Oooh waterfall!
It’s never a great idea to go dessert shopping when you’re full…well scratch that, it’s actually a great idea if you want to resist temptation. One sunny afternoon, M and her boys and Mr NQN and I walk through Five Star chocolates and sweets doors in Greenacre with stomachs full to bulging. There’s nothing quite like looking at an array of Lebanese sweets though, some familiar like the baklava and some unfamiliar where a waterfall of white cascades from top tier to bottom tier. M has been here before and she knows what she wants, the nutty biscuitty cake with the whipped cream topping.
There are all sorts of goodies in this shop. A fridge of marizpan shaped fruits also has M interested as she loves good quality Marzipan. Me, I just love the details to the fruit.
There is a display in the centre of the room with Hookah pipes and various sweets, chocolate and toys. in the glass cabinets are displays of chocolates in pink and blue for baby gifts.
Chocolates in pink
Chocolates in blue and other colours for babies with some very cute booties on the bottom row!
I have become fascinated by this waterfall dessert, said to be made from rice and cheese. Sold by the weight, we ask for some small slices to be cut off so that we can try them and sit down to partake.
Pistachio honey slice $3 (sold by weight)
The nutty slice has a honeyed sweetness, the nuts, cake and fluffy unusual topping which resembles a whipped cream but tastes like an less sweet unbaked meringue is an interesting combination. This is M’s favourite.
Sweet cheese $4 (sold by weight)
The semolina and cheese dessert is similar to a stretchy Kazandibi in texture although in taste it is quite different. It has that semolina taste to it mixed with sugar. We can’t taste much of the Lebanese cheese in it so it must be quite mild or not in very large quantities.
While we are eating, families come in and pick up items for weddings, baby showers and other family events. Special orders are shown to pleased customers and wrapped up for them.
Hookah pipes
Had we been hungry I’m sure we would have cleared the store out of goodies, but luckily or unluckily our sweet toothed assault will have to wait for another visit.
So tell me Dear Reader, do you always have dessert when you go out?
And Happy Mother’s Day to all of the great mums out there! 
xxx
Five Star Chocolates and Sweets
168 Waterloo Road Greenacre Sydney
Tel: +61 (02) 9740 7440
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how many nice creations. I want to visit this shop
Nearly always. I build my other choices around the dessert available. Those displays are so pretty I have never seen anything quite like it. Thanks for sharing this.
Never heard of this place before – thanks for the headsup! There is also a very nice Lebanese sweet shop called Abla’s in Croydon Park. We don’t go out very often, but when we do, we usually have dessert!
Oh wow! This place looks amazing! Must add it to my “to visit” list, thanks Lorraine!
I love this shop too. Although normally we walk in after eating at El Aseel and are too full to try much! Greenacre is a hidden gem.
Rarely have dessert any more when out – most are so sugarly and dairy-ey that I can’t handle them anymore. Might have a scoop or sorbet if available, but not so much.
A herbal tea seems my thing now to round out my meal
I used to nanny for a Lebanese family, and the sweets they are were divine:) I rarely have dessert when we are out- I’m generally full. Unless we go somewhere really special- in which case- I make room.
Mmmm these look really good. I want some for breakfast right now. I especially like chocolate knafeh.
Did you eat Halawat Al Jibin, If so its made with cheese and Semolina flour and not rice flour…. and cooked to this melting point.
I think I have some photos ready for a posting..
Wow, the trays and trays of pink and blue chocolates look sensational! Will tell mr foodwink that we NEED to make our way to this shop soon.
p/s: Happy birthday to you again – hope you’ve had a day full of gourmet food yesterday. And keep up the amazing work on this blog!
That pistachio honey slice looks divine!
First off Happy Mothers Day to all the mums out there.
Great post Lorraine I love finding out about all these places in Sydney I truly can not wait till my next visit….although I think my bank account may just hate me.
Those booties are just a cute gift for baby shower or to give the mother something nice after the birth. I usually buy the baby a gift and get the mother a pamper pack as I feel she totally deserves it. So those booties would be a nice sweet little treat to add to the shower gels and goodies.
ooh aaah this shop makes my mouth water such yumminess
Happy Birthday Lorraine for yesterday
Happy Mother’s Day to all the special mums out there who always put there children first.
How funny. WE were just there a couple of weekends ago after a great meal at Al Aseel. We miraculously could fit in a dessert from here. Their nougats are too die for!
I rarely have dessert when I go out (even though I love desserts!)as i’m normally too full or find that if I do get dessert I end up overfull & it kind of spoils the meal. You can’t have that!
