Lemon and cream cheese spandau $2.49, cheese and green onion biscuit, caramel French cruller $1.09, cream cheese spandau $2.49, apple fritter $1.49, bismarck $1.79, bear claw $2.59.
Larsen’s Bakery, Seattle WA
Mmm, these were SO good! This was my first time at Larsen’s Danish Bakery and I was like a kid in a candy store. My favorites were the French culler and the cheese and green onion biscuit.
$2.75
Cafe Besalu, Seattle WA
Mmm, this bun was pretty AND yummy! I loved the nuts buried within its folds and it tasted great with the coffee.
Coffee. Tall $2
Savory prosciutto and cheese danish. $6
Hearth Coffee Roasters, San Francisco CA
This was flaky, buttery, savory, and delicious! It was pretty sizable and I almost couldn’t finish it. Almost, lol!
Coffee. $3.50
Croissant-muffin filled with green tea cream. Each $4.50
Mr. Holmes Bakehouse, San Francisco CA
Yes, I admit it! I waited in that stupid cruffin line for over an hour to try one of these things, and I don’t even like matcha (totally got screwed on the rotating flavors). But I’m also going to admit that these were AMAZING! Each person is only allowed 2 cruffins and you’ll definitely eat both and want another – they’re SO delicious, NOMS!
$4.50
B. Patisserie, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this was SO delicious! This kouign amann was so buttery and flaky, and the berry rhubarb filling was perfect. More please!!!
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Coffee. $2
$3
The Sentinel, San Francisco CA
Mmm, breakfast pastries from The Sentinel are SO delicious! I loved the chunks of sweet tender strawberries throughout the muffin.
Margarita and salted caramel. $2.25
Bakery Lorraine, San Antonio TX
The macarons were pretty, but inconsistently baked. The filling of the margarita macaron was too sugary sweet and you could feel the granulated sugar. The filling of the salted caramel tasted and felt like plain old whipped butter. Gross! The girl serving the pastries was also rude. This place failed all around and had absolutely no finesse with their food!
$4
Bakery Lorraine, San Antonio TX
Eater.com, you’ve finally failed me with this lame suggestion! They don’t even ask if you want to eat your food there and just shove everything into a bag (as if an eclair squished into a bag sounds appealing). The choux pastry was SUPER dense and so was the filling. This was very clunky and dry. #FAIL
Slices of game meat sausage in a delicate butter pastry. $4
Hearth Coffee Roasters, San Francisco CA
This was rich and delicious! I loved the cheese and savory meat filling and the buttery pastry was SO good. Noms!
Macchiato. $3.25
La Boulange de Market, San Francisco CA
My office bought me this king’s cake for my birthday and it was sweet of them. I even wore the crown out for my birthday work lunch. This cake very good. I loved the flaky crust and the delicious frangipane filling. I thought it was a tad dry though, but that could have been because it was sitting on my desk all morning before we had it for an afternoon treat.
Flaky and tender bread with caramelized layers. $5.25
Dominique Ansel Bakery, New York NY
Mmm, this kouign amann was delicious! I loved all the buttery, flaky layers and the soft, caramelized center. Along with a cup of coffee, this makes for a wonderful breakfast treat.
Madison Square Park.
Half croissant, half doughnut pastry. $5
Dominique Ansel Bakery, New York NY
Well, the long line was hell (I think I waited for about an hour), but I’ve got to admit that this cronut was pretty amazing! I don’t even like rum raisin, but I still really liked this pastry. (They only feature one flavor each month.) I was struck at the perfect construction of this thing. The layers were perfectly cooked (moist and fluffy on the inside and crisp and flaky on the outside) and yet it still allowed for the oozy filling goodness in between. NOMS!
It takes up to 3 days to make one of these things, and I must say that their process certainly makes a near perfect pastry. I sometimes wonder if I’d wait in line again for this thing. Perhaps with the right flavor, I would. Who am I kidding, I definitely would! 🙂
Cronut line at Dominique Ansel Bakery.
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