Friday Food

Bakeries are some of my most favorite places.  However, I do try to avoid them because I cannot resist the desire to try everything they offer.  I cannot chose because I like almost everything!   I have been avoiding the Paris Bagette Boulangerie on Imperial Hwy in Brea, CA for a long time, but finally succumbed.   It has an Asian connection and sells various buns with red bean fillings - which are delicious.  But a least half of the offerings are cakes   - elaborate cakes - in slices or whole cakes  ($40.00 +++).

These are triangular slices of cakes - perfectly aligned. 

These are huge berry tarts.  $7.50/each

A vast array of buns, rolls, croissants, donuts, etc., both sweet and savory.

The back of these cases is the outside windows.

Something for everyone's taste. 

Including a large choice  of  French macaroons 

I bought an almond croissant, a ham and cheese croissant, a brownie (sold in a cellophane bag and the best one I have ever eaten), a bun with red bean paste, and a raspberry mochi wreath (below).  The latter was the only disappointment as it is not really mochi, but more of a bunch of little donut balls coated with the raspberry jelly.  blah.

Raspberry  mochi wreath. 

They do serve coffee and there is a sort of counter with a few stools along with some high tables/chairs outside.  There is a sign saying customers can carry their food next door to the Yogurtland and eat at the inside tables.  Not a great way to dine, but I took my choices home and enjoyed them in comfort. 

#   #   # 

 

Food, again. 03-01-21

Yes, it is a shark cake, I suppose for a shark loving kid!  On the way home from my doctor's visit I stopped at Rockwell's Restaurant and Bakery in Villa Park.  Not far off the 55Fwy I have gone to the bakery for many years, but only now and then.  They make spectacular cakes and this one caught my eye.  It is tall, probably 12 inches, and the simple fins tell immediately what it represents.  But I wasn't there for cake.  Their muffins are large and delicious, via for my attention along with the bear claws, cheese Danish, snickerdoodles, and a broad assortment of goodies.  I usually just buy the muffins - cranberry and pumpkin today - but I was tempted by the bear claws and had to have a snicckerdoodle.  This after the doctor pointed out that my glucose count was slightly elevated, but not enough to worry about.  So, I didn't.  (The diagonal white line on the left of the image is a reflection in the glass.)

My thyroid succumbed to radio active isotopes in the late 70s, so I take Synthroid every day.  But the amount needed goes up and down over the years and the doctor is now reducing it a bit.  Of course, I have recently refilled the higher doage prescription.  Sigh.  Thyroid affects mood and fatigue and this may help alleviate my ongoing problem - maybe it isn't the sciatica and the TIA and the Covid vaccine or just plain old age!   Meanwhile, KoKo seems to be much better and we did the loop twice today.  The vet is supposed to call tomorrow to see what we need to do now. 

#   #   # 

 

A get out of the house day! 07-07-20

I just needed to GO somewhere, so KoKo and I got in the car and drove to Long Beach.  I have been day dreaming about the fabulous carrot cake at Katella Deli & Bakery, and I want to share it with a couple of my neighbors.  Especially the John family that feeds me Indian food.   It is a 30 - 40 minute drive, depending on the traffic.  And there was traffic, which surprised me.  Guess I expected the light traffic that I have seen since the Virus came along.  

The Bakery counter is long and filled with wonderfulness.   But I had order the cake online, along with a loaf of their seeded bread and two bear claws for the freezer. 

Even with ordering ahead I had to stand in line for a bit and I just drooled over all these gorgeous cakes.  

This one was so shiny there is a reflection, but that may be on the glass.  Yummy looking anyway. 

This is the one I drove all the way for.  Directly from the top, still in its box. 

The cake is three layers and about 4" tall.  This was my portion for dinner!  Wicked but delicious. 

#   #   #

Friday Food 06-22-18

Seems like a lot of birthdays going on this month.  Here are some cakes from celebrations in the past. 

Birthday Cake for a Quilter  Feb 2007

A delicious mini cake from Ralph's.    June 2018

La Jolla Groves (Utah) Lemon Cake -  Moist Lemon Bundt Cake Served with our Handmade Crème Anglaise Under a Caramel Dome with Berries and Mint.

#   #   #