{"id":1736,"date":"2009-06-04T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2009-06-04T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T15:58:56","slug":"seattles-honore-bakery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/04\/seattles-honore-bakery\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle’s Honore Bakery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Honore\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s official, I’m a snob.<\/p>\n

The reason for this epiphany? The baked goods at Honore. Now, granted, I didn’t try everything. Only four things: the cannele — a tiny custardy bundt shaped goody with gooey insides, the chausse de pomme — essentially an apple turnover, the koign imman<\/em> — I’ll come back to this, and the almond crossiant.<\/p>\n

For the record I get that there are different styles of baking and that just because an almond crossiant is one style, doesn’t make it better. But I am used to an almond crossiant that, when I put it in my mouth I think, “Oh god, this is what heaven tastes like!” The Honore crossaint? It was fine. Crumbly and fresh and buttery flavored. But I did not swoon.<\/p>\n

The one that I did really like was the koign imman — that word is pronounced “queen”, FYI. The internet tells me that the koign imman is also known as a Breton butter yeast cake<\/a>, or a type of scone, but the word scone does not really do it justice. Crispy, buttery, the sugar had carmelized on the outside of the flakey pastry and was there just a tiny bite of salt?<\/p>\n

I’m not sure that the primacy of the koign imman warrants a drive all the way to Ballard when we have our own temple of sin a mere two miles away. I hear the macarons are good at Honore and the pinwheel cookies got a glowing recommendation, but they weren’t yet on deck for the day.<\/p>\n

If you’re in that neighborhood and you need a snack, sure, go ahead. They’re awfully nice at Honore and they have an adorable back patio. Go directly to the koign imman. Unless you are a snob like me, then I’m sure you will find all of their baking lovely and delicious. It’s not their fault I’ve become a spoiled, obnoxious, epicure when it comes to baking. Really. For that I blame my local bakery and the entire nation of Austria. How can you compete with that?<\/p>\n

Honore is at 1413 NW 70th in Ballard. And fun fact? It’s named after Honoratus of Amiens<\/a>, or Honore, the patron saint of bakers. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s official, I’m a snob. The reason for this epiphany? The baked goods at Honore. Now, granted, I didn’t try everything. Only four things: the cannele — a tiny custardy bundt shaped goody with gooey insides, the chausse de pomme — essentially an apple turnover, the koign imman — I’ll come back to this, and … <\/p>\n


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