66 High St, Randwick NSW 2031
http://www.22grams.com/
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New bakery by 22 grams
New bakery beginnings by the well established 22 Grams is looking promising just down the road from their cafe with a nice selection of pastries and sourdough to tempt. Cappuccino ($3.50) was good using their house roasted blend. Croissant ($4) had a nice texture and buttery flavour. I reckon go for the morning pick when they'd be even fresher rather than when I visited in the afternoon. On my 2nd visit I confirmed there's a good amount of yummy chocolate in the Chocolate Croissant ($5) and the Almond Croissant ($5) had a lovely crispy texture. I'll definitely need to try the plum danish and sourdough next. Parking is very limited in the area due to the light rail construction in progress just outside. Service was friendly and the decor simple but refined and slick.
Shop 6/1094 Anzac Parade, Maroubra NSW 2035
https://www.lemarais.com.au/
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Freshly baked life in Maroubra
A tip from a friend finds me at this small bakery front which produces 90% of its products for cafes and restaurants while only 10% for the local walk in customers. French pastry chef Joel Barda is such a likeable character with his friendly nature and passionate smile. The abundant display of Jewish challah bread first confuses me but then learning the bakery used to be in Bondi puts it all into perspective. A supportive following must be getting their challah fix still from Joel.
There's a limited range on display for the local punters and the Pain au Chocolat ($4) visually stands out as something different to the usual form. Nice buttery pastry filled with lots of yummy chocolate that apparently they make themselves. Those overflowing dry chocolate lava looking bits at the ends were like crunchy chocolate meringue — so good. Almond Croissant ($4) was looking quite flattened but came good on the flavour. Croissant ($3.50) had nice texture and some buttery flavour. Orange and Poppyseed Cake ($4.50) was moist and enjoyable. The Concorde cake sitting in the display looked amazing. I'm hoping Joel will add a few other classic pastry goodies like the vanilla slice, danish. lemon meringue and fruit tart to his shop display.
