Bouchon Bakery (New York, USA) ★★★☆☆

Thomas Keller is undisputedly one of America's most celebrated chefs and also the only American chef to have been awarded three star Michelin ratings for two different restaurants under his name at the same time - Per Se and The French Laundry. In addition to his two fine dining restaurants, chef Keller also owns Bouchon and Bouchon Bakery which serves modest priced French bistro fare.

After visiting Jean Georges for lunch, we spent a little bit of time at the nearby Time Warner Center. Both Bouchon and Bouchon Bakery are located on the third floor of this spacious building overlooking Central Park while chef Keller's prized restaurant Per Se can be found one floor above.



At about 2:30pm, Bouchon and Bouchon Bakery were still fully packed with customers. Some of which were simply having a late lunch while others (like us) were hunting for something sweet. 



TKO (Thomas Keller Oreo) Cookie - Chef Keller invented his own Oreo cookies with dark chocolate sandwich cookies and a white chocolate filling.

I was prepared to be blown away by this but was fairly surprised to find that I did not get "KOed". 

The pistachio macaron was slightly better than the TKO but it was still not considered in the same league as ones being served at some of the traditional French pastry shops such as Paul Bakery.

 


Food Rating: 4/10

Price: $$$

Address: 3/F 10 Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center, New York 10019, NY, USA

Closest Subway Station: 59th St/Columbus Circle
Tel: +212 823-9366
Website: bouchonbakery.com

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