Alon’s

Another Alon’s Bakery Breakfast

Apple Raisin Bran Muffin, Chocolate Babka, & Another Divine Baguette

Loaded with finely diced apple pieces and plumb raisins, this muffin fills two needs. It’s healthy and tasty.

Chocolate Babka

Goldberg’s Bagel Company & Deli

Nova Eggs Benedict

Home Fries With Red Potatoes

Matzo Brei (Or, Matzah Brei)

Sweet or savory, this is jewish comfort food at its best. This day, we sprinkled just the tiniest bit of cinnamon sugar on top. But, […]

H&F Bread Co.

Chocolate Croissants

Date & Walnut Scone, Unfried Apple Hand Pies, & Blueberry Muffin

All delicious…

…each and every bite.

Pretzel Ficelle

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Honey Bits

Custard With Slivered Almonds

Crescents Filled With Sweet Bean Paste

Stuffed With Mango Custard

And, Doughnuts?

No, they’re not really doughnuts.

They’re Hokkaido cream buns. That’s a super […]

Royal Sweets

Royal Sweets

Veg Puffs

These savory potato puffs are a mixture of potato, spicy pepper, spices, mint and other green herbs. Then, they’re dusted with even more dried spices (and amchur powder, too?).

Samosa Chaat, Kachori Chaat, & […]

Jaemor Farms

Tip # 1 Don’t wait until the weekend before Halloween to go pumpkin shopping.

This field was previously packed with pumpkins.

These were the last pumpkins to remain homeless.

But, there’s still plenty for the kids to […]

Vincent Bakery Cafe

Bean Paste Doughnut

After our Le Mekong meal, we were looking for some evening snacks/treats. (This Vincent Bakery shares space in the same strip mall.) We arrived late in the day. So, this was the soul surviving doughnut at the end of a very long day. It might […]

Brazilian Bakery Cafe

Coxinha

Bigger than a drumstick, this Brazilian version of a croquette was closer in size to a baseball or Asian pear. It could easily be a meal. It was pleasantly crisp on the outside and stuffed with nearly equal parts tender, shredded chicken and mozzarella. […]

The General Muir — Pastry Basket

The TGM Pastry Basket

Our basket was overflowing.

When we say overflowing, we mean seriously overflowing.

Even after removing the warm slice of chocolate babka, the basket was overstuffed. Any one of these pastries could […]

Jolie Kobe Bakery Sweets

Lemon Meringue Tart

By far, this was our favorite sweet of the day. It’s not just lovely. It was seriously good. The raspberry was gorgeously fresh, the meringue was perfection touched with the toasty darkness of a roasted marshmallow and the lemon cream was light and refreshing. We […]