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Ina
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Falko Cafe BakeryNot quite local to most of us - but one place I'm determined to visit some time this year!
I'd heard about this German baker who'd set up in Edinburgh a couple of years ago. He was reviewed in the Sunday Herald back then (as one of the 10 most enterprising young Scots of the year!). He started off with a stall at Edinburgh farmer's market. Then he bought a shop, and now he has this cafe in Gullane, which again has received a brilliant review from Joanna Blythman...
Unfortunately I only bought the Sunday paper a week late, so it's not online any more. I'll just quote a few bits:
"Last weekend his Gullane cafe-tearoom was heaving. A real fire crackled away in the fireplace. Regular reinforcements of fresh loaves from the bakery behind - nutty granary, sticky rye, puffy pumpkin, hazelnut and raisin, oatmeal and more - only just kept up with the constant queue of retail customers. A permanent gaggle of customers surveyed the tantalising delights of the cake counter. Tables were filled instantly as soon as they emptied...."
There is a small choice of savoury snacks and meals (onion cake, Wiener Schnitzel...), as well as - of course - all those wonderful German cakes...
"Of all Falko's sumptuous cake range, I am most fond of the plainest looking ones which, unlike most British equivalents, taste even better than they look. I find it hard to look beyond the helter skelter piles of buttery, cinnamony Baumkuchen, or tree cake - a confection so skilled to make that it forms part of the German Konditormeister's professional exam.
When I spot it, I also snap up the moist rye flour-based Schwabian fruit bread with its luscious glazed fruits and toasty nuts. A tiny piece of Linzertorte - hazelnut pastry with a sticky layer of raspberry jam - is truly satisfying. Falko's Sachertorte is as good as you'll find in Vienna's top coffee houses..."
Can you imagine me drooling away here? 
Maybe we can hire a coach one day and have a NEEPS trip to Gullane? 
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wildgarlic
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YES PLEASE - that sounds like HEAVEN. Perhaps we could send a shopping list to Townie before the next Food Co-op meeting 
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Ina
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Mmmhh, haven't made Linzertorte for a while... although I make mine with almonds, not hazelnuts. Baumkuchen is truly only for the professionals, and I've never tried to make Sachertorte - I'm afraid if it turned out nice, I'd eat the lot in one go! It's better just to buy one piece where you know they do it well.
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