Christian Jacques Artisan Boulanger
Kangaroo Point
Christian Jacques Artisan Boulanger is a tiny gem of an authentic French bakery ,tucked away under the Story Bridge in Kangaroo Point.
The smell of hot baked bread wafts out from the tiny blink-and-you-miss it boulangerie, the only one in Brisbane to have its ovens just inside the shop, where customers can actually view the bread and pastries being baked.
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Baker and owner Christian Jacques hails from Paris and his delectable breads and pastries are the absolute real deal, baked onsite every morning using ingredients all imported from France.
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Here’s the place to pick up traditional French breads including baguettes and batards, as well as seigle (organic rye), stone ground (organic signature) and cereal (multi-grain) loaves.
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Croissants are available plain, almond, chocolate or almond and cheese and there are also fruit Danishes and the must try Breton specialty – Ka (kouign amann) – a crisp, sweet and buttery Breton specialty that is like a cross between a croissant and a brioche.
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Other sweet pastries on offer here include melt-in-the-mouth vanilla and chocolate eclairs tartes aux framboises (raspberry tarts), lemon meringue or chocolate and orange tarts, amandine (pear) tarts, chocolate brownies and mille feuillle (rich layered vanilla/custard slice).
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Meanwhile on the savoury front, there’s delicious mini quiche lorraines.
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Need to know – Get in early for the croissants, which on weekends can often be sold out by 9am. Otherwise, they can be pre-ordered to avoid missing out.
*The menu may have changed since our visit
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