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Thursday, August 06, 2015

Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville

Cinnamon scroll, lamington scroll and red velvet scroll at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville

You can't mention Oregano Bakery without talking about THAT cinnamon scroll. These giant pillows, laced with layers of cinnamon sugar and blanketed with a heavy snowfall of icing sugar, can be spotted in coffee shops and markets all over Sydney. They're even couriered overnight to Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane.

It wasn't always that way. When Sonia and Tony Jabbour first opened Oregano Bakery in 2010, they were all about Lebanese pizza, churning out light and fluffy rounds of dough topped with zaatar (a mix of oregano, thyme and sumac), lamb mince with tomato or slices of sujuc spicy sausage. The first cinnamon scroll was an afterthought that quickly exploded into one of the biggest success stories this side of the Harbour Bridge.

Cinnamon scrolls at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Large cinnamon scrolls $4.90

They're still baking Lebanese pizzas, cheese pides and savoury wraps but step into their gleaming white-tiled cafe in South Hurstville in the early afternoon, and you'll find coffee and scrolls on every table.

Mocha scrolls at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Mocha scrolls $5.90

The number of flavours on offer can be bewildering for the first time visitor. Orange and macadamia? Cookies and cream? Nutella and banana? Salted caramel? There are scrolls piled up behind the counter everywhere you look. Unlike the savoury items written up on the board, there's no scroll menu to peruse, meaning you'll have to literally hunt down your favourites by scanning today's offerings and reading the menu place cards. This tends to make the decision-making process even more difficult. So. Many. Choices.

Tahini scrolls at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Tahini scrolls $4.90

Salted caramel scrolls at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Salted caramel scrolls $4.90

Red velvet scrolls at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Red velvet scrolls $5.90

Chocolate and cashew scrolls at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Chocolate and cashew scrolls $4.90

Large cinnamon scroll at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Large cinnamon scroll $4.90

You'd be a fool not to start with the original though. The large cinnamon scroll looks like it's been caught in blizzard, covered in so much icing sugar you'll need to take care not to inhale too deeply and choke.

And this is one of the few places where serving food on a chopping board is entirely warranted. You'll appreciate the carving space. Trust me.

Layers inside the cinnamon scroll at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Layers inside the cinnamon scroll

Sure you could go face first into this, but using a knife to cut this beast in half gives you a chance to appreciate all the pretty layers. There are dozens of them. And if you're anything like me, you'll relish peeling apart and eating each layer one by one, slowly savouring the experience.

The scroll is impressively soft and fluffy, and the extraordinary number of layers mean you score a highly favourable cinnamon sugar ratio.

Layers of jam inside the chocolate raspberry coconut scroll at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Layers of jam inside the chocolate, raspberry and coconut scroll

The chocolate, raspberry and coconut scroll is a lamington by any other name. We break through the generous dusting of dessicated coconut to find pillowy layers sandwiched with chocolate and raspberry jam. It's like a chocolatey lamington that neatly avoids being cloyingly sweet.

Red velvet scroll at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Red velvet scroll $5.90

We can't resist the red velvet scroll either.

Inside the red velvet scroll at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville
Inside the red velvet scroll

The red velvet is a tangy raspberry and chocolate combo that feels closer to a black forest than a classic red velvet (cocoa and cream cheese) but this still ends up being my favourite flavour of the day. The flaked chocolate is what wins me over, a bittersweet counterpart to the zing of berries.

Baked scrolls at Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville

And if you live too far from South Hurstville? They deliver too.

Oregano Bakery, South Hurstville


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Oregano Bakery
56 Connells Point Road, South Hurstville, Sydney
Tel: +61 (02) 9546 3666

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 7am-4pm
Sunday 7am-12pm
Closed Mondays


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posted by Helen (Grab Your Fork) on 8/06/2015 12:14:00 am


15 Comments:

  • At 8/06/2015 5:21 am, Anonymous Padaek said…

    Yum! Great looking big scrolls. We have similar scroll eating habits. The red velvet scroll looks tops.

     
  • At 8/06/2015 7:49 am, Anonymous John | heneedsfood said…

    Ha! Now I think I know where Lady J cafe in Bondi gets their cinnamon scrolls! I love those things! OK, when's the next train to Hurstville?

     
  • At 8/06/2015 9:08 am, Anonymous Francesca said…

    Wow, so many scrolls- I want to go there!

     
  • At 8/06/2015 9:47 am, Anonymous Bianca@forfoodssake said…

    This is to cruel a post first thing in the morning. Looks like I'm due for a return visit.

     
  • At 8/06/2015 12:04 pm, Blogger The Yum List said…

    Giant pillows - what a mouthwatering way to describe a pastry. Scrolls really have the best - by rolling it all up you get all the goodies mixed in. There are certainly some delicious looking goodies in this line up.

     
  • At 8/06/2015 1:20 pm, Anonymous Hannah said…

    BUT THE TAHINI AND SALTED CARAMEL ONES THEY'RE THE ONES I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT

     
  • At 8/07/2015 12:04 am, Blogger Unknown said…

    Yum red velvet sounds amazing! I need to go here ASAP

     
  • At 8/07/2015 6:15 am, Anonymous Monique@The Urban Mum said…

    You truly are the best resource for all the foodie delights Sydney has to offer (and around the globe too...). I am trying your Turkish ice cream suggestion tomorrow with the boys - I have been dreaming of that coffee and turkish delight chewy offerings...now another to add to my list of gourmet delights. Perfect weather for a scroll at the moment...thank you xx

     
  • At 8/07/2015 9:18 pm, Anonymous missklicious said…

    i always seem to inhale icing sugar and end up in a coughing fit haha
    red velvet sounds amazing!

     
  • At 8/08/2015 11:19 am, Blogger Maddie Loves Food said…

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  • At 8/08/2015 11:20 am, Blogger Maddie Loves Food said…

    Oh. My. Goodness. Those scrolls look fabulous, I'm in awe of how many layers there are inside! Fantastic photos :D

     
  • At 8/08/2015 5:45 pm, Anonymous Trish said…

    Bloody hell totally salivating for cinnamon scrolls right about now! Those look sooooo soooo sooo good!!!

     
  • At 8/09/2015 9:49 pm, Anonymous Felicia @ Next Stop: Food said…

    Love their cinnamon scroll! That red velvet looks amazing :D

     
  • At 8/10/2015 5:57 pm, Anonymous Martine @ Chompchomp said…

    Oh my those layers look amazing!!! We have a company that make a layered cake call the Honey cake....they also do a GF version too. Soooo good!

     
  • At 8/22/2015 9:47 pm, Anonymous Sara | Belly Rumbles said…

    Fantastic scrolls, but the best thing is seeing how this business has grown in leaps and bounds over the last few years. Well done to them I say.

     

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