Pinkmans Bakery usually catches my attention with their sour-dough-nuts – the roundest doughnuts of all time, with different flavour combinations monthly. As soon as you walk in, you’re met with a counter crammed full of the most delicious looking bakes… my mouth is watering writing this.
We tried to go for breakfast a while back, but got there a little too late. This time around, we were there in good time, and it was so worth getting up a little earlier for.
Towards the back of Pinkmans Bakery you’ll find a big and bright seating area, with the kitchen behind. I think everyone likes to be able to see into the kitchen – you know that the food is being prepared properly, and it’s just so interesting, especially in a place like this.
We chose to sit in the window at the front because I needed the light, and it’s always nice to watch the world go by.
Off the Pinkmans Bakery brunch menu – served until 12pm on weekdays, and 2pm on weekends – we chose the shakshuka and the smashed sweet chilli avocado on toast. They both looked so appetising when they arrived – the shakshuka hot and bubbling over the side of the dish, and all the colours of the avocado toast. They smelled heavenly too.
Both dishes lived up to their appearance – so many flavours, and all of them good. There is only one bad point that I can think of, which is that I could’ve done with a sharper knife to cut through the sourdough crust. Other than that, it was all really tasty, and I raved about it so much afterwards that I had to take my friend there yesterday for a late brunch.
It’s almost impossible to leave Pinkmans Bakery without something sweet, so we shared one of their infamous sour-dough-nuts. We had the honeycomb one – the sweet and creamy filling was encased perfectly by the sugary dough, and topped with a piece of homemade honeycomb. Drool-worthy.
I saw on the Pinkmans Bakery Instagram that one of their new doughnut flavours is chocolate brownie. Their brownies are amazing, so I can imagine that combination is going to be ridiculously good.
You can find Pinkmans Bakery towards the top of Park Street, and it’s so worth walking up the hill for.
