Elven am in the morning, I was wandering around at an empty 8th avenue, while a bakery captured my eye. It has no difference from any other bakeries, but as I stood outside the bakery, the decorations were ordinary. I stepped in, I was attracted by aromas from freshly baked bread. The redolence of freshly brewed coffee spread the whole bakery. People were sitting down chatting and drinking coffee, but there was a long and crowded line that were waiting to be served. Amazed at how can such a newly opened store, was able to compete with all those old and more well-known bakeries. Busy salesladies worked continuously without hesitation. I walked inward, I see a shelf with varieties of crispy cookies and soft breads. I got on the line, I couldn’t wait to try the bread. I looked inside the clean glass shelf, with ordinary breads and some special house breads, underneath was their tagged price. I ordered the Portuguese egg tart, one of the “have to try”. Even before I ate, I already smelled the aroma. It was hot and fresh. It differed itself from other egg tarts from the very first bite, it was eggy and custardy and with acceptable sweetness. The flaky outer pastry crust does not break apart easily. It melted in your mouth when it entered, it was sweet yet craveable. When I walked out, this impressiveness taste remains and even till today.
In the essay, the author described a bakery that she happens go into and she also described her experience eating a Portuguese egg tart from the bakery. The dominant impression that she established in her essay is satisfaction and comfort. The author began with a concrete diction describing how the bakery looked and smelled like. Later, as she went inside the bakery, she used words like “redolence” to describe the scent of the bakery, giving it a comfortable impression. Then, when she ate the egg tart, she used imagery to describe the look and the taste of the egg tart. By saying how it melts in her mouth as she eats it, she established satisfaction.
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