Adriano Zumbo Café Chocolat – Balmain, Sydney (7)
Hope everybody had an awesomely Merry Xmas filled with lots of good food and cheerful times ^^! And for those who braved the stores or going to brave the streets these few days for the Boxing Day sales… May the Force be with you *eh hm* please disregard my inner geek heh.
Remember we had a special guest foodblogger from Singapore and no trip to Sydney would be complete without paying a visit to the mass hype of Zumbo and his famous desserts. So with just a few measly hours left before Brad had to head on the plane the ever-so-friendly Simon took him for a sweet-tooths breakfast of gateaux.
I felt kinda small between these 2… but it’s not the size that counts XD
I Thought It, You Brang It, I Built It, You Bought It – Summer 09/10
I Thought It, You Brang It, I Built It, You Bought It – Summer 09/10
I Thought It, You Brang It, I Built It, You Bought It – Summer 09/10
There was quite a lot of interesting ones this season as with all of Zumbos creations. Some sounded like a crazy combination but sometimes it just works and the only way to find out was to try them. Therefore a group of 3 foodbloggers settled with 4 gateaux for breakfast.
Mmmmm
Google It, Real Life – banana passionfruit creme, citron chiboust, fresh berries & almond croquante ($7.90)
I think we got this more for the name hee hee (g33k re-pre-sent yo!) but it was a very fresh and summer dessert with all the different fruits and fruity flavours. The banana and passionfruit creme was soft and luscious and contrasted against the buttery and crumbly tart base and small snaps of the almond. A safe option for those who do not want any of the daring flavours and wants something light and refreshing for the summer heat.
Not too S-h-a-b-b-y – flourless biscuit, muscavado creme brulee, plantation chocolate mousse & chocolate malt creme legere ($7.90) Gluten Free
This was obviously Brads favourite as he let out a very loud and public moan of pleasure after his first bite. I had to concur on the chocolatey bliss of each bite of this gateaux and the different layers of this dessert. The cracking of the chocolate top was very satisfying but then it doubles as there is another crack at the bottom of the gateaux.
Your Frund in the fridge…. Toasted! – caramelized puff pastry, toast mousse, tomato jelly & melted cheese creameaux ($7.90)
This gateaux was another one of Zumbos more inventive creations and it just works.. well for me at least. There was a surprisingly smooth savoury and sweet combination with the melted cheese and tomato jelly being the main flavours followed by the crunch of the puff pastry. This ’sandwich’ turned out to be my favourite of the day and I would definitely get it again hee hee.
5 6 7 8 – pineapple palm sugar sous vide, lemongrass pandan & vanilla creme legere, coriander cremeaux & peanut sable ($8)
A recommended from our server which was another one we all agreed was a good choice from the nods of my fellow bloggers. I did find the peanuty base was a little bit out of place with the different aspects of the dessert. The chunk of pineapple was coated lovely with palm sugar while the lemongrass and pandan provided a refreshing Asian taste and finally ended with a creamy vanilla creme. To be honest I didn’t know how to approach this dessert and whether we should take a bit of everything or eat each portion separately.
Croissant with jam
Simon did not think the gateaux was breakfasty enough and got a croissant to satiate his craving.
Complimentary truffles thanks to Zumbo and Mel
The famous ‘camel toe’ truffle of red wine and chocolate was split in a 3-way… ok I’ll leave the rest to your imagination but I will say it was a bit messy 
The Christmas pudding did taste Christmassy as it should while the egg was beautifully peppery and sweet with good textures and flavours.
Adriano Zumbo Café Chocolat
308 Darling St
Balmain, Sydney
Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm
Saturday and Sunday 8am – 5pm
Adriano Zumbo Patisserie
296 Darling St
Balmain, Sydney
FFichiban
December 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
oh man, u jus reminded me of the chocolate cake again! hahahahaha i say the public moan of pleasure is an understatement, it’s so, so good!
thanks both of u for bringing me there on the last day, otherwise i definitely will regret not going there!
December 27th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Lovely photos demonstrate once again that size doesn’t matter…at least till we see Brad’s and Simon’s posts. Sounds like a lot of snap crackle pop (moan) was going on that day.
I would feel highly inappropriate and chauvinistic eating that truffle. I would still eat it, though.
December 27th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
There is nothing ever wrong with having cake for breakfast! Tee-hee…
December 27th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Ah, looks like I’ve missed a couple of cakes. Must go back. And size doesn’t matter as much as the company you keep
December 28th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
it never ceases to amaze me how creative the names of his desserts are. i love the look of the Google It, Real Life.
December 29th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Such a great way to see off Brad! As great as this was, I don’t see a trend forming with eating cake for breakfast any time too. Well, at least I hope not!
I can’t say that there was a cake that day that I disliked. All of them were good in their own way. Thought the tomato & cheese sandwich worked well as a dessert, despite what you may otherwise think.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Should not have read this post before breakfast!! Argh!!! All the mouth-watering pictures are making my hungry and craving for a piece of Zumbo!
December 29th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Been a while since I been back, it’s always good to see what has changed!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Mmmm gateaux for breakfast, camel toe for dessert. You guys sure know how to show an international guest a good time. lol!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Ah it’s been so long since I’ve been to zumbo’s but i like the idea of cake for brekky! I just gave you a blog award on my latest post (hope you haven’t received it before) so stop by to pick it up
January 6th, 2010 at 6:05 am
my kind of breakfast that I want to have LOL
January 6th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Oh man…those photos are deadly…for my health! I want to nom it all now!
January 6th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
ho ho is that a fried-egg-shaped truffle
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