Beard Papa, Chatswood

Any visit to Chatswood must include a detour to Beard Papa's.



They have a number of new products available now: the mango ice shower is depicted as a bright orange funnel filled with shaved ice and topped with mango pieces, mango syrup and condensed milk. It's $4.95 but doesn't look half as generously portioned as the version advertised in Western Australia. There are fruit drinks ("with flavoured ice!" - the poster exclaims) as well as sticks of cheesecake and mounds of chocolate fondant (a gooey centred chocolate pudding that was a little too sweet and rich for me when I tried it in NYC).

But I only had eyes for the custard puff. Expanded custard variants of caramel and strawberry weren't available this week, so I settled for the matcha green tea flavour.



Surprisingly the custard wasn't the warm mass I'd last remembered - this one was cool and almost cold.



The pastry was still crunchy and delicious though, and the G-man deserves much kudos for eating three puffs in a row on his virgin visit.

To my horror, I recently discovered the "nutritional" values for Beard Papa's custard cream puffs too: each puff contains 220 calories (920 kilojoules) and 13 grams of fat (of which 6 grams is saturated).

But life is short and moderation is key. Besides who can resist the joy of choux pastry, especially after watching this video of custard puff making in action.



Beard Papa’s Sweets
Westfield Chatswood
K353a, Ground floor (near General Pants)
1 Anderson Street Chatswood, Sydney
Tel: +61 (02) 9412 2214

Mon-Wed 9.00am-5.30pm
Thu 9.00am-9.00pm
Fri 9.00am-5.30pm
Sat-Sun 9.00am-5.00pm

1 puff: $2.50
6 puffs: $12.00
12 puffs: $20.00

Related GrabYourForks posts:
Beard Papa's Sweets, October 2006
Beard Papa's Sweets, June 2006
Puffy at Market City, Haymarket Chinatown, July 2007
Puffy at World Square, City, September 2006