Bakehouse - Kensington

Bakehouse
506 Macaulay Road, Kensington.

Baked Good: Apple and Custard Danish
Should you stay or should you go?: Stay at home.

1. Presentation - 3
2. First bite - 3
3. Texture - 4
4. Flavour - 2.5
5. How'd it make me feel after - 2
(1 - Not so much. 5 - This is fricking awesome)

Every now and then the build up of something is so strong when the time comes it can be a great let down. But that's not to say that the people who create it didn't put their all into every single part of what it is they are making. It's not to say that if you were to do it again, it would be the same. Its just this time, it didn't work out.

The Danish pastry as it's commonly known to us English folk started around the 1850s according to the Danish Bakehouse. It began with a strike in Copenhagen, Denmark and the local bakers needing help to fill the demand of baked goods. And so friends from Vienna came to the rescue where they had already had a great deal of experience of layered pastry, similar to that of the croissant. And so the evolution of the Danish was born.

Bakehouse in Kensington is just a stones throw from the train line in amongst the hustle and bustle. With tables and chairs on the sidewalk covered by a canopy from the weather. Inside rows of tables and chairs. The walls behind the glass counters filled with bread rolls and loaves. Inside the glass cabinets cakes, danishes and muffins to satisfy the sweetest of the sweet tooth. And a cabinet full of every trimming you can think of to fill a Vietnamese Roll.

Today I had the Apple and Custard Danish. As the super friendly staff helped me choose my treat for the day I notice her brush away the little fruit flies that were buzzing around. I figured if the flies want it then it must be good.

The pastry was soft and fluffy and for the most part sweet. Except for the bite I had which tasted like salty baking powder. The apple was perfectly cooked with a slight crunch as you bite into it. One thing I hate about the apple danish is sometimes the apple can be covered in a jelly, this was not the case. There was just enough sweet jelly to hold it together without thinking you were at a children's birthday party.

The custard was a soft and sweet vanilla base which wasn't overpowering the apple. Together making the perfect combination to make the Apple and Custard Danish quite the treat. Even if the files did already have their way with it.

Overall this isn't the worst bakery you could visit. But with so many other options within a stones throw, I'd throw the stone and go somewhere else.

2 out of 5