the more customers started arriving, people were squishing in to see the counter and we were being squished into the wall on our stools (which were almost too tall for She-Wears-Skirts haha). On the plus side, the staff are really friendly, the food is fantab, I love the little chopping boards as plates, and the window into the kitchen – and Adriano – is very cool.
Shall we follow with one of the few (only few!) stalker shots of Adriano Zumbo? Yes please! Courtesy of She-Wears-Skirts and my little brother.
Adriano doing his pastry thing
Along with She-Wears-Skirts and The Omelette, we also brought my little brother and cousin, so between the five of us, we managed to have (and share discretely) five pastries. I had the passionfruit tart ($5.50) – lovely creamy tangy passionfruit curd, very superb short pastry and absolutely beautiful, beautiful sunset-over-the-clear-ocean-in-a-tropical-paradise glaze on the top. We especially loved the three very specifically placed passionfruit seeds. Haha, gotta love that detail. This one was definitely my favourite.
Passionfruit Tart
The Omelette snapped up the pear and almond tart ($5.50), which was very nice. Other fruit and almond tarts I’ve tasted tend to have very little fruit and a lot too much almond (frangipane?), so I was a little apprehensive about this one. However, Zumbo’s is quite a winner, it had plenty of pear in it and wasn’t too almondy! And lovely flaked almonds on top! Two ticks for that! But being at Zumbo’s, I feel the pear and almond tart was a little bit just a pear and almond tart. Very nice, but not that special Zumbo zing, I feel.
Pear and Almond Tart
She-Wears-Skirts had a brioche and chocolate pastry ($4.50) which I’ve forgotten the name of, which was also quite delicious. It was sort of like a log of chocolate croissant, but with chocolate all through it. The three of us agreed while it was certainly yum, (and big!), it could have benefited from more chocolate. Otherwise, it was very nice and flaky!
My cousin had a pear and custard danish ($5.50). This was pretty much a normal danish but the custard was delicious! Really, really delicious creamy goodness mmmmmmm! Apart from that, it was a nice pastry, fruity and flaky. Yum!
The Omelette and She-Wears-Skirts’s favourite was the raspberry and pistachio tart ($9). This one was just stunning to look at with all its raspberry-dinosaur-spines sticking out of it and that crushed pistachio! The pistachio cream was definitely brilliant, so so pistachio-y and creamy, I wished there was more – but maybe that was just my little tidbit. The pastry was also lovely and short and the raspberries nice and tangy – however my brother commented, a little stale tasting? Maybe we’re just being picky.
Chocolate Brioche Thingie A.K.A. Log of Chocolate Croissant
My cousin had a pear and custard danish ($5.50). This was pretty much a normal danish but the custard was delicious! Really, really delicious creamy goodness mmmmmmm! Apart from that, it was a nice pastry, fruity and flaky. Yum!
Pear and Custard Danish
The Omelette and She-Wears-Skirts’s favourite was the raspberry and pistachio tart ($9). This one was just stunning to look at with all its raspberry-dinosaur-spines sticking out of it and that crushed pistachio! The pistachio cream was definitely brilliant, so so pistachio-y and creamy, I wished there was more – but maybe that was just my little tidbit. The pastry was also lovely and short and the raspberries nice and tangy – however my brother commented, a little stale tasting? Maybe we’re just being picky.
Raspberry and Pistachio Tart
Overall, the food was lovely, watching Zumbo (and team) cook was very fun, the decor was fun - I especially like the evil donut, but the jam-packed-ness meant we felt quite rushed and that we needed to leave quite soon.
You can also buy from here, so there was a nice selection of macarons (which we saw being made), pastries and tarts. But for the cakes, we made our way over to Darling Street in Balmain (which is really just the next street over)… This I will continue in the next post.
You can also buy from here, so there was a nice selection of macarons (which we saw being made), pastries and tarts. But for the cakes, we made our way over to Darling Street in Balmain (which is really just the next street over)… This I will continue in the next post.
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