First up, we have Orion’s chokchokhan(moist) chokochip. The box says that these are “wonderfully moist and soft chocolate chip cookies”.

Inside, the cookies are individually packaged.

Exposed cookie.

Cross-section.

Orion’s Chokochip lives up to “moist and soft” very well. It lives up to it so well that it should not be considered a cookie, but a compressed chocolate cake.
It also has a strong thick chocolate flavour reminiscent of a brownie. Or solidified hot chocolate.

Verdict: 7 out of 10 Damns
I really was expecting a cookie…

Price: 1500 won/box

It was quite a line, people were actually rushing to be in front of us. I’m guessing it must have been quite yummy.

Isms started taking photos while lining up.

A whole box of uncooked cookies being lay out for rising.
I have to say the service was quite fast, we were already at the counter.
The girl who served us was pretty cold, took our money and we were then expected to move over to the other side to collect our puffs.

And Isms and I had a cookie puff each.

It looked crispy and smelt pretty good. Till….

Isms took a bite.
I took a bite after all those photos.

It was not crispy at all. How did that even seem to be like a cookie at all?
The filling was a tad sweet and milky. Not creamy at all.

Verdict: 5 out of 10 damns
It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad. It was just… so-so. The service was cold, but fast.

Puffy Cookie Puff
World Square Shopping Centre
Cnr George, Liverpool, Pitt & Goulburn Streets, Sydney

1 puff: $1.60
6 puffs: $9.60
12 puffs: $19.20

After much confusion on how to order and where the menu was, the lady (could be the owner) talked to us about what we could have and drink and where to sit. I give her a thumbs up! She was really nice. We decided to sit in the beautiful courtyard.

For some reason Isms and I felt like little girls again and started running down the small path way to the courtyard. We weren’t disappointed, it was just as and more beautiful than in the photos on the website.

It was such a beautiful day! Not a cloud in sight! And the courtyard was covered with so many trees! It was lovely!

We decided to sit on table 21. I think it was the best table among all the tables.

In the courtyard you can get sweet looking areas to sit at like these.

This how the back of the building looks. It blends so well with the surroundings.

Anyway this is a foodblog so let us talk about our meals.

This is what Isms had.

A Swiss chicken toasted wrap
There was so much cheese in it. Isms was in Love.

Forest Blend

Wasn’t too sweet and was extremely healthy and crammed with berries! It had a lot of ice to keep it nice and cold when Isms and I took our time talking.

I was craving for some red meat. So I had a…. *drum roll*

A gorgeous looking Steak Sandwich
And when they say steak, it is really a nice piece of steak. It was juicy and matched extremely well with the bread. The veggies were fresh and crunchy. The sauce was to die for. I ordered mine without the Beetroot.

My match for that was the Perfect Pear. It was yum-yum smooth with yogurt, honey and pear.

By the way: the drinks were filled right to the top of the glass, it was just that isms and I couldn’t keep our hands off it.

The service was wonderful, though our drinks came after we had already finished our meal. So that’s 1 less damn. The atmosphere of the shop was cosy and spacious. I simply love the all the blue and design. You can even read books or surf the net there. Isn’t it great?

Verdict: 9 out of 10 damns

Though everything was nice and lovely… I would have liked my drink with my meal.

Open 7 days a week
9a.m to 9p.m

Home.Café
91 Glebe Point Road
GLEBE NSW 2037
Phone: 0296609845

Beard Papa makes the best cream puffs in the world. They have over 200 stores in Japan, and have stores in the US, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Korea and Hong Kong.

The puffs are fresh, soft inside, crisp outside, and the custard is absolute heaven. The custard comes in several flavours, depending on where you buy them from.

The pastry shells are first baked and cooled, and filled with custard only when you order them so they remain fresh. A sprinkle of powdered sugar/green tea/cocoa (for vanilla/green tea/chocolate respectively) and they are placed individual sleeves before being packed into boxes.

The Sydney version has 3 flavours, Vanilla, Chocolate and Green Tea. We didn’t get the chocolate ones because prior experience told us that the vanilla was still the best. However, J and I did try the green tea ones.

The puffs were as good as I remember them~~~ While ShibaInu and I have eaten them in Singapore, it was J’s first time and she said she really enjoyed it.

Tips when eating Beard Papa puffs:

Start from the hole where the custard was introduced into the puff. This way, the custard will only end up in your mouth and not anywhere else.

No matter how tempting, do not suck the custard when it is dripping out. Doing so will usually result in choking on the powdered sugar/green tea/cocoa. That is not a pleasant experience. Using your tongue is a more effective way.

Verdict: 9 out of 10 Damns
Because isms doesn’t give 10s.

1 puff: $2.50
6 puffs: $12.00
12 puffs: $20.00

K353a Chatswood Westfield (behind Nandos, near General Pants)
1 Anderson Street, Chatswood, Sydney
Tel: +61 (02) 9412 2214

Weekdays (except Thursday): 9am-6pm
Thursday: 9am-9pm
Weekends: 9am-5pm

Isms, 2 other friends and I headed to Crossroads Bar at Swissotel on Saturday. Ready for a good feast, I went in to check for my reservations.

I was told they were unable to find my name for party of 4, that I personally made on Tuesday via phone.

Though they gave me a table of 4 after the mess up, since they had an spare table. They did not even apologise.

The spread was small and sad, nothing extremely exciting or to shout about. It was nothing like what GrabYourFork made out to be, nor did her photos match up to what we saw.

The Mini creme brulees weren’t sweet enough, you might as well label it steam egg. The coconut cake was pretty decent but after 1 mouth full the magic just faded. The chocolate with the tooth pick was extremely weird for me, it was liquid lemon mint… isms liked it. Everything else on the plate was just so-so.

The only highlight for me for the chocolate fountain, chocolate coating marshmallow after marshmallow… strawberry after strawberry… but this plate after plate dream would be disturbed by a waitress… it happened when I was doodling with the chocolate talking to Isms and waiting to head up for our next wave. The waitress came and made a remark to clear the dishes, “can I clear your plate, or would you like to continue doodling?” to me that was very rude… I would do what ever I want to do with that chocolate on my plate. What else is an artist to do while waiting. Even worst, the strawberries had ran out and they did not even bother to replenish it.

So overall it was extremely disappoint for me and isms. I went to refresh myself after the meal and left isms to settle the bill.

it was 4 dollars more then the advertised price. $29 a head…

Leaving the building, I disappointingly took a photo of the advert hanging at the Swissotel’s window.

Saturday and Sunday 2p.m – 4p.m
$25.00 per person or $32.50 per person with a glass of sparkling wine on arrival.

Verdict: 3 out of 10 damns
Most points went out of the window because of it’s lousy service.
Extremely sad experience, will never go there unless its free.
It wasn’t worth the $29 or the magically claimed “$25”

High tea at Crossroads Bar
Swissotel Sydney
Level 8, 68 Market Street, Sydney(above Myer)
Tel: +61 (02) 9238 7088