Comments on: Adriano Zumbo Summer 2008 collection: Please sir can I have some more!

By: ragingyoghurt

ragingyoghurt — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:10:55 +0000

[...] the time a rumble of foodbloggers descended upon zumbo yesterday — oh! the rapturous prose! the continuing mythology! [...]

By: Interview: Adriano Zumbo interview, Patissier, Balmain @ Not Quite Nigella

Interview: Adriano Zumbo interview, Patissier, Balmain @ Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:01:40 +0000

[...] “I grew up on junkfood. I ate crumbed chicken, Vegemite (which probably explains why his “Zumbo the Kid” cake has Vegemite in it), peanut butter, hot chips with chicken salt, ham panini and pasta with no [...]

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:46:44 +0000

Hi Lilia-I can imagine that the ingredients that he uses are world’s apart from what Coles and Woolworths use. Glad to hear that you and your friends enjoyed the cakes. So we another Zumbo addict?

By: Lilia

Lilia — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:32:12 +0000

I shared it this afternoon with my friends. One who is a pastry chef in traineeship told me that Cassius was using a high quality chocolates (unlike these cakes in Coles and WOolworths) and she was able to guess some ingredients. Other friend said that Cassius was a strange flavour at first then she licked everything on spoon ans said that it was best chocolate. Other was happy to devour half of the “Where is the Cheese” alone. I was happy with the Sunny Cloud and “Where is the Cheese”. These cakes were all rich and delicious with right combined flavours. The price are not expensive compared to what Adriano dares to put efforts and expensive ingredients in these cakes. All of them said that Adriano is talented, dare to play with flavours, and has lots of creativity. My friends planned to travel there someday, they all said that pity there is no branch in the city for them to buy these easily almost everyday

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:48:13 +0000

Hi Lilia-Ahh ok 5 makes sense. I didn’t think he’d ask if you only bought 2! Haha I think he knows that he’s now famous and his picture is on the internet as the face of the Charles Du Jour. What did you think of the cakes and macarons?

By: Lilia

Lilia — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:30:34 +0000

I thought I was typed 5 cakes, not 2. Typo.

By: Lilia

Lilia — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:22:27 +0000

Hi NQN. I went there today. At last!
Bought 2 cakes plus several macarons and madeleine. Charles, the staff, seem puzzled and asked me if I really going to eat these all. No way, he eh… my friends is happily ask me to buy some.
I almost blurted out Charles’ name then decided no, so he would not be freaked out. Next time then.
For your reader info: I went there with bus 442 from Stand A on QVB York Street, the bus stopped at front of the shop, hop off on 2nd bus stop, just after the bus turned to Darling Street.

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:04:45 +0000

Hi L-The cakes aren’t available from the cafe, but what you can do is buy the cakes from the shop (which is just down the road) and they’ll plate them for you so you can eat them at the cafe.

By: L

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:38:48 +0000

Hello!

Are the cakes available in his cafe @ balmain, the variety seems to have increased from the post you made about his cafe previously…

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:39:44 +0000

Hi Anna-Not sure where you invite was as I didn’t organise it but in Reem’s defence I think she just copied and pasted a circ list from an old email. But next time I’ll make sure you’re on it!