Chester Street Bakery

E., and I went to breakfast the day that we finished up our nights together. We had somewhere else originally picked but we finished up the day of the Queens Birthday public holiday and so we didn't have many places to choose from. Plus the place we went to at first was shut as I was looking at the previous year's list of open places.

I looked up the real list and decided that Chester Street Bakery wouldn't be a bad choice and off we went! We were very surprised to find out that it was only maybe five or so minutes away from where we had dinner the night before at Ribs and Burgers!

Its located in industrial wasteland

Its located right in the corner and there is pretty average metered parking around in case there isn't any parking in the little lot there.

In this little nook

It was a pretty chilly place but there are lots of space heaters everywhere to keep you toasty warm.

Ooh yes giant heaters

This is their desserts board! Only available after 5pm for the solid price of $14.90.

This was their desserts board!

I had a lot of fun looking around because there are large clear refrigerated cabinets everywhere with lots of pretty and delicious looking cakes waiting to be sliced up and eaten.

Ooh

Ooh yes

More cakes!

Even more cakes!

Jesus

I took a brief picture of the front display cabinent but I didn't snap a picture of the bread behind the counter or the front display of freshly made baked goods. Too many serving staff around ):

Not just cakes, salads too!

We decided to sit inside on this long communal dining table. We were a bit hidden away from the cool breeze and were staring right at the pizza oven and bar area.

This fun place

I had my eyes on the front counter for quite a while though. I finished my meal quite quickly and was then eyeing off a dessert for the longest time.

This was our other view

Anyway, I got the raspberry, watermelon, strawberry, lime and coconut water frappe. It was very sweet and refreshing, there wasn't one particularly dominate flavour, just a nice blend of all the fruits used. I finished my drink off quite quickly as a result.

Mmm~

I got the breakfast pizza, cracked egg, speck, oregano, cherry tomato, rocket and mozzarella. It was quite a small sized pizza with just the one egg cracked over it. The base was absolutely delicious though, super crunchy, wafer thing and it was made so it had a good crust to grab a hold of. It had a lovely smoky odour from the wood fired ovens they use. The speck was quite salty and fatty, sliced super thin like prosciutto normally is and it contrasted very well with the sweet cherry tomato and runny egg. The rocket was a good mix too, sharp, peppery and very fresh against the rest of the toppings.

Quite tasty

E., ordered the hiker's breakfast, baked eggs, grilled chorizo, white bean ragu, lemon creme fraiche and two slices of baguette. It came out in a little cast iron pan, which I always enjoy the appearance of. I really like the sweet richness of the ragu and the mildly spicy and garlicky slices of succulent chorizo throughout the dish. The yolk was a little overcooked for my liking as I love a gooey yolk, spilling all over my food. The baguette was a delicious, freshly baked one with a chewy crust and soft, fluffy innards. The only thing I disliked was that there was so little of it. The creme fraiche was a surprisingly light contrast to the rest of the rich food, the creaminess and sourness of the creme was a really good contrast.

Please sir, can I have some more bread?

I decided that we should get desserts afterwards. I had my eye on this salted caramel doughnut from the moment I saw it on the counter. It was a glorious round puff of a thing with this little ooze of caramel out the side, like just for a little tease.

Ooh, you so damn pretty

I split it down the centre and we marveled at its prettiness, without feeling the least bit sleazy. The salted caramel was so utterly delicious, it was so thick, buttery smooth and sweet with a hint of salt. I don't like sweets but I loved this, I would've eaten an entire jar of the stuff with a spoon. If they had sold salted caramel as a spread, I'd be dead by now.

So damn good

E., also bought us two salted caramel and chocolate shortbread. The shortbread was so buttery and short, with a cocoa hit that we found very intriguing since both of us are very used to the traditional all butter shortbread. The cream sandwiching the two shortbread pieces was faintly salted caramel but not to the same extent of the salted caramel doughnut, it was still delicious and for $3.50 hell yeah, I'll get some more. Then again, the doughnut was only $4.

Also good

Dr S., JGirl, VGirl and myself went back to Chester Street Bakery after we went to the Smoke. Dr S., and JGirl saw my pictures and had been drooling over the salted caramel doughnut and wanted to go here like crazy. We went for just a quick dessert run, Dr S., decided to get this salted caramel and chocolate bar, it was a dense dark chocolate brownie, covered in a white chocolate icing, small malt balls and a squiggle of salted caramel. We partially split them between us and then we were scraping the salted caramel off the plate to get the last bits of it.

Also only about $5

VGirl spent like 20 minutes trying to decide on something to eat, she doesn't like chocolate a lot and most sweets, but she likes most of the really old school classic Aussie desserts. She was hoping for a little lemon meringue pie but she didn't want a large slice of one. We kept saying she should get something to eat so she ended up getting this lemon slice. It had a buttery, crumbly and short base topped by a deliciously tart lemon curd.

She enjoyed it

I was the only one to get a full dessert, I got the chocolate fondant with malt ice cream and ovaltine crunch. It was the last thing to come out for obvious reasons and we all marveled at it when it came out.

Mmm fondant

I cracked open that bad boy and watched all the molten cake spill everywhere.It melted the malt icecream beautifully and I loved the crunch of those little Ovaltine balls, it was a wonderful contrast in textures. It was very rich though, and I'm not sure if I would order it again.

Oooh that close up

Chester Street Bakery
Atmosphere: 5, cold but I like the display of the 
Service: 6, decent enough I guess. They do a lot of run by cutlery and dish grabs.
Food: 7, I quite enjoyed all my food here, the portions are bit small especially the mains but they are very tasty. I'm a fan of big meals, so I wouldn't be happy always getting this small a meal. The small desserts are fantastic though and especially for the price they are. I'd gladly go here for a quick dessert with friends after a big meal.