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Blue Moon Bakehouse, from Asian bakery to classic patisserie in Christchurch. Cafe and bakery located in the new Little Foragers Market

08/10/2026

The Matcha Float has been happening unofficially for a while. People would order a matcha latte and a matcha soft serve and build it themselves at the table, and we'd been suggesting it often enough that it seemed silly for it not to exist properly. Now it does.

The Hojicha Float came out of making the first one. Hojicha is roasted rather than steamed, which turns it nuttier and warmer, and drops the caffeine — a better call if it's late afternoon and you still want something.

Then the Earl Grey Series, developed with Carnival Matcha: matcha or hojicha, earl grey syrup through the base, cheese foam over the top. The foam is the part that has to be right. A touch of salt in it keeps the whole drink from sliding into dessert.

All four are on now, and they're worth asking for by name.

70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market), open until 7pm.

02/10/2026

A look back at some of what came through the cabinet in September.

Lemon chiffon. Berry Paris-Brest. Red bean polo bun. The pork floss bun. And the Dubai chocolate croissant, which never leaves.

There's a fair chance you haven't seen at least a couple of these, even if you're in every week — the line-up changes right through the day, and some things we make once and not again for a month.

If there's something you'd like to see back in October, tell us in the comments. That's genuinely how the list gets made.

70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market), open until 7pm every day.

01/10/2026

New in the cabinet — the Matcha Strawberry Croissant.

The matcha goes into the lamination, not on top, which is why the layers are green the whole way through. Matcha cream piped inside, strawberry down the centre, freeze-dried strawberry and a dusting of icing sugar to finish.

One of the prettiest things we've made all spring, and it photographs better than it has any right to.

70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market), open until 7pm.

28/09/2026

Know anywhere you can buy real pistachio spread? Not without preservative and colouring - so we have to do it ourselves for this one croissant 💚 (and pistachio latte obvs)

Pistachio whole nuts into the mill, out the other side as butter. no syrup, no flavouring, nothing else in it. that goes into the buttercream layered through the dubai croissant, with kataifi toasted till it snaps and dark chocolate down the middle.

most work of anything we make. wouldn’t do it any other way.

same butter goes into our just nuts jars if you want it at home — next door at Little Foragers Market 🥜

📍70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market)
Mon–Fri 7:30am–7pm · Sat–Sun 8:30am–7pm

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25/09/2026

We started matcha float middle of winter, and once we'd done that one it felt rude not to try it with hojicha.

Come spill the tea with us, and apparently you could be creative adding matcha float on ube latteeeeee 👀

📍Blue Moon Bakehouse, 70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market)
Mon–Fri 7:30am–7pm · Sat–Sun 8:30am–7pm
bluemoonbakehouse.co.nz

18/09/2026

The Dubai Chocolate Croissant — and why it tastes the way it does.

We grind whole pistachios in-house until they turn to butter, and that goes into the buttercream layered through the croissant. Kataifi pastry shredded and toasted on top for the crunch, dark chocolate through the centre. No syrups, no flavourings.

The same pistachio butter goes into our Just Nuts range — spread, drizzle and 100% pistachio butter — available next door at Little Foragers: littleforagers.co.nz/search?q=just+nuts

70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market), open until 7pm seven days.

14/09/2026

We've just realised that we had never posted our pastry "menu" 😅 mostly because we don't have one, maybe partly because i never had all the photos as they go out so quickly every day... anyway — here're some maybe you haven't seen 👀

The cabinet keeps changing as the bakers make them, some things are on high rotation, some things we make once and then not again for a month, which is why people who come in every week still find stuff they've never seen.

if something you love isn't there — tell us. that's actually how it comes back.

Come at a different time, get a different bakery😝

🥐70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market)
Mon–Fri 7:30am–7pm · Sat–Sun 8:30am–7pm
bluemoonbakehouse.co.nz

09/09/2026

New lychee chiffon 8" whole cake for your special spring moments🌸

Chiffon is the sneaky-hard one - barely any butter, whipped whites doing all the lifting — it either comes out cloud-light or it comes out sad. This one is so moist yet springs back when you poke it (we checked🤣 repeatedly.)

Lychee fruits through the cream so it's floral and clean, not heavy. it's the cake for whoever at the table says they "don't really like cake" and then has two slices.

Made to order, 48 hours, pickup or delivery — bluemoonbakehouse.co.nz

📍70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market)
Mon–Fri 7:30am–7pm · Sat–Sun 8:30am–7pm

01/09/2026

A normal day in our message inbox: "Lychee chiffon today?" "Do you do the lemon meringue croissant?" "Floss bun?" "Any cinnamon rolls left?" "Shio pan?" "Anything gluten free?"

The answer to all of it is yes, we make it — just not all on the same day or same hour🤣. We bake in waves throughout the day, so the cabinet keeps changing and most fresh possible.

The gluten free one is the easy answer though: all of our Basque cheesecakes are gluten free by default.

For everything else, easiest thing is to ask us just a simple message. And when enough people ask for the same thing, it comes back around sooner. For whole cakes on a particular day, we usually need 48 hours' notice although a couple more days would be appreciated :).

70 Riccarton Road, Christchurch (inside Little Foragers Market), open until 7pm.

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70 Riccarton Road
Christchurch
8011

Website

https://bluemoonbake.house/

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