If you’ve been past a bakery or visited TikTok or Instagram lately, it probably hasn’t occurred to you that it’s Mardi Gras tomorrow.
A couple of years after the Swedes and Danes, the Mardi Gras trend has really gained a foothold in Norway, and the cream-filled buns shine at us in all their wonderful varieties and variations.
Completely took off: – Daring!
And we go crazy for the goodies.
– It’s the purest Hunger Games, says Talor Browne, owner of Talormade donut shop in Bjørvika, to DinSide.
People have turned up and queued to secure the bowls. Yesterday, 40 people arrived at the same time at eleven o’clock, and hung around and waited until the first ones came out of the kitchen at half past twelve, she says.
Within 20 minutes they had sold 100 pieces.
Queuing for pastries
It is not the first time there has been a queue to eat one of Browne’s doughnuts, but it has been a long time since she has seen such conditions. The reason is probably Aftenposten’s test of Mardi Gras buns, where one variant got a roll of the dice on 6.
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– We are only a small company, so there is a limit to how many we can make, but we are determined to get as many as possible.
She says that someone in the queue bought 20 pieces.
– The sound that came from the others when they heard she was going to have so many…. It was complete madness, and all this over buns!
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She adds that she is of course very grateful for the pressure – and that the fact that people are queuing to buy the pastries is exclusively positive, albeit a bit hectic. But this is what makes running a cafe fun.
– Easy choice
Saturday is somewhat quieter, perhaps because there are not so many people at work at the weekend. Fortunately, the queue is not out the door, but there is still a steady stream of bun-hungry guests.
Among the many who have made the trip to Talormade on Saturday are Fredrik Myhre and Freya Andersen. They had no doubts about where to go to eat Mardi Gras buns
– They have received good reviews, and the roll of the dice was 6 in Vink, so it was an easy choice, says Myhre to DinSide.
They have bought one of each bun so they can taste both varieties, and patiently wait for a friend before biting into the round doughnuts, for the occasion without a hole.
After tasting, they have no doubt which was the best:
– The one with raspberries!
Costs shit
Pastries are expensive, and Mardi Gras buns are no exception. Not all cream can stand for long, but they are made continuously, and that costs money.
We paid NOK 68 for a donut bun at Talormade. The price of the Mardi Gras buns at Godt Brød across the street is in the same range, NOK 63, but at Åpent Bakeri, on the other side of Dronning Euphemias gate, they are considerably cheaper, at NOK 59 per piece. On the tables around us, it is still salads and sandwiches that dominate.
If you are going to buy Mardi Gras buns at the weekend, expect to pay between NOK 40 and 70. The exception is Burger King’s Mardi Gras burger, which is a notch below, until 38.
But you get what you pay for. A deep-fried bun, filled with cream and jam contains a lot of energy. No wonder it costs pork. But it’s only Mardi Gras once a year.
2024-02-10 13:17:53
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