PrintSugar Rush: Soft Serve at Baoguette
Jasmine and pandan soft serve
At the newest Baoguette location on St. Mark's Place, the banh mi and Vietnamese soup speckled menu features a rather exciting dessert selection of, get ready for it, soft serve. Current flavors include jasmine and pandan. The menu also lists durian, though it wasn't available the day we visited.
Pandan proved to be a fine silky number, delicate in taste with just the slightest fragrance. Think vanilla meets coconut with the barest hint of nuttiness. Unfortunately the jasmine—gummy, gritty and overly sweet—didn't fare as well. Topping options? Drizzles of condensed milk and dulce de leche. How lucky we are in the East Village: vanilla bean soft serve at ChickaLicious, rotating flavors at Momofuku Milk bar (like the doughnut lineup right now), and now Asian-inspired ones at Baoguette.
Baoguette
37 St. Mark's Place, New York NY 10003 (b/n 1st and 2nd Avenue; map)
347-892-2614
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11 Comments:
the green tea soft serve they had at bam was one of the reasons i would set foot on that street (the other being chipotle when it was still a new thing and NYU gave out free burrito coupons). now i have reason to go again! excited!
korovka at 4:11PM on 04/14/09
Any word on when the Baogette will open on Christopher St.?
silvermike at 4:16PM on 04/14/09
For some reason pandan-flavored stuff kinda reminds me of bread pudding...sorry to hear they didn't have durian that day ...I'm dying to try it!
Joe DiStefano at 4:36PM on 04/14/09
Gasp! Pandan and jasmine are two of my favorite flavors! Too bad that the jasmine wasn't that great. I'll pass on the durian.
BooRadley at 7:32PM on 04/14/09
The pandan was incredibly rich, and even with the generous helping I got, it didn't sit heavy on my stomach. Really good, probably my favorite soft service in the city right now! I got to sample a bit of the jasmine as well, and I loved that it wasn't too sweet, with a touch of "flowery" aftertaste. Yum!
Emily Koh at 11:35PM on 04/14/09
i'll stick with momofuku doughnut...
spartana07 at 2:55PM on 04/15/09
Are they planning on adding the soft serve to the other locations?
kathryn at 11:26AM on 04/17/09
Is it fair to say soft serve is a perfectly acceptable dairy option in the food pyramid? I.e. If I have Momofuku soft serve with a cookie, there's a wee bit of nutritional value??
Sweet Freak at 12:40PM on 04/17/09
I know this is off topic, but I want to the St. Mark's location the other day, and the bahn mi was substandard! They forgot the pickled carrot and daikon, the ingredients were unevenly spread, and the bread, which was cut from a larger baguette, was stale and too chewy; not comparable at all to the mini, warmed baguettes at the Lexington location. I'll continue going to the Lexington branch (the original!) until they get it right at the St. Marks (although I don't know how I'll know that!)>
restaurantveteran at 2:18PM on 04/17/09
I just went and it was exactly what I needed—thanks for makin my night SE!
nikonratm at 11:24PM on 04/22/09
Thanks for the soft-serve coverage, Kathy.
perrin at 12:44AM on 04/24/09