Today I have been dreaming of European desserts!
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| Image 1: Strawberry Dessert with Cafe Central Chocolate medallion |
I've been looking at past vacation photos, and I realized how much I enjoy taking photos of (and sampling) European desserts and pastries. In France, Italy and Austria, sweet photos keep appearing in my camera and filling up my hard drive. ;)
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| Image 2: Desserts at Cafe Central in Vienna |
In addition,
I was watching the Winter Olympics in Italy and I keep noticing the
excerpts with food! The result - today I am sharing some sweet dreams from a stay in Vienna.
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| Image 3: Cafe Central Vienna at night |
In
the parts of Europe I've been to, if I had to pick one place for
desserts by name, it would be Cafe Central, a restaurant and patisserie located in the center of Austria's capital Vienna.
[Vienna is called Wien, pronounced Veen, by most Europeans, the Austrians themselves and all the maps and signs. So why do we call it Vienna?]
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| Image 4: Cafe Central Interior |
The exterior and interior are historical, beautiful and unique... --> But this post is about the desserts - which are out of this world! (Or at least out of the world of what I can find in Wisconsin.)
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| Image 5: Cafe Central in Vienna Desserts |
Cafe
Central has an in-house dedicated pastry chef and team taking the time
to create the desserts with love and devotion, turning the pastries into
mini works of art.
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| Image 6: Dessert with Cafe Central Chocolate medallion |
The patisserie has been perfecting desserts since 1876, when Cafe Central opened for business.
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| Image 7: Dessert at Cafe Central |
Most of the desserts combine unique flavors and ingredients. Many also include a chocolate medallion with Cafe Central's logo.
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| Image 8: Chocolate Dessert at Cafe Central |
My adult children and I went to Cafe Central multiple times because we loved the experience. With three people sharing bites of three different desserts each time, I had the lucky opportunity to sample several of the creations.
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| Image 9: Exterior of Cafe Central |
There are plenty of reasons to dream of dining there and snacking on desserts again.
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| Image 10: Cafe Central |
For now, though, eating there will have to be a sweet memory.
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| Image 11: Cafe Central |
Cafe Central has a great website with lots of information on the history and architecture. Click here for the English version if you would like more details.
Is there a far away restaurant that you would like to revisit? Or a place with a pastry chef you love? Leave a comment if you have
time.
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