Tell us where to go!
Now everyone has a favourite vanilla slice, and since publishing this blog we have had a couple of suggestions: the first one is lurking in Maling Road Canterbury and the second suggestion will see us going to Chimmy’s in Richmond. So keep them coming and leave your suggestions below. We will also be including the annual professional prize winners of The Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph in Ouyen.
No doubt we’ll need a cup of tea and a lie down from time to time, but we will endeavour to get onto them all.
Thanks for stopping by. Chow down!
How about trying
1) French Lettue: 237 Nicholson Street, Carlton 3053
2) San Sebastian: Hampton Street, Hampton and
3) that bakery in Sorrento near the Continental Hotel (supposedly the best Vanilla Slice in Melbourne.. Victoria… The World?!?!)
Sort of related…”Bee Sting slices”
Heathcote Bakery, on the right as you drive into town for their mindblowing “….mmmmm thin layers of butter cake filled with a thick layer of sweetened whipped cream and topped with honey-drenched almond slices
Here is the German cake recipe
http://www.germanfoods.org/consumer/recipes/beestingcake.cfm
Ruth clearly has this whole vanilla slice thing completely sussed out. San Sebastian in Hampton is a real winner. And a review of that one will hopefully not be far off once the entire crew can get together. Personally I’ve been sampling them weekly for about the last 2 months and the quality has been exceptional. And I’ve heard from a number of folk that Sorrento has to be very high on our list.
The vanilla slices from the Wesley Hill Milk Bar near Castlemaine, Central Vic are simply the best !!! If you are travelling to Castelamine you must call in a try one. I have sampled the authentic, the passion fruit and the iced, all yummy.
One that I really like and fits all your criteria, is Duchess Anne French Patisserie at 25 Bernard St, Cheltenham. They have a clever piece of internal puff pastry that helps it to be less messy, they taste great too.
definitely try the one in Sorrento – first cafe on the left past the pub as you drive in from Blairgowrie……mmmmmm…..might head down there this weekend. Just a warning though, 1 will feed quite a few and you will definitely need a cup of strong black tea to cut through the sweetness adn then a good lie down!
The slices at Glicks in St Kilda East are good in my opinion. They are HUGE too!
Thanks all for stopping by!
There’s a Glicks opening nearby soon, so shall venture in there. Next week we will review the Champion VS from Tatura Hot Bread Kitchen, and will endeavour to eat all suggested above. Cheers!
There’s a cafe down on Glenferrie Rd that apparently sells ‘award-winning vanilla slices’ – just across the street from Browns and right next to Baker’s Delight. I’m not sure if they are exceptionally good, but they do fare quite well. I personally love vanilla slices, but the term ‘Millefeuille’ had me confused. I now realise that they’re pretty much the same thing and have come to learnt that many places do serve up this dessert (i.e. Brunettis, Grecos, etc) and would love to know how they fare as well.
Ok this is unexpected…
But i go to gisborne secondary college in victoria. This is just around the corner from bourkies bakery in woodend.. who won the vanilla slice competition 2 times, and i think that the snot blocks at my school are just as good! KEEP ON SNOT BLOKKIN!
I also recommend
1) Beechworth Bakery ( in bendigo )
2) The Jolly Miller ( in gisborne, recently extended. )
3) Bourkies Bakery in woodend.
I know you’re fairly far away from here, but the Corner Bakery in Williamstown, SA does THE BEST vanilla slice in the world. So if you can ever get to the Barossa, definitely check them out.
Try the Millefeuille at Cibo Bakehouse, 477 Glenferrie road Kooyong. They are ‘to die for’ !!!!!!!!! Yummo. Sandy
Vanilla slice fan from Sydney. Haven’t as yet found the perfect VS in Sydney however every time we go down the south coast we can’t wait to get to the Milton Cake Shop (south end of Town). Milton is a few km’s north of Ulladulla, they also sell the Milton cakes at a shop on the main road in Ulladulla. Don’t know how they compare to your Victorian ones, haven’t had time to muck around with the “fork test” etc, but we think they are pretty good.
How about a page on where to go in your area!! I want to know where I can get a slice of some vanilla custard cake yumminess in Portland, Oregon. YOu know of a place? =)
Wonderful vanilla slices at Gusto in Camberwell junction – they do two variations – the classic, with icing, and the “French”, with icing sugar on the top. Both absolutely divine!
