A recent unexpected discovery: the vanilla slice at Miss Maud Pastry House. Layers of glorious sweet indulgence. It’s labelled “Vanilla slice” at Miss Maud but it’s so much more I have a great fondness for the simple Australian bakery vanilla slice, known colloquially and affectionately to some by the unappetising name of &#…
This is post 6 out of a series of 8 posts (the full list is at the end of this post). Breakfast at the Marina DeliThis morning, we went to the marina in search of breakfast. We decided to try a light breakfast at the Marina Deli. This is the view from our table in […]
My workmate J recently bought herself a vanilla slice (AU$2.50) from Punch (Unit 4, 135 Royal St, East Perth). She kindly allowed me to photograph it before she sank her teeth into it. They aren’t the largest vanilla slices we’ve seen – J has quite small hands, and the vanilla slice was about as long […]
We had a team meeting on Friday afternoon last week, and as a treat for the troops and to say welcome to new person J, my boss purchased a selection of pastries and tartlettes from Chez Jean Claude Patisserie. I’ve featured these before, but I never get tired of gazing at these gorgeous little pastries […]
It was my boss’ birthday this week, and she very generously got a beautiful assortment of pastries, cakes and tarts from Chez Jean-Claude Patisserie for everyone to have for afternoon tea. I felt a little bashful asking if I could take photos of someone else’s birthday food, but my workmates have definitely got into the […]