An appetite for cake
At times, it’s more than that. It could be a desire, a craving, an urge, a compulsion. In December, when daylight slips unnoticed into evening and we don’t start our working day before 4pm, a good chunk of cake can save your life. At GV, we’ve always taken patisserie seriously – adorned birthdays, namedays and numerous other occasions with cakes, baked our own pastries, exchanged recipes, sampled goodies abroad and brought inspiration back home.
Regretably, a few years ago two such shops closed one after another in the streets neighbouring GV, and other businesses started to mushroom in the area. So far, hairdressers, beauticians and shoe shops have been dominating the converted ground floor flats. It was a bit of a shock to see one day ‘ciastkarnia’ named Kryszeń moving into one of them. All of a sudden, the art of patisserie gained more recognition and erased bleak memories of the 90s.
What makes them absolutely different from other such places in Białystok is this essential combination of two shops: a patisserie and coffee shop. The place is large enough to accommodate five tables, and although the seatings are a bit tacky and coffee (on the watery side) is served in paper cups, they’ve made their first step. Let’s hope that a success will bring more refinement to the place. A success is already in the air since all goodies they sell give away mastery of the craft behind. They surely live up to GV’s high standards. Thumbs up from us, Kryszeń!
White chocolate cake at Kryszeń in Malmeda
