Thursday, January 25, 2007

V^3 Food Review: Corica - Apple Strudel

To say that Corica's Apple Strudel is fantastic, would be an understatement. The crisp pastry accentuates the contrast between the soft apple and the smooth cream and custard, creating a supple balance not found in other pastries. The Strudel is easily the most popular item at the store, flying right off the counter-tops and fridges into the hands of extremely happy patrons.


This is what the strudel looks like while still in the box, in all it's glory.

And here we have a standard issue serving of the strudel, the cross section demonstrating the ideal balance (it's tilted for effect to show the custard explosion).
For those playing along at home, it goes (from the bottom up):
Pastry
Custard
Baked Apple
Whipped Cream
Pastry
Custard
Pastry
Dusted Sugar

Some might argue that the dusted sugar is too strong and adds too much of a sweetness to the strudel, but I've yet to see a strudel disappear this fast in any dinner party or situation, so they're probably just finding things to criticize.
Ideally, it'd be something you'd bring to a dinner party when invited and it's sure to be a hit.

For around $13-15 per strudel, they're not cheap. But you can't put a price on awesomeness.
Corica Pastry House,
Corner of Aberdeen and Lake Streets,
Northbridge

5 comments:

Lord Dianabol said...

Corica is excellent stuff.

Always good to impress future in-laws with :o)

Unknown said...

If I ever made a dictionary, under the word "Sex", the picture would be a juggle up between Misa Campo and this strudel.

Anonymous said...

is she some porno star

Anonymous said...

i live just 2 mins walk from corica :O) discovered the strudel a year and a bit ago now...its like eating a piece of heaven. ahh, the custardy goodness.

Mc Alda said...

Gosh...... I just had my first corica apple strudel a moment ago and mannn... it tastes like heaven.. the problem is i live in canberra, can anyone from perth post it for me please>>??? :(