BABCO - Brick Artisan Bread Company — Restaurant in Palmerston North

Unfortunately the change in ownership is all too apparent. Cannot recommend the pastries at all. You would do better at the supermarket. You cannot make pastries without butter!!! Pain au chocolat HAS to have chocolate in it.

Used to love this place.

Dear owners

Thank you for your response. We have eating pastries from BABCo for years. Never before have we had doughy, damp pastries. Not at all crisp, fluffy pastry. I assure you that I know what we have been buying for all these years. Today’s offering was not the same.

Was it a bad batch? Whatever went wrong you will need to figure it out and correct it.

Possibly your oven was not hot enough? I have now eaten some of the baguette, it too seems slightly doughy. Damp? It is ok, but not the high quality we been accustomed to.

I could have kept quiet and simply never returned. In stead I am telling you about it in the hope that it can be corrected.

I could see over the years the dedication and effort that went into creating BABCo . Today I feel sad. You can be assured that the pain au chocolat did not have the usual amount of chocolate in it.

I know that it is difficult to produce good food in the current climate and make money. Personally I would rather pay more for excellent quality than buy food where the ingredients have been skimped or “dumbed down “. Best...

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