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Fabio is a funny euro. I think there was a feeling he would get canned because the camera focused on him a lot more than the other characters this time around. The producers have a formula in how they reveal who the loser will be. They usually keep it up between two characters so the audience has a feeling who it will be but is not apparent. With the exception of Restaurant Wars with Leah and Hosea where there was a thought that Leah would be canned. I think they needed to focus on them because it was more of a head turner. Regardless I hope Leah or Hosea get the boot. Maybe the producers think they are good material and keep them in. This may also be why Fabio keeps in also because he says such silly things and the audience loves that. He hasn't pulled off too many good dishes these last few rounds.

Dragonboat Bakery on Bowery btw Grand and Hester also has these really fancy elaborate cakes. Once I even saw one shaped like male genitalia. It was hilarious. I've always wanted one but they are about 35+ bucks a. A plain 12 inch goes for only 8 bucks at other bakeries.

The whip cream is flavorless because most Chinese people are lactose intolerant so the whip cream contains no milk product just vegetable fats. Been to Hon bakery once. Don't exactly understand what the hype is about? Perhaps they have bad dry cakes. My go to place is Dragonland on Baxter; their sponge cakes are soft.

"Cheap and filling, it tastes oddly soulless and corporate." Hey!! I work 50 hour weeks at a company near this 2 Bros and get paid garbage. This place is my savior!! If anything this place isn't soulless and corporate because it caters to the hard working people who come into the city to work and only have a few dollars to satiate their hunger. The only people who can afford the fancy often overrated pizza are soulless and corporate goons... Yeah their pizza isn't great but I've been to other pizza places around that area that charge a lot more and doesn't taste all that much different