Brand/Baker: Brumby’s, Barrington Mall

Price: $6.30 per pack of 6 ($1.05. each) plus a free loaf of bread.

Serving size: Not available

Ingredients: Not available

Appearance: Flat, wrinkled, uneven surface with broken and uneven crosses. Very sticky on top due to glaze. A lot more yellow than previous buns we’ve trialed. Appearance was improved by placing on head of foosball player.  (Now this last comment was Mark’s! Goodness knows how we will ever be taken seriously as bun critics!)
Our Ranking: 2.5/5

Smell: Pack smelt like a nice combination of fruit, yeast and spice.
Our Ranking: 3.5/5

Amount of Fruit: A good amount and well distributed. Not a lot of variety though. Quite small sultanas and hard currants.
Our Ranking: 3/5

Size: Medium -  flat!
Our Ranking: 2/5

Taste: Texture is a bit dry and bready, an aftertaste of spices and a slightly plastic taste when eaten plain. Nothing special. Slight tingling/numbness of the tongue that I can only contribute to perhaps a bit too many gloves in the spices, but this is not apparent when the buns are eaten toasted. Very sweet.
Our Ranking: 2.5/5

Value for Money: 3/5

> > > Our Overall Rating: 3 out of a possible 5  < < <

An unusual looking bun which is very yellow when compared with others. The individual look did give them a “home made” image but the taste was nothing to write home about.

Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
Filed under: Total Trivia