On i of the to a greater extent than temperate days of our calendar week off, Michael in addition to I cycled over to the novel dessert cafe, LuxBite, at South Yarra. They'd exclusively been opened upwards a brace of weeks but already been covered yesteryear several nutrient bloggers (see links below). This mightiness hold out explained yesteryear the pedigree of the chefs involved, their smart online appointment and/or the tendencies of Melbourne's nutrient bloggers to pounce on anything new! And their speciality is macarons, the dessert fad of 2010. We were to a greater extent than impressed that they were opened upwards inwards the repose Christmas-to-New-Year period, said in addition to thus clearly on their website, in addition to that they sent us a friendly tweet amongst their opening hours later we'd mentioned them on twitter. LuxBite's spider web presence is off to a proficient start.
Their in-store presence was as welcoming. With exclusively a few customers to serve at that time, the staff were generous amongst their attention, giving us a mini-tour of their display cases in addition to modus operandi. (It's possible they made a special endeavor for us later our twitter exchange, although none of us referred to it specifically.)
The peachy rows of macarons adjacent to the register are LuxBite's drawcard; they nominate their kaya toast i as their signature flavour. Actually, Michael in addition to I were to a greater extent than interested inwards their eat-in desserts. The staff brand whatever takes their fancy each morn in addition to thus the pick is a lottery for us customers, amongst diminishing returns as the 24-hour interval goes on in addition to the desserts sell out.
The apple tree crumble (pictured above) looked real much similar Michael's kinda thing. And it was a fine rendition - 2 parts gently spiced apple, 2 parts thick custard cream, i business office sweetness crunchy topping.
The mangos had arrived over-ripe that morning, nosotros were told, in addition to thus their mango in addition to passionfruit pavlova was beingness served inwards a drinking glass instead of inwards its usual spectacular manner. Thankfully this layering didn't seem to adversely acquit upon the textures - meringue, mango, passionfruit cream in addition to flaked almonds all held their own. We liked the controversial improver of a few coriander leafage slivers.
We're actually non macaron connoisseurs (though nosotros were privileged to sample around of Duncan's specimens at early food blogger get-togethers) but it seemed featherbrained non to seek the carte du jour exceptional that these chefs were well-nigh proud of. We took a few abode in addition to enjoyed them real much.
But it's non the macarons we'll provide for. Nor is it the store fit-out, the neighbourhood or the urban groove soundtrack. It's the daily dessert rotation in addition to the friendly service that volition definitely lure us across the river again. And I reckon they'll hold out luring a lot to a greater extent than customers likewise inwards the coming months.
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Luxbite has already appeared on the blogs 12 onions, the indolent cook, in addition to Mmmm, Sugar.
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LuxBite
38 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
9867 5888
Unlicensed
desserts $3-12
www.luxbite.com.au
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