First Look: The Bloomwood Team Opens New CBD Bakery Sunny Day

Scrolls are everywhere in Melbourne right now, and there are a number of venues dedicated to the pastry including Sebby’s Scrolls, Simply Mike’s and Heart Bakes. New bakery Sunny Day Scrolls, which opened on Little Collins Street this week, continues the trend.

“I’m not a chef or a baker. I’m self-taught and very experimental,” says Joe La, who co-owns the business with Brian Taing. The pair is also behind Asian-influenced viennoiserie Bloomwood, sandwich shop Sloppy Joe’s Deli, fried chicken pop-up Flappy Joe’s and doughnut shop Joey’s Doughies, all in the CBD. Sunny Day Scrolls has found its home in their old focaccia shop FOC.

“What I’ve learned from doughnuts, I’ve applied to scroll making,” La says. The Joey’s Doughies menu changes frequently, with playful flavours ranging from cookies and cream to crème brûlée, and cereal milk. Sunny Day’s line-up of scrolls – 12 sweet and three savoury – follows a similar approach, incorporating classic flavour profiles.

Most of the scrolls are a combination of a flavoured cream and a textural element. Sweet standouts include pistachio (pistachio cream and crushed nuts); hazelnut and crunchies (hazelnut cream and feuilletine); and tiramisu (coffee cream and a savoiardi crunch). The savoury scrolls also draw on classic combinations. The pizza scroll is topped with pepperoni, hot honey and stracciatella, while a Vegemite and cheese number is a pillowy version of the Aussie bakery classic.

La says Sunny Day was inspired by the overwhelmingly positive response to the traditional cinnamon scroll he put on the menu at Joey’s Doughies. The recipe has been tweaked slightly and, while La is reluctant to give away his secrets, there is one unconventional method he says helps develop the scrolls’ texture. “Just before we bake, we dredge them with cream. They cook in the cream and become a softer and more moist scroll.”

The scrolls can be enjoyed alongside coffee, matcha and a range of signature drinks. But no matter how you take it, La wants to make sure it’s at an optimal temperature. “We’re aiming for regular bakes throughout the day,” he says. “We want to serve each scroll as warm as possible.”

Sunny Day Scrolls
423 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
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Hours:
Daily 9am–4pm

@sunnyday.scrolls