Abla's Pastries

Abla's Pastries is located in the suburb of Granvile, in Sydney. This establishment started in 1984 and has been going strong since. I discovered the beautifuls pastries while on a girls trip to Melbourne in 2010. When we were at the Prahran Market, we found the small store selling all the delicious middle Eastern pastries and biscuits.

When I returned to Sydney, I set out to find the main store in Granville and have made at least 2 to 3 trips a year since then to buy their baklava. I recall reading a review of their pastries and there was a reference to Abla's as being the Don Bradman of baklavas. That was an impressive compliment!

Every time I come here, there is always a queue and it is always refreshing to see the massive trays of baklavas, biscuits, chocolates and ice creams presented in the various counters. If you don't have a sweet tooth, you might not like the vision I am about to show with some of the photos of the sweets available.

Below is an image of one of the boxes of baklava that I purchased as a Christmas present for a friend.

If you are ever in the surrounding area of Granville and are up to some sweets, I recommend you visit this store. Their baklava are really good and I don't think you will regret trying it out!



Abla's Pastries
48 Railway Parade
Granville
NSW
Australia
Website: http://www.ablaspastries.com.au/

Belle Saveur Patisserie Cafe

About two months ago, there was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Living about a patisserie in Penrith. The article perked my interest and I mentally made a note to visit the patisserie one fine day.

Well, the one fine day occurred over the week-end. I had placed an order for a cake for the week-end and rocked up to Penrith on Saturday morning to collect it. While I was there I decided to order coffee and a friand so I could check the cafe out too.

The coffee wasn't too bad, there was a nice strong flavour to it and the friand was lovely. It was a Passionfruit friand and it was surprisingly moist and full of flavour. The ladies were friendly and the atmosphere was a nice and comfortable little cafe.

The array of cakes

Coffee looks nice!

Passionfruit friand - very nice!

I also took home a Raspberry and White Chocolate Pyramid. I had it for my evening dessert. Let's put it this way, it was definitely a no diet week-end! I did enjoy the Pyramid. It was very pretty too look at and tasty to eat.

The Pyramid

In my next posting, I will show the outcome of the cake I had ordered. Belle Saveur Patisserie is an interesting place, especially since it is located in Penrith. That's more than 40 kms from where I live. Would I return in the future? I would say yes because I would like to try out their other cakes; they do look quite delicious.

Belle Saveur Patisserie Cafe
551 High Street
Penrith
New South Wales
Australia