Hi, coffee/tea & pastry lovers!
If you wish to tell us about those pastries you love so much and are always looking for in the coffee shop, you can join in for prompt 41 now.
I'm all for puff pastries! Better if they it's a freshly made millefeuille, And, of course, there's a but.
Most of the time, I have my coffee at home. When I have my coffee out, it's usually because I'm meeting family or friends....
One of my last visits to a local coffee shop, La Panetteria, with my husband, sister, and nephew
My last visit to the same coffee shop with my comadre and her daughter, my goddaughter
They've changed the decoration; the square tables are gone and they have round tables now. Besides, when you're inside, you feel that life is orange like a very orange orange, hehe. I guess it's sort of vintage style, but I digress.
When meeting family and friends outside, the occasion usually calls for some pastries to go with our coffees: one talks, drinks and eats, right? Then I'm in the mood for palmiers and/or millefeuilles.
I like honest posting, so I must confess "millefeuille" is something I should never eat 🙈 So I order it, have a couple of bites, and then pull others to finish eating it--before I do. The same goes for cow's milk latte.
I've found that it's "also known by the names Napoleon in North America, vanilla slice in the United Kingdom, and custard slice". We call it milhojas (a thousand sheets) in Venezuela. Basically, this dessert consists of layers of puff pastry altered with layers of pastry cream. It is usually cut and served in rectangles or squares, so it looks like a multi-layered sandwich.
Palmiers, on the other hand, have no pastry cream, so you'd say I'm safe. But I should be careful about gluten; then this is issue for me. Most of the time it's just me and my cup of espresso.
...But also me and my cup of espresso plus half a palmier. They are huge here at La Panetteria.
I like being surrounded by beautiful food, even if I won't eat it, which must be something worthy of psychoanalysis, but that is not the subject of this post 🙈
Anyway, when I go to La Cascada del Pan in the neighboring state, where I have y second job, we like to order mini pastries to take home, but we have them with wine; you can see the little millefeuilles there. They are always fresh; as it's usual in Venezuelan bakeries, pastry shops, and coffee shops, they are decorated with caramel milk and/or confectioner's sugar.
You can see some mini cheesecakes there, next to the mini millefeuilles, which are my second favorites to go with coffee. bakery.
In fact, this is what I order when I go to 212 just some minutes away from this
I seldom order coffee at 212, but when I do, it's usually time for dessert. My usual picks here are cheesecake and brownie gelato. I love these two desserts, so I won't miss the chance if I know they have good ones.
Cheesecake here is firm and soft. It comes topped with strawberry jam, and the crust is crispy and semi sweet, not too buttery. Delicious! I didn't eat cheesecake this time, but it's been my usual pick in the recent past, so here it is.
About their brownie at 212, my sister loves it. I prefer to make my own brownie at home, but if I am with my sister, I know we're sharing one. It's good to be honest: the cake is served warm and it's crispy on the outside and moist and soft on the inside, while the gelato is creamy and won't melt too quickly. But the whole thing is too sweet to my taste, so I usually have a couple of bites only.
Desserts here are big here, and this is why we share.
I'm not picky even though I have limitations because of my mild allergy to gluten and mild intolerance to lactose. If I have really crispy pastries--which have been baking for a good while--with no cream and that are low in fat, I'm good. Below is my wisest pick: garlic and herb breadsticks. These are sold in the same bakery that I frequently visit: La Panetteria.
Am I eagerly looking for these breadsticks when I enter the coffee shop? Not at all. My eyes are on the hunt for the puff pastries. I'm helpless.
How about you?
All text and images are my own. I have taken the pictures with my Redmi 9T cell phone. And if any GIFs here, I've used GIPHY for all them.
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I !LUV a nice pastry and coffee. I think pastries go good with anything. They go good with a nice cold !BEER and after a slice of !PIZZA. But there is something nice about a fresh pastry and a little coffee shop. Thanks for sharing.
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Pastries and beer go perfectly together 😁
Little coffee shops and their pastries have an air of nostalgia, I guess. It's like they've been around for a long time in this changing world, so we feel a little like in our old home.
Thank you so much for dropping by and for your nice, playful and literally rewarding words, @dreamingirwin ❤️😁
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Wow nice place and enjoy it my friends . ❤️
Just the kind of things I'd love to have today, but I'll settle for food!
Forbidden love is something that is always lurking around the corners of consciousness. Better to give in to temptation before it's too late.
Forbidden loves are the most tempting! Today I'll be happy with a bowl of hot soup.
Wilde said that we should give in so the yearning goes away 😂
Ha, ha, ha, ha. I was thinking about Wilde while writing my comment. As you see, I learned a lot in your classes.
Happiness is a bowl of soup. It's warm. Calls home. Nourishes. Quenches appetite. It has it all!
You always learned everything, and certainly you learned the most important part 😂
Soup didn't happen today. May tomorrow...
Ha, ha, ha, ha. Yup. Always learning the worst thing is useful.
Oh, well, soup comes in handy any day
Yes and yes, hehe.
I hope I can eat a big bowl of soup tomorrow. I'm trying to see it in my crystal ball.
Ha, ha, ha, ha. You need to read a cauldron for that one.
Haha! I think we all enjoy being surrounded by beautiful things.
Like you, I rarely go into coffee shops either; I am usually at home to drink coffee. It certainly looks like you've found a good way to enjoy a pastry and coffee, though, by giving the most of it to your friends!
If you say so, hehe. Yes, you're probably right.
I'm making pastries for my family; they come for coffee tomorrow. I hope they eat them all, and then I won't have those around to tempt me to finish the job 😂
Wow that looks exquisite the coffee, the desserts the picture says it all 😁 lol fancy.... What a sweet and aromatic experience ♨️☕🍰🍮
Coffee and dessert is always a pleasure for me, and it gets better when company is good 😁❤️
Hi! I love the millefeuille from Panetteria it's too tempting although you're right it's a bit sweet but still delicious 🤩 and coffee is always perfect, I love that combination! Greetings!💖
It's killing me, hehe. It's too good, even if it's too sweet. I'm not coming back for a good while 🤭
Thank you so much for dropping by, dear @marcelys1 ☕❤️
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