Posts Tagged ‘Pastry’
Schoko-Vanille Torte
Café Konditorei Zauner, March 2008 in Bad Ischl, Austria
Chocolate mousse with vanilla cream puff, the chef must have had fun when creating this delicious multiple-layer cake!
Erdbeercremeschnitte – Strawberry Cream Slice
Café Konditorei Zauner, June 2008 in Bad Ischl, Austria
The almost 200 year old Café Zauner is SO famous going without introductions. Not only for the noble ambiance , their food is extremely good. Why did I say “food” ? Because even their breakfast ham and eggs is very tasty.
But, their cremeschnitte is definitely THE best I’ve ever had in Austria. (Well, I’ve already tried cremeschnitten in quite a number of famous pastry shops and cafés in Austria.)
Cremeschnitte is a cream slice similar to the French “mille-feuille” ( a thousand layers), believed to be originally from Hungary.
*Forgive me for being so emotional in this post. I’m really crazy about this pastry shop. Being in the beautiful imperial spa town Bad Ischl, sitting in nicely preserved historical tea rooms, and enjoying delicious desserts…, what’s better than that ?
Buchteln
Café Hawelka, July 2008 in Vienna, Austria
The famous Buchteln from Café Hawelka, served only after 10:00 PM in this legendary café.
*It was so dark in the café, hence the high ISO noise.
Tarte aux Fraise
Homemade, March 2008 in Vienna, Austria
Linzer Torte
Kaffee Glockenspiel, September 2008 in Linz, Austria
The most famous cake in the city of Linz is of course the Linzer Torte, a tart made with crumbly pastry base with ground nuts and red current jam filling. It is even named the oldest-known torte or cake in the world (wikipedia).
This Linzer Torte is made by Konditorei Jindrak. Their cakes are available in many bakeries and cafés in Linz. One of them is “Kaffee Glockenspiel” on Linzer Hauptplatz ( main square).
Topfenstrudel and Trockenbeerauslese
Felsenheuriger, September 2007 in Hinterbrühl, Austria.
The vineyard of Family Freudorfer located in the famous wine region of Austria – Gumpoldskirchen. Several times during the year when their Heuriger in Hinterbrühl is “ausgesteckt” (with pine needles hanging outside the door, meaning it’s open), one can taste more than ten different wines of their own and enjoy the awarded “best Topfenstrudel of Lower Austria”.
