Harbour Street Bakery: The Best Place for Pastry Lovers in Oamaru
The Harbour Street Bakery in Oamaru was just the place to go and have a pastry. It was a cute little bakery that was housed in an old building (just like the Star and Garter Restaurant). I walked inside and took a look at what they were selling.
There was a wooden door that led to the bakery. A handwritten sign on the door told customers to close the door after entering. The bakery was open so I could walk straight inside.
The first thing that I saw was a bakery case that was stuffed full of pies. The names of the items were written on the glass of the bakery case. I could see sausage rolls, mince pies, steak and cheese pies, steak and mushroom pies and even veggie pies.
There were various kinds of bread on the counter. They were covered in plastic wrap and their prices were written on the plastic.
Apple walnut cinnamon scrolls had been kept inside a covered cake dish. A box of iced muffins was sitting in front of the cake dish. There were also lots of different kinds of bread that the bakery was selling.
Some of the options were white sourdough, rye sourdough and specialty sourdough. There was a separate shelf for the previous day’s bread which had not sold and a case for specially pre-ordered bread.
Some other kinds of bread that I saw were wholegrain, dark malt sourdough, multigrain sourdough and wholemeal. Everything looked very fresh and the whole bakery smelled like fresh bread. It was very inviting.
One wall looked very interesting. I went and looked at it closely. It was covered with old notes from all over the world, like British pounds and Chinese yuan banknotes. There were currencies from everywhere!
I also found a table with freshly baked biscuits and cookies. Behind the biscuits, there were old sketches of kitchen tools.
A sign had been stuck on a wall. It featured a drawing and a caption that said, “Sometimes I go hours without drinking coffee… it’s called sleeping.”
Another bakery case had the sweet products, like almond croissants and chocolate Danishes.
Another hand-drawn sketch had a quote by Terry Pratchett which said, “Given enough coffee, I could rule the world.”
The menu was written on a blackboard and featured different kinds of coffees, like flat whites and mochas.
I found one sign very interesting. It said, “E=MC² Energy=Milk×Coffee².
The bakery actually had a lot of little knick-knacks. There were paintings and drawings hung on the walls and other items sat on shelves behind the bakery cases. I could see stuffed toys and miniature ships and even beer mugs (just like in Miss Purple Studio).
On another shelf, the bakery owner had kept a large compass that was once used to tell directions. There was also a long and narrow wooden carving and a pamphlet about Oamaru and Waitaki. I was sure tourists would find all these things quite interesting.
For people who didn’t want coffee, they could get some juice, soda or water from the fridge. It was kept in one corner of the bakery.
