Fleischer Continental Cakes

Purchased a delightful Powdered Bonsoy Chai with a Fig Tart. Look, these cakes are just so attractive to the eye, they got me in, just on a visual basis, even when I wasn’t hungry. I’m a Fig freak, & loved the concept of this Fig Tart. When presented with a fork & knife, I felt like saying afterwards,….”You wouldn’t happen to have a steak knife would you?”…. I just couldn’t cut the rock hard pastry tart…. Tried hitting it with my knife, only to have the seated customers ‘snigger in their seats’ at my effort. I then had to eat just the figs & the creamy custard on its own. I’m thinking at this stage, to just pick up the pastry and squeeze it with my hands either side to force the tart to bend & snap- ‘Hallelujah!’ Now I could try the pastry! I’d say slightly ‘too think’ and ‘too sweet’…. Also, the pastry chefs could be more generous with the custard. For $6.50 each, I’m happy to leave it behind. Overall, great for a ‘visual fix’ but I won’t be ordering this again. Back to my ‘Chai with the leaf brew’ & when I get false teeth, I won’t be ordering that Tart for sure!

Walked this cafe many times, today I came in for some thing. I had one custard donut. But it’s very dry and quite dense. But fluffy at all. And the custard filling was a bit too thick (dry). Anyways I prefer the custard donuts from Laurent. And also Walker's Doughnuts are my fav. Cheap but delicious!

Pistachio doughnut was so good and creamy. Gahd dayum, whatever the filling is made of is so good, words cannot describe it. Also ordered a few different types of focaccia and it was great, but it needed a bit more salt. I also ate the salmon bagel, it was fantastic, a great balance of sauces, veggies and cream. So yummy. Coffee was also ordered and was yummy as.

Specifically asked server for an Easter cake that was baked today, when I got it home and looked at it, it was definitely not freshly baked, with the icing sugar melted, and upon tasting it, was clearly not fresh. I buy these every year. Was different batch to rest of cakes on display in cabinet. Went back and Pastry chef proceeds to argue, touch it and cut it and argue some more. First time I have had to return something here after being a long time customer for many many years - and after the awful attitude will be my last visit. If it tastes not fresh today (being a day or so old), it will be inedible tomorrow when it was to be served for family. Awful attitude, and a long time customer lost over $25.