postWhat I ate in NYC!141 pts
“It was crispy and sugary on the outside and filled with a sweet cream. I wish I had a place like this near me because it was the best pastry I've ever had.”
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“It was crispy and sugary on the outside and filled with a sweet cream. I wish I had a place like this near me because it was the best pastry I've ever had.”
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“For pastries, you can’t beat Dominique Ansel. I think they use French butter or something, their pastries taste so rich and buttery.”
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“I actually tried the one from Dominique Ansel and it felt stale, the icing on top was too thick and goopy for my taste. And the cronut itself was not flaky.”
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“I think their cronut is still top tier. There's a lot of imitators who made their own version of the Cronut but IMO Dominique Ansel's is still my favorite.”
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“Wanted to love cronuts (have tried multiple flavors) but the filling to dough ratio is just so bad. Usually too sweet and the flavors rarely mesh well together.”
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“Agreed! It’s so gooey and brown sugar forward. I feel like the trend in NYC is to make a huge chocolate chip cookie and add nuts, so it’s nice that there’s is more what I consider a normal size and back to basics.”
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“Greasy, flavorless, cold, and disappointing.”
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“Cronut, meh”
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“it was so delicious, the cookie was great, the milk was perfectly sweet and refreshing, we really loved it.”
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“Sadly it was a disappointment. Maybe because I was there at 4 p.m.. The cronut was stale and dry, the taste was there, but it wasn't fresh.”
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“I love kouign amanns and it didn't dissapoint. Dough lamination and sugar was sublime.”
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“Very expensive but also very fucking good.”
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“Canelé was served cold and tasted mediocre. Decent warm cookie shot and pistachio macaron.”
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“A nice cookie, but the only criticism I have is that it is a bit light in color for me.”
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“this month’s flavor is Peach Earl Grey and it was heavenly. Their chocolate chip cookie is also severely underrated imo.”
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“DKA from Dominique Ansel”
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“I got hooked on the regular butter croissants at Dominic Ansel (SOHO), which does happily reheat them for you and they taste 1000% better when they’re warm.”
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“dont know how i forgot to mention the cronut and eclair at dominique ansel - perfect as usual”
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“I do believe that Dominique Ansel makes the most impressive Canele that I have tried so far in NYC.”
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“Dominique Ansel also has a nice trumped up egg sandwich but I don’t think it has bacon.”
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“Hands-down, Dominique Ansel's DKA is the best.”
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“The DKA at Dominique Ansel is still the best kouign amann I've ever had.”
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“Also DA’s Workshop north of Madison Square is even better than their soho location. No cronuts so it’s even less crowded, and the pastries are more experimental and rotate more often.”
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“honestly it was bad. The butter is so gross and served no purpose. It was hard to eat too.”
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“Some flavors were great since then but he had some that would have left me underwhelmed and wondering what the hype was had they been my first introduction to the cronut such as his ube coconut cronut.”
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“I like the Dominique ansel cookie shots and frozen smores”
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“Dominique Ansel’s extra large DKA comes close?”
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“I don’t love hot chocolate but I’ll spend whatever they’re asking on the Dominique Ansel one. So good!”
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“Dominique Ansel Workshop is better than the Bakery by a mile these days.”
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“Cronut and DA's stuff are legit”
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“My word, that pavlova is ethereal”
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“the sleeper GOAT is the chocolate chip cookie. I never see it on any lists, but good lord does it deliver”
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“the cookie was fantastic and I was like.. fair enough this reputation is deserved.”
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“I find it never disappoints except the macarons. I like the caneles best, but the cronut is fun to share.”
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“Some people say the cronut is overhyped but I actually like their cronut a lot, and the all the imitation ones are not as good.”
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“Dominique ansel cronut, the non-fruity flavors.”
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“the chocolate eclair SLAPPED.”
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“I really think it's overrated. Not bad, but not that special. Again, the pastries tasted a bit stale and a bit bland...”
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“DKAs are so much better than cronuts”
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“Hey the fruity flavors are amazing too!”
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“they’ve got a lot of other great stuff too. Love going for their Pie Nights 😋”
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“Dominique Ansel's buche de noel cakes were great all around”
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“8/10 tried their signature cronut and caramelized croissant which ended up tasting good”
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“Dominique Ansel is an example from that same era that is still mostly worth it. His brown sugar DKA specifically”
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“the fresh Madeleines at Dominique Ansel but you gotta eat them while they're warm for the full effect”
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“Dominique Ansel usually does a beautiful Buche de Noel.”
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“I had my first official cronut this year and it was so damn good. I’ve had knock off cronuts from other places before, but the originals from Dominique Ansel were noticeably better.”
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“Everything there is so much better than DA.”
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“If you’re interested in trying more caneles I like Dominque ansel and La cabra.”
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“the olive oil croissant is def worth a try.”
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