Choux by Bryan Bae is a dessert shop at Suite 4/1 Barrys Point Road in Takapuna, Auckland. It holds a Google rating of 5.0 from 46 reviews, and reviewers often mention the eclairs, the macarons and the croquembouche. One reviewer says the flavours and sizes are worth the price.
A good choux shop is judged on its pastry, which should be crisp outside and light inside, with fillings that taste clear rather than sugary. Eclairs and profiteroles are best eaten within a day, so it helps to ask how fresh the batch is. Decorated cakes such as a croquembouche need advance notice, and many shops ask for orders a few days ahead. When choosing a dessert shop on the North Shore, look at the choice of fillings and whether the staff will talk you through them.
For an eclair or a croquembouche for a celebration in Takapuna, it is a shop worth a visit on Barrys Point Road.