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By: Lionel Bitchie
Date: 22nd Mar 06
Venue: Eatery
Meal: Snacktastic
What:
Mirage Cake
Where:
Laurent Boulangerie 2/306 Little Collins St, Melbourne
When:
Mon - Sat 8-6, Sun 9-6
How much:
$6.95 eat-in, $5.95 take-away
Laurent’s Mirage cake looks a little bit toxic. It’s fluoro green. It’s foamy and swirly, with slime, a lone blueberry and gold-leaf chocolate spike on top, with dangerously decadent hot-pink goodness inside.
But our mothers always told us to eat our greens, so the Mirage should be no exception.
Imagine chilled, tart, raspberry mousse encased in a sweet, moist citrus sponge shell. One splayd-full and your tastebuds will be dancing to the sweet and sour flavour melody.
Available from all Laurent stores, it comes in several different sizes, for one person to ten. Yet, what could be better than your own, private green-out? Cheaper than absinthe, less whiffy than leaf, and tastier than brussels sprouts – think green, think Mirage.