With red onion and mozzarella cheese. $3
Arizmendi Bakery, San Francisco CA
The focaccia at Arizmendi sometimes look more like deep dish pizza slices than bread, and I love it! They always use great ingredients and their bread is wonderful.
City Hall during SF Pride 2013.
(Clockwise) Butter croissant, rhubarb danish, onion gruyere thyme pastries, kouign amanns, gougeres, pear tartlettes.
Honore Artisan Bakery, Seattle WA
Omg, this box was heaven! I tried a little bit of everything and each seemed tastier than the previous. I don’t think I could choose a favorite; they were all good. What a marvelous bakery with delicious creations for us common folk!
Approaching sunset on the Puget Sound, West Seattle.
Perhaps I’ll refer to this as an open-face ham and cheese croissant, hehe. Or danish? Whatever you call it, it was delicious! $3
Cafe Besalu, Seattle WA
Lush sidewalk plantings, Ballard.
Mmm, the pastries at Cafe Besalu are delicious and this strawberry danish is no exception! I love the cute twist they add on the corners. $3
Cafe Besalu, Seattle WA
Coffee. $1.75
Eye Benches, Louise Bourgeois, black Zimbabwe granite, Olympic Sculpture Park.
Their food warmer was down, so I had to eat this cold. Definitely not as good. $4.25
La Boulange de Noe, San Francisco CA
Small coffee. $1.75
Yellow-orange African daisy flowers (Gazania sp., Asteraceae), Point Lobos Avenue.
With almond cream, almond slivers and powdered sugar. $2.50
Thorough Bread and Pastry, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this was REALLY tasty! I loved the buttery, super flaky crust and the generous slathers of almond cream. A great decadent weekend treat!
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2013
Pink poppies mural, Thorough Bread and Pastry patio.
Original (white sugar), cinnamon, and Li Hing sugar. 1 dozen $11.31
Leonard’s Bakery, Honolulu HI
Malasadas are Portuguese donuts without holes! Leonard’s Bakery is famous for them so I had to try some while I was in Honolulu. Boy, was it worth it! The malasadas were fresh out of the fryer and newly coated with sugar. They were still warm when I tried my first one and it was heaven! The dough was soft and flavorful, with a bit of chewiness and a dense center. Nom nom noms! I even sent some to Seattle for my brother cause he was craving them!
Original white sugar malasada. You definitely have to try one fresh and warm!
Li Hing (Chinese plum) sugar malasada with coffee.
Malasada box.
Leonard’s Bakery storefront.
Orange, citron, framboise. $1.75 each
Le Panier, Seattle WA
We all know by now that macarons are one of my all-time favorites! I love their texture, their beautiful colors, and scrumptious flavors. Needless to say I enjoyed these immensely!
Seattle Great Wheel, Pier 57. Will have to try this large Ferris wheel one day.
$3
Tall Grass Bakery, Seattle WA
I was very much disappointed by this! It was too dense and doughy to qualify as a brioche in my book. I also thought it would pack more flavor, but it was surprisingly bland and the strongest flavor was of the undercooked doughy center. Boo!
12 oz latte. $3.45
I went across the street and grabbed this at Java Bean.
Father and Son fountain, 2005, Louise Bourgeois, Olympic Sculpture Park. Stainless steel, aluminum, water and bronze bell.
Single short $2.40
Cafe Besalu, Seattle WA
I also had a nectarine danish with this, but I somehow lost the pic – oops! I really love the pastries at Cafe Besalu and their espresso is also pretty tasty.
Random tv dumped next to the sidewalk, NW 57th Street.
This scone had a great strawberry aroma! It tasted good, but I think I’m partial to more savory scones. $2.75
Arizmendi Bakery, San Francisco CA
Debris covered bike at the Mojo Bicycle Cafe.
All purpose flour, corn meal, sugar, butter, dried cherries, buttermilk, half and half, baking powder, baking soda, salt. $2.50
Arizmendi Bakery, San Francisco CA
Omg, this scone was amazing! I loved the combination of corn meal and dried cherries. Writing about it now, I’m totally craving one again, lol!
“Wish you were here” construction mural, 16th Street.
Vittle Monster 