It's like McDonalds for Dessert...
The opening of Beard Papa's in San Francisco has been much hyped. How else can you explain a 30+ minute line at the opening time of 10.00am in the morning on a Saturday? A very slow wait for some sweet fast food ensued. At one point I had to even rush and move my car to a different meter! Luckily Del was with me to keep a spot in the queue and snap some cool pictures for me whilst I was manoevering our chariot.
So what exactly do they taste like? A crunchy puffy shell filled with melted vanilla ice cream is how I would describe them. The texture is perfectly balanced, the flavour is less so. Bear in mind, it's a production-line dessert which, if taken at face value, will give you a few minutes of fun! Messy to eat - be sure to take a napkin!
PS. Becks & Posh is two years old today!
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Food | San Francisco | Bay Area | Fast Food | Cream Puffs | Beard Papa | Dessert
Yum, street food at its best.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Wouldn't we wish to all be that young!
I bet this Beard Papa craze will have the staying power of the Tamagotchi fad.
ReplyDeleteStill. I want one!
You call that sexy little thing a chariot?
ReplyDeleteHappy B-day! Many more years of blogging to Becks and to Posh.
Gotta go to B-P, but from my sampling in NYC, where we were the only one during our 20mn stay in there, there is no point waiting in line. It will settle down.
Joyeux blogversaire Sam!
ReplyDeleteNow you know why I never bought a nice camera like yours, all my pictures are blured!
Like you said about the puff : nice texture, but the taste was very fastfood like.
Happy Birthday Sam and B&P! I wish you many, many more to come.
ReplyDeleteI'm not holding my breath for a BP cream puff. I had so many bad cream puffs while in Japan that it's turned me off them entirely.
Happy Birthday! Wow what an achievement!
ReplyDeleteMay you have many more birthdays to come!!
Love your blog!
Cream Puffs and eclairs Oh MY!
ReplyDeletebea - I dunno? I mean I am not sure I liked lots of the best foods at the age of two ;)
ReplyDeletecookiecrumb - i don'tt hink it is worth a special journey
ced - definitely not worth lining up for.
del - merci - i am sorry next time I wil make sure I will have the lens with the stabilizer on it, the macro is a bit more tricky not to wobble - my photos are aften blurry - you just dont get to see those!
Tea - I prefer a nice French style ecalir or choux pastry myself.
Andrew - I am with you. At the moment they only sell these vanilla cream puffs but other flavours are coming soon, and some cheese cake slices and a chocolate cake I think.
Culinary Hag - why thank you. COngrats on your mention in Olive magazine by the way!
Greg - now where do they make the best eclairs in san francisco?
30 minutes? You can make 'em in less time than that. including an anniversary croquembouche for you...bonne deuxieme anniversaire, mon chérie
ReplyDeleteHappy, Happy Birthday to your fabulous blog! Congratulations--wishing you many more joyous years of thinking non-stop about B&P. : )
ReplyDeleteDavid - too true and since I am on a bit of a choux streak shouldnt be any problem
ReplyDeletefamrgirl - thank you so very much.
I actually stopped by a day before and they gave me two cream puffs. They were quite yummy!! I'm most likely stopping for more soon.
ReplyDeleteIt was good, but not so good that I would line up to have it. I've had better-- Delanghe Patisserie on Fillmore for example.
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