​​L'Appartment 4F | NYC's Hottest Engineer-Turned-Baker 🥐✨​​

When an ​​ex-engineer​​ pivots to pastries, you get this ​​Instagram-famous croissant spot​​—where ​​viral hype​​ meets ​​flaky (but flawed)​​ reality. 📍 ​​L'Appartment 4F​​ NYC 🍞 ​​The Goods (And The "Meh")​​: • ​​Almond Croissant​​: Raspberry freeze-dried bling + sweet almond paste = ​​too oily, too soft​​ (only edges stayed crisp). • ​​Pistachio-Rose Croissant​​: ​​Thick pistachio cream​​ = even ​​heavier​​ than the almond one (sugar coma warning). • ​​Pain au Chocolat​​: ​​Looks perfect​​, but sags by 10am—still, the ​​dark chocolate filling​​ (tangy, not sweet) saves it. • ​​Kouign Amann​​: ​​Best of the bunch​​—caramelized, half-crisp, half-chewy. • ​​Financier​​: Cute but ​​cloying​​ (raspberry can’t balance the sugar). 💡 ​​The Truth​​: • ​​Not bad​​, but ​​not worth queues​​ (luckily, they’ve expanded to a 2nd location). • As the baker admits: "Pastries pay better than engineering." Mission accomplished. ​​Would you wait for these?​​ Or stick to classic bakeries? Sound off! 👇 #NYCBakery #CroissantHype #EngineerBakes #FoodieRealityCheck