The Misadventures Down Under: Starchase at Burch & Purchese

Dad's here again :)

He reached Melbourne at midnight yesterday (or today? I have absolutely no idea which day midnight refers to... :/) , so I assumed he'd have no time to get breakfast things and bought a loaf of bread and some fruits yesterday to spring a surprise breakfast on him. That turned out well (Y)

After breakfast I dragged dad to South Yarra because I got scoop that Kylie and Julia from Masterchef were going to be at Burch & Purchese in South Yarra baking some sweets! :D Really really excited. Kylie and Julia were the "Dessert Queens" of Masterchef Australia 2012, and I would soon be sampling what they're baking *Squeakkk* Who doesn't love desserts? Especially when we're talking Top 6 finalists in Masterchef here, and Julia was the runner-up. I also heard that Ben and Andy were going and actually that was the main point (=.= Crap I am so going to hell for this...) It was a rainy blustery day...

*Siaozhabo mode on*...

Burch and Purchese is run by Darren Purchese, a really famous chef who knows his sweets.

So when we first stepped into the quaint little dessert shop, the first person I spotted was Kylie *starts to hyperventilate*
She was handing around a tray of dainty jammy doughnut pastries. The pastries were light and crunchy, and the cream topping was really light and fluffy. Not being a fan of cream, well, that changed my point of view. xD

Kylie is sooo PWEEEEEDYYYYYYY T________________T (Please kindly ignore my herpderpdurr face which I really wish to mosaic but am lazy to...)

The shop was a really nice, little and quaint... And today it was filled with people (Judging by the looks of the  sweets sold there reckon it'd be always this full...)

Tower of meringues standing on the counter... :9

Those cakes... (Must... Refrain... Self... From... Smashing... Glass...) *Looks at price tags* Oh... (Must... Refrain... Self... From... Smashing... Glass... Even... More...)

So I was going to walk to the back when I spot Julia handing out macarons :D

 Those macarons... Insane... I used to think macarons were sweeeeeet little things which could dry up your throat due to the excessive sugar used, causing your throat to become dry due to the hypertonic external environment... Dafuq I just said... O.o Anyway Julia's macarons were just right, crunchy outside, chewy inside, and a nutty fruity filling :D Awesomeness... (Once again, please kindly ignore my herpderpdurr face which I really wish to mosaic but am lazy to...)

P.S. Julia is really tall... She had to bend down for the photo. Sorry Julia...

 Sneak peek in the kitchen! Ooh, there's Darren Purchese with the blue piping bag.

After snapping some photos around we went back to the CBD. (I would have stayed there all day if dad hadn't pulled me out... I loved the little shop T_T and I wanted to see Ben and Andy in person ahahahaha...) Well, it was really really awesome to see Julia and Kylie in person, and to taste their creations as well, really inspiring too.

Dad said if I wanted to I could open a little dessert store next time. Yeah dad... Yeah... One moment you're asking me to open a pharmacy, another you're asking me to open a bakery... =.= But I'd much much rather run a bakery than a pharmacy... Oh no wait much much rather? "Much much rather" is an understatement. A very understated understatement...

So, my starchase ends here. Didn't get to see the champ? Doesn't matter. Had dessert xD