We rarely do. Both my husband and I are terrible lightweights and even struggle if we attempt entrees, Just the mains for us unless we see something amazing on the dessert menu and then we have just entrees and desserts!
ooooh everything looks so sweet! in both ways
i love visiting dessert shops too…just to look n gape.
strange that u shd ask…I only realize now that….no..we never have dessert we we go out….only the main meal n we’re done.
What a gorgeous shop! I’m always intrigued by what desserts are imagined up by the pastry chef and sometimes do plan my meals around them!
Almost always…desserts are definately the thing I check out first on the menu!
Aw, all those chocolate in pink! so girly! This is heaven for a person with a sweet tooth! And hell later with the tummy ache and dwindling bank account! lol.
My gosh look at all that pink!
That’s very pretty!!! i like the pink chocolates ^^
This shop looks amazing. There seem to be more good Lebanese sweet stores in Sydney than in Melbourne (according to my in laws anyway). I married into a Lebanese family and have really enjoyed learning about their lovely food and traditions, including the gorgeous chocolates and sweets we now give when children are born, baptisms etc. I will keep this store on my list to visit when we are next in Sydney.
Always have dessert! I look at the dessert menu first, make my selection from that and then choose my main accordingly.
whoa, pink overload!
Quite a few things here that I would have to buy just to try after seeing them. I can’t help myself when my dessert interest is piqued… I must have!
Wow, what an amazing place!
Not always – too often desserts are mediocre/bought in/disappointing. But then if I’m in the right mood, I’ll just order dessert *for* dinner, so that probably makes up for it!
And if there’s anything with pistachio (like yours) on the menu, I’m a goner.
happy birthday to u .
I always try to resist dessert which fails every time.
I can’t resist the sticky date/butterscotch pudding served at an italian joint in Enfield…or coconut gelato/all forms of gelato.
Ooh yummy! I love the sound of the semolina cheese dessert and the marzipan fruits!
Briony xx
Happy Mother’s day to all, sorry if it’s a little late but I just had the nicest day, wonderful food enjoyed with nearest and dearest, lots of Chandon Cuvee Riche, gorgeous gifts and cards from family. The guests have left, the kitchen is clean and now some chill out time is on the cards.
Dessert….how I love Thee, let me count the ways..haha Love dessert and if it wasn’t for hubby holding me back at times saying( “Do you really need that?) I’d probably be ‘ten ton Tessie’ lol
Degustation is the way to go, that way you can have small portions of everything
My daughter Gabriella squealed when she saw your post on Five Star as she is a regular. Her favourite is Snod el sit which is filo pastry filled with cream cheese and fried, then rose-flavoured syrup is poured over it and sprinkled with crushed pistachios. Also, she said to mention that the ‘marzipan’ fruits are not really marzipan but a sugar/flour mixture. My mum loves marzipan fruits and she brought some of these home for her one day, only to find out that they weren’t.
so many pretty colors! yes, i always try to have dessert–it’s my favorite part of any meal! also, i make it a point to shop on a full stomach–if i’m hungry, i end up getting way more than i intended to.
How I love desserts shop! Everything looks so pretty, the sweet cheese sounds interesting.
So cool.. I have never seen this sweet cheese.. remarkable photo of it… time for some investigation, Lorraine!
I have a sweet tooth and limited restraint, but recent weight loss has spurred me on to say no to dessert more often, unless it is spectacular or small.
I love how the chocolates are colour coded – what a great idea
So much chocolate, they’d need to restrain me at the door!
It’s very rare for me to skip dessert when out, thanks to the magic Dessert Stomach
Those desserts looked heavenly. Thanks for sharing.
I love dessert, but rarely partake as it goes straight to my thighs/hips/tummy/whatever. Occasionally I allow myself some really good gelato or chocolate mud cake and really savour it. Life’s too short to always go without dessert, even if I am watching my weight.
Wow, so many sweets here! The waterfall dessert is very cool!
wow that place looks … delicious.
i don’t always have desserts when i go out, although i nearly always want them.
Most of the time I get dessert, unless there is nothing that appeals which has happened before!
This looks great! Such a vast array of sweets. I only have dessert if my companions do – there’s nothing like eating in company.
Sounds intriguing.
Wish I was in Sydney to go and check them out.
Oh my goodness I love pink – and there is so much of it here! Thanks for sharing, and for having me craving sweet things…yet again.
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Oh my! This place looks fabulous!! I will be sure to stop by if I ever do come to Sydney!
love youehh
this place is great
it is always good to share my opinion, i bought a cocktail from this place and i found a pubic hair im not too sure i this place is clean …. please please please ! aswell as the gelato please dig through yourr sweet before you serve it ! thank you
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