Comments on: Bourke Street Bakery, Surry Hills

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:09:58 +0000

They would want to have good food because the staff they employ at the gardeners road store range from rude to just plain dumb…
I have put up with it for years but now with Sonoma just around the corner I will be happy to take my business there!!……. Except for the sausage rolls!!! Damn you sausage rolls!!!!

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:53:43 +0000

I tried a Quince Tart today from the Marrickville shop.

I was immediately transported back to an autumn day in Berrima where I had one of the most luxurious, comforting Tarte Tatin with ice cream next to a crackling fire – It was raining, it was very windy yet it was one of the best late lunches I ever had.

The Quince Tart was like that times two.

Few people get to say that they have made a difference. Some people cure Cancer, some unlock the secrets of the Universe; and some make Quince Tarts. You should be proud.

Thanks for the years you gave back to me by the memories your tarts evoked today.

How? Its just pastry, custard and fruit – How do you do it? Absolute wizardry.

By: Chasing the Holy Grail Breads and Pastries in Paris - Forno Bravo Forum: The Wood-Fired Oven Community

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:00:47 +0000

[...] say about Poilane though… We have no hope of getting to Paris any time soon, but hope to visit this bakery before the year's out – a bit closer to us. Cheers, Mick __________________ My Clay Oven build: [...]

By: Cris

Cris — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:42:25 +0000

Being from the country I always check in with NQN when I am in Sydney because life’s too short to eat bad food. While recently in Surry Hills I decided to try the Bourke St Bakery’s Lamb, almond and harissa sausage roll. Gorgeous flavours – even enjoyed the currants. Big thanks NQN.

By: Bake Off! « Bellsknits

Bake Off! « Bellsknits — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:10:28 +0000

[...] this one. Oh no. I was, until that day, unfamiliar with a baking bible, from a Sydney icon, the Bourke Street Bakery. The carrot cake, Gretchen told me, is an incredibly special recipe and she wasn’t wrong. [...]

By: Luxe Espresso & Bakery, Newtown, review @Not Quite Nigella

Luxe Espresso & Bakery, Newtown, review @Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:01:56 +0000

[...] is 30 years old, born in Paddington and raised in Bondi and formerly worked at Brasserie Bread and Bourke Street Bakery, two icons of Sydney baking. He has dried flour edged in his fingernails and flour in his arm hair. [...]

By: Disco

Disco — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:42:02 +0000

Always an officious out of work actor/staff member barking directions at customers and throwing food into bags. It’s like they are all coming down from bad party drugs. Not dog friendly. Slow Service. Burnt Pastries. High Prices. Try and avoid it!

By: PastryPrincess

PastryPrincess — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:59:20 +0000

this seems like such a over-hyped place which i think is a shame because its distracting from the simple things this bakery is really good at! id heard about it and their book before so obviously had to check the place out. its a nice little shop and i coincidentally had the same choc-raspberry tart as you and although it was tasty and all i wasnt amazed or anything. i had kinda expected to be after all that hooplah and thats exactly what i mean, you know?! ;P my sourdough bread was also a let-down but at least my friends olive-rosemary loaf was pretty darn delish! i would go for that or a savoury roll the next time…

By: Walking & Eating Tour Surry Hills, Sydney @Not Quite Nigella

Walking & Eating Tour Surry Hills, Sydney @Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:08:13 +0000

[...] tooth sated our bodies are yearning for some savouries so we swing by Bourke Street Bakery and join their perennially winding queue outside. We make our purcahses – for me, a veal, [...]

By: Rosanna Salle

Rosanna Salle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:23:29 +0000

Must have one back in Broadway please!