My lovely little Bakery Bingo blog started just eight months ago with a trip to NYC. I was determined to visit Baked, a café/bakery owned by the writers of my all-time favorite cookbook, Baked: New Frontiers in Baking. It was a long trek to Brooklyn, given that we didn’t have a car and taxis did not seem to want to pick us up apparently. (Read more about our NYC Bakery Crawl here). But after about an hour journey we made it! And it was well worth the trip, especially for their incredibly delicious Brooksters – a perfect combo of brownie and chocolate chip cookie. (Hence people also calling this creation the “Brookie.”)
My Pastry Mission: Nuvrei Cafe
404 NW 10th Ave & Flanders • nuvrei.com • 503.972.1700
Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-5pm; Sun 8am-5pm
I’ve been trying to come up with a clever intro to this blog post about Nuvrei’s new cafe in the Pearl District, some story that is catchy and enthralling. Sadly though the best I could come up with was a lead-in about how while watching the amazing movie of my youth, Titanic (yes, I was truly watched the whole thing as “research” for our trivia night), Leo’s adorable character of Jack Dawson talks about traveling to “Pair-ee” and the artsy scene there. When I think of Paris, all I think about however is the delicious patisseries filled with incredible fresh-based breads and pastries. For those in Portland, consider yourself lucky, now thanks to Nuvrei’s cafe, you don’t have to travel all the way across the Atlantic to get an amazing patisserie experience.
Australian Fruit vs American Fruit
Before we left for Australia, I was told about all the unusual exotic fruit and was excited to try all that they had to offer. 
Our Welcome gift at the house in Port Douglas that we rented. From back left: Custard Apple, Pineapple, Mangosteen, Passionfruit, Papaya and Mango.
The inside of a Mangosteen – you eat the small white segments, which are kind of like a tart kiwi.
Papaya which the Aussies call “Paw Paw.” Typically when I’ve had papaya in the past it’s been bland and mushy. This one however was surprisingly sweet and flavorful.
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