I love whole foods!
This is a statement :) . Their bakery, their cheeses, and their salad bar.... I just can't seem to get enough of them every time I visit!
Caper's, now known as Whole foods on Robson, still carries some great dishes from Whole foods and bakery items from Terra breads (my fav bakery!!)
Anyhow, this time, I got 4 small individual tarts for Jordan as his birthday cake.
I know... it's quite inappropriate... but I think variety matters! (esp after you have been dating for 8 years!)
Here is what I have got for him!
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| From top right hand corner, clock wise - Seasonal berry tart, blueberry almond tart, chocolate raspberry tart and lemon tart ($3.99 ea) |
Our favourite tart (Jordan and I) was the seasonal fruit tart. (sorry.. no close up photo as Jordan devoured it up in like, 5 seconds or something..... it was that good!) The fruits were really fresh - the strawberries retained their bites even after sitting in the room temperature for one day!
The pastry cream filling was smooth, creamy and had just enough sweetness to balance the tartness of the fruits.
I also really liked the tart shell - they tasted crumbly, sweet and just with enough hint of salt to balance everything out. It was almost like a shortbread cookie (although I am thinking if eaten fresh, they would've been less crumbly but more crunchy?)
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| chocolate raspberry tart - $3.99 - 3.5/5 |
The chocolate raspberry tart was quite predictable (yet excellent) as the raspberry provided the necessary tartness to the already sweet and rich chocolate. Though I have to say that the chocolate ganache filling was really smooth and velvety; and they used real raspberries in the tart filling.
kudos to the tart shells - all are crumbily and buttery and sweet....
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| lemon tart - 3.5/5 - $3.99 |
This was our 3rd favourite tart. The lemon filling was really lemony and the tartness again, balanced well with the shell.
A good tart; but pretty ordinary.
It was a, well, lemon tart.
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| Almond blueberry tart - 2.5/5 - $3.99 |
This was our least favourite tart! We simply didn't like the drier almond paste focused filling because it felt drier compared to all the other tarts.
I still liked it for its crust but this is totally by personal preference!
The sliced almonds were crunchy and nutty; combined with blueberries - it was a perfect combination :)
if you like marzipan and almond paste based dessert (i.e. flour less cakes etc) - you should enjoy this tart!
Over all we enjoyed the tarts and like I said at the beginning - I love whole foods!
Food - 3.5/5 - Based on my over all visit! (surprisingly low? This score is compared with all my other dining experience!! so as a supermarket, I think it's a pretty high score, don't you think?)
Ambiance - N/A - :$ really depends on which location you visit!
Service - N/A - it's a supermarket! Though all stuffs are really friendly... I've never had a bad experience here!!
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