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| - The Skinny: breakfast offerings are pretty to look at but aren't that great (2), service: it's counter service but the best thing is it is close to the beverage fountain(3), value: three pastries was around $9 which is expensive considering the caliber(2).
We were eyeing the pastry case since we walked into M resort for our staycation. Finally on our last morning, we indulged with an italian doughnut, a blueberry scone and an almond croissant.
The italian doughnut was okay - the custard was a little on the eggier denser texture than say a rich smooth custard and rather ?bland. I wasn't a fan of the filling and it didn't help that there was plenty of filling inside. The doughnut itself was okay but nothing memorable.
The almond croissant was flat as a pancake (not airy and flaky) from the overly moist filling inside. The filling didn't taste like almonds at all. Overall, bleh.
The blueberry scone was the best of the baked goods. Albeit a little dry, it had a more crumbly dense texture with some blueberries inside. Flavours were fine though.
Overall, this bakery really didn't impress especially when there are some great bakeries (ie, Payard, Jean Phillipe, Bouchon) on the Strip to compare to. In light of the pricetag, it was definitely expensive for what it is. I'm not sure if what I ordered was the exception rather than the rule though in terms of the quality.
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