Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City
If you spend a good deal of time at IKEA, you might realize that the Swedish people love cinnamon buns. But I don’t believe the cardamom buns are quite as hyped at the aforementioned furniture store. And if IKEA was your only experience with Swedish baked goods, you’d be missing out on the most amazing menu item at Fabrique Bakery.
Thankfully, I have paid enough visits to the Church of Sweden (for their baked goods, believe it or not) and have done my research on local bakeries. So I knew exactly what to order when I finally did make it out to Fabrique.
Fabrique opened about a year or so before the pandemic in NYC, but it has a cult following in Stockholm. It joins the ranks of other recently opened Scandinavian bakery and coffee businesses.
Everything in their display smelled and looked so great, but like many others in line, I chose the kardemummabullar, known in English as cardamom buns.
These puffy buns are similar to the cinnamon varieties but studded with the more aromatic and floral cardamom pods. The ethereal buns are soft and crisp with lots of crunchy bits of cardamom and sugar. And the flavor of warming cardamom lingers and literally made me happy the entire morning.
And I probably don’t need to point out that there is no sticky, saccharine frosting on these buns. That would distract from the perfection of the flavors and textures.
Let’s all hope that Fabrique soon becomes as ubiquitous as IKEA. I’ll take these buns over a bookshelf any day. Price: $5
| FABRIQUE BAKERY |
| 348 West 14th Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenue), Meatpacking District (917) 261-2476 |
| fabriquebakery.com |
