After a disappointing dinner, we were after something to lift our mood; Cutler & Co did just that. At 9pm on a Friday their front bar had plenty of space and they were happy to have us visit for coffee and dessert. Jo recommended we share two icecream sandwiches between the four of us and I was happy to comply. I'd never tried it before, though I read of many other bloggers swooning over it.
The Cutler & Co icecream sandwich ($18) is a generous vanilla parfait brick between thin chocolate biscuits, a pool of salted caramel underneath and a rich quenelle of chocolate icecream on top. It's very nice indeed, though I don't think it has the complexity of some of their other desserts. We were also generously supplied with petits fours following the theme: chocolate-coated caramel fudge sprinkled lightly with salt. Haute fantails!
Eighteen dollars is no small sum for dessert but to have this dessert in these surroundings, with no hurry to leave, felt worth it. I can see myself stopping by again with this purpose on an idle evening.
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This icecream sandwich is popular! It's been loved and blogged on Kran and Nina, Melbourne Dining Experiences, The Very Very Hungry Caterpillar, OUTRIGHT GLUTTONY, Almost Always Ravenous (twice), Absolutely Famished, Gastronomous Anonymous, Food, booze and shoes, Petit-Miamx, Gourmet to Glam, Foodmiles's Blog, Saucy Thyme, eat tori, jeroxie, Melbourne's bargain foodie and Tomato. Less gushy words appear at IronEaters, let's get fat together, Munching (in) Melbourne, 1001 Dinners 1001 Nights, Eat (almost) Anything at Least Once, and Melbourne gastronome (twice).
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Cutler & Co
55-57 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
9419 4888
desserts $18
Accessibility: Cutler & Co has a flat entry and generous space between tables. The front bar largely contains high benches and chairs, but there are some standard-height booth seats to the side. There's full table service.
I love Marsha's desserts. I met her at a party once, dropped in for a drink and she sent every single dessert to the table. I don't have a sweet tooth, but I ate every single one and had a sugar hang-over the next day.
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Just made a booking to try this place out for their degustation! unfortunately, it will be a month away from now ;(
ReplyDeleteWill there ever be a fancy restaurant that does incredible vegan desserts like this? Wishing for some right now!
ReplyDeleteMany of the deserts at Cutler and Co are vegan, and they are very helpful for dietary intolerances too. Amazeable.
DeleteIndeed - we returned five times last summer to work our way through their dessert menu, and they offered excellent vegan and gluten-free options to our companions.
DeleteI've also written about the ice cream sandwich - TWICE! :)
ReplyDeleteJess - that is awesome. I love these desserts even more, now I know they're created by such a generous soul.
ReplyDeleteMiss Adriennely - have fun! I'm sure it will be worth the wait.
em - too many fancy restaurants seem to fall back on fruit sorbet for vegans... do they not know that good quality chocolate is vegan?! Have you heard about the eggless dessert cafe in Adelaide? I really want to go there.
claire - gah, neither Google blog search nor my Google Reader account pointed me to your posts. They're added now. :-)