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| - Update: Mission Pain au Chocolat is complete! I managed to get there in time today (they only had 2 left!!) and brought it home to enjoy with a cup of tea. Even confessed to the staff there that I'm a gluten-free person...with the exception of things that I believe are "worth it".
Let me tell you - their Pain as Chocolat is epic. Outside, it is a perfect deep golden brown, where you still get the natural sweetness of the butter and a lovely flake. (That's where so many bakers go wrong. Baked just a hair too long and the taste becomes bitter.)
The pastry inside is tender and stretchy, caressing just enough soft chocolate filling to satisfy a craving. Best thing is that the filling isn't too sweet, not too hard.
I am still very impressed with the staff as well. The description of my next mission, the chocolate brioche, nearly had me walking out with two beautiful pastries today! The care they have in romancing the food is so great, plus they are always welcoming and cheerful!
Love, love, love Framboise.
Bienvenue au voisinage, Framboise!
So lovely to have a little bakery and café within a stone's throw of where I live. Their selection may not be super-elaborate, but the quality is there. Had the most beautiful Florentine - tender and just sweet enough, but not so much that you couldn't taste the butter in the base. Really delicious.
The ginger cookies looked amazing, as did the croissants. Pain au chocolate is my favourite, so I will need to go earlier in the day to get one before they are all gone!
I'd say that it's worth the trip down to the NW if you don't live nearby. I was very tempted by many other items, and I know I will be back...with friends...and a larger appetite...and my daughter...and my maman...sister...
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