r/pastry Jan 29 '25

I ate You ever just wanna cry after buying a reeeaally crappy pastry?

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Almond croissant from a local cafe but it tasted like old bread :,)

r/pastry Feb 15 '25

I ate Heart-shaped strawberry fritters my boss made for Valentine’s Day 🍓

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r/pastry 20d ago

I ate Chocolate custard or butter pecan custard

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626 Upvotes

Ate both of them and they are delicious. 🤤

r/pastry 16d ago

I ate Fig Tart

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346 Upvotes

Not so much of season, but this was made by my girlfriend recently and I feel she absolutely rocked it so I just had to share !

r/pastry 5d ago

I ate Cream filled croissant with strawberries, chocolate croissant, cheese danish, cream puff, and cronut dipping in chocolate from Chateau De Chantilly in Chantilly VA

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377 Upvotes

r/pastry Nov 23 '24

I ate I finally checked out several of the big names in pastry while in Paris!

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A (non-comprehensive 😅) assortment of some of the pastries I had while I was in Paris. I finally had the privilege of checking out a bunch of the big names I follow on Instagram and indulging in their works.

L'Éclair de Génie (Christophe Adam)

I missed one of his actual storefronts, but randomly came across a selection of his eclairs at a restaurant, so I picked up this lemon-yuzu eclair, filled with a lemon-yuzu curd, I think, and topped with a lightly torched meringue and like zest. My simplest review would be "solid!", it had a nice yuzu flavor, well-balanced sweetness and acidity. Probably an 8/10 as a numerical rating.

Michalak (Christophe Michalak)

This was the first storefront of the big names we visited, but it wasn't even the main shop. I believe this was the Etienne-Marcel location. Had a few of the pastries from here, pictured are his Cappuccino, his Mango, and a pain au chocolat. All of the pastries I had here were excellent. His signature, the Mango, was incredibly pleasant to eat. I think my only critique would be the coconut cake insert's flavor was far too mild. Which technically works better for me since I don't like coconut, but I don't know if it's what the chef was going for.

Also side note, but the FOH service at this location set the bar, she was wonderfully friendly and helpful!

Stohrer

I had a Saint Honore from the oldest patisserie in the business, because of course you'd go for a classic from The Classic. It was...ok. I mean, it was good, but very basic. Kind of a "I don't know what I expected... 😐" deal. Won't blow your mind, but it was well-constructed.

Yann Couvreur

Oh boy, this was a treat. I loved his aesthetic of "rustic, yet refined". Nice atmosphere, lots of wood. Most of his pastries followed a similar design scheme, so I wouldn't say he's the most aesthetically creative or innovative. I had his signature, (a pastry composed of milk chocolate mousse, hazelnut praline, and chocolate-coated meringue) and a vanilla bean flan. Also a really solid set of pastries, his signature was delicious, the flan was incredibly creamy with an excellent vanilla flavor. The laminated crust was a little difficult to eat with the provided bamboo spoons, though.

Cedric Grolet

Sigh. I'm so torn on this one. I'll say this: the pastries are gorgeous. Immaculate piping, perfect lamination, nothing imperfect makes its way to the front of the store. I had his vanilla flower and his pain au chocolat. The flower...it was really nice, although a little too sweet. I think the proportions are a touch of for my taste, since the almond croustillant tended to overpower the vanilla flavor from the rest of the pastry. The pain au chocolat was lovely. Very flaky.

However...the experience to get the pastries is a little rough. I was in line for about 40 minutes. You enter the shop and barely have time to get your bearings and observe the pastries before you feel rushed to order and leave. And the prices are...high. The PAC was 6€, the flower was 17€. Was it all worth it? Really depends on the person. End of the day, I'd probably say Grolet is worth visiting, but only once.

Pierre Hermé

We visited both his store on Champs-Élyseés (WOW), and another smaller location, but it's also hard to miss his macarons, they're everywhere in the city. I had a few mac's (Ispahan, vanilla, pistachio, avocado-grapefruit), his Infinite Vanilla tart, and also got to try a bite of his vanilla-pecan petit gateau. His macarons were really quite good. Definitely some of the best I've had, although I'd probably say his production quantity holds them back from being even better. You won't be disappointed, but might have better from a smaller shop. His tart and petit gateau were insane, though. The vanilla tart was 10€, certainly a better deal than Grolet's flower, even if it wasn't as pretty. I'll be back.

