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<\/a><\/div>\n\n \n \nLast but not least, our tasters came to the Swinging Singing Some weeks ago, the front veranda of Saint Dominic\u2019s College became a street of stylish cafes. There was something to suit every taste, and as the choice might prove overwhelming, we appointed a panel of three discriminating food critics to visit the three restaurants and give us their report. First visited was the Snowflake Caf\u00e9. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apostolate","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5258,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions\/5258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opsisters.org.nz\/preview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nseemed to greet the visitors as the cool whites and blues of the d\u00e9cor
\nsurrounded them and snowflakes hanging from the ceiling blew in the breeze of
\ntheir entrance. A tiered tray of polar-bear cupcakes, besides contributing to
\nthe winter-wonderland theme, tempted the appetite as the bears\u2019 cute faces
\nseemed to be made of a soft creamy icing. But the proof is in the pudding, and
\nin fact the inside was as good as the outside\u2014a light and feathery crumb, rich
\nin white chocolate and macadamia but not too sweet. With its atmosphere of
\nunderstated elegance and top-quality baking, the Snowflake is the gourmet\u2019s
\nchoice among the Saint Dominic\u2019s Ave. cafes. <\/a><\/div>\n
\ntasters next visited Beachy Bliss, which proclaimed its vibrant yet relaxing
\natmosphere with Spanish-Celtic fusion background music, colourful beach towels
\nand surfboards decorating the walls, and a waitress also decorated with a beach
\ntowel\u2014worn on her head! The cupcakes here were served in ice-cream cones and
\niced to look\u2014and taste\u2014like various flavours of ice cream. The sweetness was
\noverpowering, especially when combined with the very sweet chocolate milkshakes
\nserved\u2014one rather wanted something like unsweetened iced tea! But with its
\ncolourful surroundings and light-hearted, outgoing staff, Beachy Bliss can be
\nhighly recommended to lighten the heart of any guest, most especially one with
\na sweet tooth.<\/a><\/div>\n
\nDuck. The swinging sign outside the door featured a duck with an umbrella, in
\nthe style of an American cartoon or musical, but the music that met the ears
\nwas Vivaldi\u2019s Four Seasons.<\/i> This
\ndelightful mix of classic and quirky elements was in evidence throughout the
\ncaf\u00e9; the cupcakes were chocolate with royal icing, but the latter was shaped
\ninto jumping frogs or swimming ducks; the walls were hung with graceful
\nold-gold damask draperies and a landscape painting was centred on one wall, but
\nraindrops, dragonflies and umbrellas hung from the ceiling and a singing,
\nswinging duck was the centrepiece of the cupcake table. For an atmosphere that
\nis at once elegant and homelike and cupcakes like Mum used to make\u2014with a
\ntwist\u2014our readers are advised to visit the Singing, Swinging Duck.<\/p>\n