Aux Merveilleux de Fred

West Village Bakery Aux Merveilleux de Fred Serves a Great Chocolate Sandwich | Eater NY

"I recently stumbled on the Nutella brioche ($3.20) at West Village bakery Aux Merveilleux de Fred, which is known for its namesake merveilleux—balls of flavored whipped cream coated with nuts, meringue, or other crunchy coatings—and also dabbles in croissants and brioches. The Nutella brioche is split and spread with Nutella; it sure looks like a sandwich, and I can even make a case for Nutella being a cognate of peanut butter. I was ready to praise it with faint damnation until I found the ganache brioche ($3.35), smeared with what amounts to chocolate frosting—really, not savory one tiny bit—but it’s so damn good that I’m willing to call it a sandwich too; eat a pair for lunch and savory be damned." - Robert Sietsema