Awesome, awesome blog.
My 2 cents on vanilla slice can be found here: http://apologiestotheque.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-own-personal-vanilla-slice-triumph.html
Which I see you have already linked to on your related articles page.
My sincere apologies!
L’opera Patisserie in Frankston on Shannon Mall has been making amazing French VAnille Slices for years and are popular with the locals, I highly recommend giving them a go. Yummy!
You must try Williamsons Pies and Cakes on Chapel St, in Prahran. Their vanilla slice are too die for. Very generous serving size, and very reasonable price!!
A must!
Herzog a little jewish bakery in Kew on High st…. yummmmmm! The pastry is divine and the icing just right
As an American, my opinion of vanilla slice probably does not rate with the locals, however, in my opinion, there is no better Vanilla slice in the world than what I found in Alice Springs than at the Sport Cafe on Todd Mall. They tell me a lady in town provides this awesome dessert. If there is anything better, it would have to be from heaven itself
Also an American opinion here… but I’ve been on a quest to recreate this exact alice springs vanilla slice since the last time I was in Alice Springs (Feb 2004). I believe the same slice can be found at Oscar’s on occasion as well as Casa Nostra (assuming both still exist). I found that even befriending a couple waitresses at Oscar’s did not get me the recipe
The Threeways cafe in Whitfield (about 240km NE of Melbourne) has a fantastic vanilla slice.. but I’m not sure of it’s origin. I don’t think she bakes them herself.
JM Deli in Port Augusta SA certainly has the best Vanilla Slice that I’ve tasted – YUM!!
i agree with sandy, the mille feuille at Cibo in Kooyong, are hard to beat. i’m no connoisseur but the new pastry chef only makes a few a day, and if you don’t get in, you don’t get any. i have tried several times and been too late, but their coffee’s great, along with stand in danish’s just as well.
Lorne, Louttit Bay bakery. As well as all the bread products, the vanilla slice is To Die For. French Vanilla Slice is also very good, but you know the original and the best… it’s my favourite vanilla slice pastry yet.
There is only one place in SA you should go for a vanilla slice and that is Muratti Cakes & Gateau on Prospect Rd (Prospect). Their vanilla slice is the best I have ever had … it completely changed my opinion on vanilla slices!!! I actually like them now.
My friends and I are heading down to Sorrento this weekend (25th April), could anyone tell me the name of the bakery which does the Vanilla Slices.
Brumbys Bakery Camberwell carpark (in Melbourne) … its a big serve with thick icing that you can chew on @ $3 a big slice
after searching Melb late on Sunday arvo, my Vanilla Slice search came to a sliceless halt
I went from Brumbys in Camberwell to Chadstone .. alas not a slice to be seen – yay for this blog … as I had wished that Vanilla Slices were available at night (as Brumbys closes at 5pmish … and yay now i know i can get them on Acland St!)
For each Vanilla Slice review can contributors please include the price they paid
vanilla slices. what a blog!
Coles has started making vanilla slices..for $2.90 a piece. Not too bad I must say…I’ve tasted some worse & more expensive ones.
i have tried many of slices and i have to say the ultimate vanilla slice is in lancefield at lancefield bakery it has the best pasty and magnificent filling with that white yummo topping the slice is perfect and the price is great the service was amazing to get your self one today perfect lancefield bakery only 45 min from melbourne
I think the best vanilla slices are at Ionskys Bakehouse in Malvern. A must try! Not for the faint hearted though,these are HUGE!( and only cost $3.50!)
My suggestion is AVIV in Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick. Just read through all posts to check if anyone else mentioned it but no – seems there are some wide ranging opinions on what makes a quality VS. AVIV do the french custard style VS with icing sugar on top. Definitely requires a plate and fork to fully savour. Good quality custard. I’m about to go check this San Sebastian one in Hampton to compare, I have resisted making the journey long enough. The Tatura and Beechworth VS’s look fabulous – like a perfect meeting of the creamy custard style with the iced top.. Great blog, love it!
One more thing – just about the comments on price – I honestly feel that price is no object when we’re talking about the ultimate vanilla slice. The cost of driving across the city, state or country will likely be greater than that of the slice itself – a fact of no consequence in the pursuit of perfection..