Cronuts at Dominique Ansel Bakery

This morning I woke up 5:30 and went to Dominique Ansel Bakery.
http://dominiqueansel.com
http://iyoumeyum-yumlifeny.blogspot.com/2011/11/dominique-ansel-bakery.html
Why I needed to wake up that early, because I wanted to get Cronuts.
http://dominiqueansel.com/cronut-101/
First I saw that they started to sell them I just wanted to try. But that moment I couldn't go there.
Then when I visited there several times, always cronuts were sold out.
That's why if we want to try them we needed to be there early in the morning and wait on the long line!!! I knew that Japanese people love to wait on the line to get something popular but I didn't know also New Yorkers like to do that!! lol
I arrived there at 7am it was not bad for me because I'm used to waking up early to go to work.
And got some coffee and waited on line with my friend chatting.
Because of her one hour past so quick but most of them just reading books, newspapers, or playing games.
And at 8, Chef Domique by himself opened the door and started to let us in a little by little.
And for everyone who waited, they served mini madeleines for tasting.
Even after I got one, chef Dominique asked me to make sure if I got one... :)
They care customers so much and they didn't make us feel tired to wait for long time. That is nice hospitality!!
Then we got them finally and enjoyed...
The cronut by itself was soft and creamy, it was really NICE flavor like comfort food.
(For me, the glaze was too sweet so I loved to eat bottom part with filling!! That was the best!!)
I was not the person who wait on the line to do something but after that I still had whole morning and could enjoy walking around and shopping in SOHO. And I really liked it:)
Thank you, Chisato-san for sharing this experience with me:)

This is the line at 7am

Some people had chairs with them

Almost!!

Chef Dominique

Even they limited people to get inside, it's packed!!

baking madeleines

Boxing cronuts

CRONUTS!!!

The box was cute too!! 

These are the cornets!!

Look my happy face!!

When you cut, filling just come out when you bite, you need to be careful!!! 

Early in the morning in SOHO, many people are walking dogs before they go to work.

And every dogs were waiting for owners to get coffee in front of the cafe...

So cute!!

今朝、朝５時半に起きて、ドミニクアンセルベーカリーにクロナッツをゲットしに行ってきました。このお店は開店当初から私のお気に入り。アメリカではなかなかきちっときれいなお菓子を見つけられないのですが、ここのはどれもいつも美しい！！
味もいつも大満足です。そんなお店が新しいクロワッサンとドーナツの間の子を発売。発売当初から気になっていたのですが、すぐには行けず。そのうちに、爆発的な人気となり、何度か近くに行ったときに寄ってみたけれどクロナッツはいつも売り切れ。。。ということで、今回お友達に誘われたこともあり早朝出勤ならぬ早朝クロナッツ待機をしてきました。何か人気な物を手にするために並んだというのは、正直人生で初な気がします。ということで、７時にお店に着いたのですが、開店１時間前でもすでにこの行列。予想以上の列の長さにビックリしましたが、私が並びだした後もどんどん列は延びて行きました。お友達と話していれば１時間なんてあっという間でしたが、８時になるとドミニクシェフ自らドアを開けて、お客さまを誘導。待っていたお客さんには全員ミニマドレーヌのテイスティングのサービスもあり、待っていた事が苦にならないよう配慮されていました。中に入る人数を制限していたにも関わらず、店内は満員。みんなクロナッツを手にし、本当に幸せそうでした。そして私もすぐにお店のガーデンスペースでさっそく試食。ふわふわの生地の中にとってもおいしいクリームが。。。正直トッピングのレモングレーズは私には甘過ぎたので、下半分だけを食べたときが、幸せでした。
とくにビックリさせるような何かがある訳ではないけれど、素朴な味が受けてるのかなと思いました。２時間３時間待つかって言われれば、私は無理ですが、１時間お友達とお話ししながらなら試す価値ありと思います。でも次は待たなくても買える頃まで楽しみに待とうと思います。さてこの行列いつまで続くんでしょう。。。