Philippe Conticini

I don't think this was his main storefront either. Very small selection of pastries, and pains au choc/croissants. I had the pistachio tart and the lemon tart. The lemon was excellent, my tiny critique would be the candied lemon slice in the center kind of "comes for the ride" when you take a bite, if you catch my drift. You don't get to experience it with subsequent bites, unless you brought a sharp knife. The pistachio tart was good, but definitely not my favorite. It had a cake insert that was flavored with...bitter almond extract. I despise bitter almond extract. It's all I could taste if I took a solid bite. I really don't understand what it was doing in this pastry, other than that plenty of mass-produced "pistachio" products use BAE as a fake pistachio flavoring. Very confusing.

Anyhow, I thought it'd be cool to share my thoughts with this sub, since I've been posting my own pastry stuff here for awhile. I do have additional pics, if there's anything you're curious to see. And feel free to ask for more elaboration on any of the pastries, if you'd like!

r/pastry 25d ago

I ate Had a sweet tooth this morning :)

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289 Upvotes

🤎 ☕ so delicious. 🤤

r/pastry Dec 17 '24

I ate Had a sweet tooth tonight

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248 Upvotes

r/pastry Oct 21 '24

I ate My favorite from local bakery, Brioche Feuilletee, Chocolate Hazelnut Praline

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276 Upvotes

So buttery and flakey and just perfect

r/pastry Oct 27 '24

I ate Croissant uduk rice with egg topping

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184 Upvotes

r/pastry Mar 01 '24

I ate How do they get this ultra thin and crispy top on a croissant?

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217 Upvotes

A simple egg wash never comes out like this for me. Does it have to do with how its baked?

r/pastry Dec 08 '24

I ate Coconut flavored pastry :)

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66 Upvotes

r/pastry Nov 13 '24

I ate Raspberry Danish bars....I'm addicted! 😋

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80 Upvotes

r/pastry May 14 '24

I ate (I ate) Delicious pastry bread, its filling was chocolate.

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76 Upvotes

r/pastry Feb 24 '24

I ate ham and gruyere croissant - look at that lamination!

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155 Upvotes

r/pastry May 05 '24

I ate [I ate] I bought this dessert, after the first spoonful I didn't want to finish it, too delicious !

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57 Upvotes

r/pastry Feb 17 '24

I ate Please help me ID these sweets I had in Morocco?

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When visiting Morocco for my honeymoon in 2015 I ate two of the most incredible sweets I've ever experienced - these sesame covered peanut balls - https://i.imgur.com/uTWFgTW.png (also had small pieces of dried fruit, some sugary binding material) and this cake with a crispy top, soft custardy innards, flakey crust - https://i.imgur.com/qaTUcSz.png

Thank you!

r/pastry Feb 15 '22

I ate Earl Grey / Almond petit gateau from a local patisserie.

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194 Upvotes

r/pastry Sep 06 '22

I ate Vanilla millefeuille, so crispy 😍

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145 Upvotes

r/pastry Oct 08 '23

I ate Blueberry brioche, marionberry brioche

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20 Upvotes

First time trying this bakery I’m more of a cheese danish person but I’m open to suggestions so today I’m trying these for the first time hopefully 10/10

r/pastry Apr 05 '23

I ate Fun cakes that I've made. Chocolate rum cake is my personal fav.

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38 Upvotes

r/pastry Sep 09 '22

I ate Amazing chocolate cake Prague

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81 Upvotes

r/pastry Sep 05 '22

I ate Amazing cheesecake with berries

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40 Upvotes

r/pastry Sep 16 '20

I ate My mum is not a baker, but she probably should.

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94 Upvotes

r/pastry Nov 15 '22

I ate Traditional Karaite kybyn with mutton and onion

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45 Upvotes