jocelyn's provisions

the pastry here is amazing! dropped by last evening and grabbed a beef and red wine pie and also a chocolatebrowniefor dinner. the pastry is amazingly crisp fresh and crunchy! have yet to try thebrownieand very keen to try their cakes, their cakes are freshly baked and looks really yum! the staff here is also very friendly!

staff are always kind and helpful. the most delicious and my favourite pecanbrowniesold here. i buy birthday cakes for my family from jocelyn's all the time.

jocelyn's provisions is the place to where i go whenever i need a cake for a special occasion.
have had a couple of good experiences in the past and today after the fiasco at pineapple express we decided to get ourselves a treat.

we got the salted caramel cupcake and the pecan and chocolate brownie.

the caramel cupcake made me rethink all of my previous experiences with this place, the custard on top only tasted like butter and the cake itself didn't have much flavour whatsover. would give it a 2/5.

the pecan and chocolatebrowniewas way better than the cupcake but still not worth its price, thebrowniecould have more chocolate flavour to it, and also the texture was kinda not what i was expecting, thisbrowniewas more to the crumbly side as it was crunchy all way through, the problem is that i felt like the crunchiness was coming from something like sugar crystals or something similar as if there was too much sugar so it didn't get all dissolved in thebrowniebatter or something. would give it a 3/5.

overall my previous experience with their cakes was excellent, for example this week i grabbed a cake for my partner, almond and orange cake if i'm not wrong, and it was almost perfect, soft, moist and the perfect sweetness to it.

so i might not consider coming back for a treat, but i will be back for their cakes.

walking into jocelyn's provisions, it is easy to be taken in by the beauty of the cakes, breads and other provisions, as well as the slightly rustic feel.

unfortunately, we found most of the selections to be fairly average to slightly above average and overpriced.

we purchased a blondebrownie($5.90), a salted caramel & chocolate tart ($7.50) and a bag of chocolate shortbread cookies ($11.80).

the blondebrowniewas chewy white chocolate and macadamia. this was the highlight of our purchases and rates a 3.5.

the salted caramel & chocolate tart was a chocolate pastry and salted caramel topped with dark chocolate ganache. while eating this i could not stop thinking how much better the same tart is at matthew thomas (sandgate and aspley) - and the matthew thomas salted caramel & chocolate tart is both larger and less expensive. jocelyn's provisions' tart rates a 3.

the chocolate shortbread buttons had good flavor (3.5), but weren't a good value (honestly didn't realize they were this expensive until after i'd paid) - this too rates a 3.

would consider returning to try the bread and iced carrot cake, but there are several other bakeries that rate higher in my opinion.

mini meatball and lady meatball hit thebrownieand tart before i could get pictures (except the box).

a 'pecan and chocolate brownie' ($5.7) was a buttery chocolatebrowniewith crunchy pecan pieces topped with white chocolate ganache. laid my eyes on it when we walked in but it just looked very very sweet, which it was. the chocolatebrowniewas very buttery with lots of crunchy pecan pieces which melts in your mouth when bitten. it was very moist and an easy comforting food, however the white chocolate ganache was much sweeter than i thought it would have been, maybe even without it, i would have also liked it. the closest cafe from jocelyn's was vroom bistro. there were many dining there and a few having coffee. since we just couldn't be bothered walking back to where we were going to originally, and it was rather getting quite hot, we opted to try here since we haven't tried vroom before anyway. we sat down but the tables seemed to still be quite messy with the previous diner's food. we tried getting the waiter's attention but they seemed to only be lingering around or just trying to avoid eye contact. when we did catch an attention, all we received was a short reply stating that they will be right back or they will be with us in a minute. but there, after a minute, five minutes etc, they still didn't come. we ended up going up to the counter to order and telling them again to please clean our tables. so, customer service? a no for me..

yummo!. the choc pecanbrownieis amazzzing. i also love the cupcakes. the cake is super moist. worth the drive.