Canelé Adventures
Last year, my friend and I somehow got into a quest to find good canele around town. Since then, I've been trying my best to sample as many as I can whereever I am. Just a few selections from (mostly) DC:
***** [ DC ] *****
My absolute favorite canele so far comes from Bread Furst, a French bakery just off the Van Ness / UDC stop. There's a reason this place is always packed from when they open. Their canele has a crisp exterior, the inside is buttery and moist (but not mushy). So decadent. Pictured above with their orange teacake (yum).
Fresh Baguette in Bethesda sometimes they have them in stock (usually weekend afternoon is when I was able to find them). Theirs is my second favorite and I get them more often just because the shop's closer to me. I tried their Georgetown location and the people working there didn't even know what I was talking about, sadly.... Pictured above with their chocolate croissant.
When I heard Laduree also serves them, I also had to give them a try! The one I got was sadly rather dry. Pictured above with their St. Honore (sadly no longer around at the DC location) and a pot of their Marie Antoinette tea.
My friend raved about Le Diplomate's version, so I ordered two for myself with high hopes. Maybe I came on a bad day, but what I got was not very good. The pastry was burnt and I can taste the char (but the custard parts inside was decent).
***** [ NYC ] *****
Dominique Ansel canele. I was lucky enough to get a sample of this while having my breakfast. I was too full to get a whole one, but maybe next time! Their was moist but not as buttery as the ones I get at Bread Furst.
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Trader Joe's carry canele in their frozen food section. For the longest time, these were the only ones I ate because I didn't really seek them out. They are not as good as fresh ones, but I will make do with them when I have a craving and don't feel like going anywhere.
My absolute favorite canele so far comes from Bread Furst, a French bakery just off the Van Ness / UDC stop. There's a reason this place is always packed from when they open. Their canele has a crisp exterior, the inside is buttery and moist (but not mushy). So decadent. Pictured above with their orange teacake (yum).
Fresh Baguette in Bethesda sometimes they have them in stock (usually weekend afternoon is when I was able to find them). Theirs is my second favorite and I get them more often just because the shop's closer to me. I tried their Georgetown location and the people working there didn't even know what I was talking about, sadly.... Pictured above with their chocolate croissant.
When I heard Laduree also serves them, I also had to give them a try! The one I got was sadly rather dry. Pictured above with their St. Honore (sadly no longer around at the DC location) and a pot of their Marie Antoinette tea.
My friend raved about Le Diplomate's version, so I ordered two for myself with high hopes. Maybe I came on a bad day, but what I got was not very good. The pastry was burnt and I can taste the char (but the custard parts inside was decent).
Dominique Ansel canele. I was lucky enough to get a sample of this while having my breakfast. I was too full to get a whole one, but maybe next time! Their was moist but not as buttery as the ones I get at Bread Furst.
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Trader Joe's carry canele in their frozen food section. For the longest time, these were the only ones I ate because I didn't really seek them out. They are not as good as fresh ones, but I will make do with them when I have a craving and don't feel like going anywhere.
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