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• 2020

Dinner at BarManero

on 13 Jun 2020

by Margaret Lam

Pic 1-3 Mille Feuille
Pic 4-5 Torrija (Spanish French Toast)
Pic 6-7 Tarte de Queso (Cheesecake)
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My interests for study (because I love it) are always tarte de queso and torrija first but the mille feuille also looked great so i had them in two separate visits. They all came out to be quite different from classic ones. Mille Feuille has much harder pastry layers than I expected (as you can hear the sound from the previous video) but flavor of the cream was great.
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Torrija was actually made with... More

Pic 1-3 Mille Feuille
Pic 4-5 Torrija (Spanish French Toast)
Pic 6-7 Tarte de Queso (Cheesecake)
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My interests for study (because I love it) are always tarte de queso and torrija first but the mille feuille also looked great so i had them in two separate visits. They all came out to be quite different from classic ones. Mille Feuille has much harder pastry layers than I expected (as you can hear the sound from the previous video) but flavor of the cream was great.
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Torrija was actually made with crispy puff pastry (sort of like those all the way crispy layered danish that are very popular these days) with an ice cream topping. I prefer the wet moist Torrija with crispy surface more
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Tarte de queso was more like NY cheesecake. I am no cheesecake racist but at the moment I was looking for Spanish cheesecake.
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Anyway, I still enjoyed Bar Manero very much and if I come back to this area I will still come back for a few bites. Less