Bakery Nouveau is HEAVENLY
Last night was deliciousness beyond imagination. Joe and Heather came over and we all carpooled to Bakery Nouveau (http://www.bakerynouveau.com/). Jody joined us 10 minutes into the tasting. OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS GUMDROPS was it delicious.
Walking into Bakery Nouveau you are immediately hit with what can only be described as the most delicious - sweet, buttery, and savory feelings everywhere around you. The display cases are not overfilled and are very clean (I think they must clean the crumbs after every pastry sold). Every table was filled last night, but a couple occupying a larger table saw us walk in and graciously moved to a smaller one. We sat very eager to taste what at that time had quickly become highly anticipated and unexpected. William Leaman, the head chef and owner of Bakery Nouveau greeted us with spoonfuls of his homemade lemon filling and coffees. WOW. This was tremendously good. It was tempting to eat all of it in one bite but I somehow managed to refrain from doing so. After reviewing the list of things I had scribbled out for him, William then came back with some warm-out-of-the-oven chocolate cake, immediately followed by his buttercake with lemon--and then a 64% chocolate and chocolate piece of goodness cake. After eating these treats we had more conversation and he sent us home with two fresh baguettes.
WOW. WOW. Wow. Did I mention this place is HEAVENLY? Jody packed up the left over crumbs in a sack and took them to his girlfriend.
Chris and I have decided that we will go with the buttercake which William will infuse with vanilla-simple-syrup and fill with lemon filling with fresh raspberries. We will also go with the 64% chocolate-chocolate cake. The idea is the two cakes are very different with unique tastes, sweetness and density variations, and just gorgeous colors with texture contrasts. Both will be covered in simple white buttercream, and going with my hydrangea idea, William will create them with royal icing. We will schedule a second tasting with William at that point he will have a rough sketch or sample to show us of the finish products and probably a more exact pricing point.
I kept an open mind and palette last night especially since I was still slightly miffed that it took so long to re-arrange my tasting appointment, but all has been forgiven from the taste of the lemon filling atop the buttercake. Apparently the bakery's new found success (word of mouth plus featured in this month's issue of Sunset magazine) has caused quite a stir and many solicitors have called - so now I have the inside lane directly to William and his creations. William is an artist and loves what he does (extremely modest and humble) - I loved how he talked about his previous creations; during the end of our visit he showed us some photos of finished cakes and he shared his stories behind the photos and the people who inspired the cakes. I am honored that he will be making these cakes for our marriage celebration.
I ask that you take the trip to West Seattle to 4737 California Ave SW. You will NOT regret it. Bakery Nouveau is where it is at.
Walking into Bakery Nouveau you are immediately hit with what can only be described as the most delicious - sweet, buttery, and savory feelings everywhere around you. The display cases are not overfilled and are very clean (I think they must clean the crumbs after every pastry sold). Every table was filled last night, but a couple occupying a larger table saw us walk in and graciously moved to a smaller one. We sat very eager to taste what at that time had quickly become highly anticipated and unexpected. William Leaman, the head chef and owner of Bakery Nouveau greeted us with spoonfuls of his homemade lemon filling and coffees. WOW. This was tremendously good. It was tempting to eat all of it in one bite but I somehow managed to refrain from doing so. After reviewing the list of things I had scribbled out for him, William then came back with some warm-out-of-the-oven chocolate cake, immediately followed by his buttercake with lemon--and then a 64% chocolate and chocolate piece of goodness cake. After eating these treats we had more conversation and he sent us home with two fresh baguettes.
WOW. WOW. Wow. Did I mention this place is HEAVENLY? Jody packed up the left over crumbs in a sack and took them to his girlfriend.
Chris and I have decided that we will go with the buttercake which William will infuse with vanilla-simple-syrup and fill with lemon filling with fresh raspberries. We will also go with the 64% chocolate-chocolate cake. The idea is the two cakes are very different with unique tastes, sweetness and density variations, and just gorgeous colors with texture contrasts. Both will be covered in simple white buttercream, and going with my hydrangea idea, William will create them with royal icing. We will schedule a second tasting with William at that point he will have a rough sketch or sample to show us of the finish products and probably a more exact pricing point.
I kept an open mind and palette last night especially since I was still slightly miffed that it took so long to re-arrange my tasting appointment, but all has been forgiven from the taste of the lemon filling atop the buttercake. Apparently the bakery's new found success (word of mouth plus featured in this month's issue of Sunset magazine) has caused quite a stir and many solicitors have called - so now I have the inside lane directly to William and his creations. William is an artist and loves what he does (extremely modest and humble) - I loved how he talked about his previous creations; during the end of our visit he showed us some photos of finished cakes and he shared his stories behind the photos and the people who inspired the cakes. I am honored that he will be making these cakes for our marriage celebration.
I ask that you take the trip to West Seattle to 4737 California Ave SW. You will NOT regret it. Bakery Nouveau is where it is at.
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