Sweet Tooth
September 26, 2011 | Filed under Food
I have quite possibly hit a brick wall when it comes to sugar intake over the past few days.
After a highly depressing round of rental property inspections on Saturday in which the place was either a roach-infested shoebox, or wasn’t pet-friendly, I needed a bit of a pick-me-up. I was getting extremely frustrated and stressed about my accommodation for November (which I still haven’t sorted out, gulp), and the only thing that would have made me feel better was either a ton of sweets, or spending $1000 online shopping. The first option seemed more affordable.
So on the Saturday after all the inspections, I drove to Zumbo’s Patisserie in Balmain. Masterchef devotees will know him as the dessert king who sets impossible culinary challenges incorporating a million ingredients over a hundred step cooking process. The queue outside his Balmain patisserie was ridiculously long and went halfway down the street – I queued for at least half an hour. It was totally worth it in the end though, and I got a selection of desserts worth $60AUD. Below are just a few examples:
…don’t worry, I didn’t eat it all by myself. I took some macarons to Kieran’s workshop to share with his mates, then took the cakes to his house to share with his mother who also has a sweet tooth. I did probably eat at least half of it though. I’ve also just eaten a slice of flourless chocolate cake because of a colleague’s birthday. The button on my pants is feeling uncomfortably tight.
All the above is rendered more hilarious given that the not-for-profit I am working for is dedicated to medical research and support for diabetes, and that I have spent the past two weeks learning about diabetes and its complications. Or more appropriately, that I didn’t really learn anything about correct sugar intake.
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Looks delicious! I usually crave for savory things but I find that I’ve been eating A LOT of sweets lately… and everything I crave for are sweets. Ugh.
Katy on September 26, 2011 #
Yum! That looks amazing! I think I would have gone for some sweets rather than thousands of online shopping, too. :P
Caity on September 26, 2011 #
Are you working for JDRC? Amazing organisation.
Reply: Acronym’s not quite right, but that’s the one! :)
B on September 27, 2011 #