Esmeria Bakehouse: Pork Jowl Croissants and Thai Basil Danishes Hit the Bay | Eater SF
"The spice shop on Solano Avenue (1224 Solano Avenue, Albany) is hosting a baking pop-up on Saturday, August 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., where the visiting baker will be serving polvoron cookies with yuzu juice, pink peppercorn, and quinoa; a tocilog croissant with sweetened and cured pork belly tocino sausage, garlic bechamel, and a salted cured egg; a calamansi-Thai basil Danish with vanilla bean cream cheese crowned with a Thai basil tuille; a mushroom croissant made with soy-glazed oyster mushrooms from a Solano-based mushroom farm, shiso leaf panko, and a shichimi tōgarashi-spiced French onion soubise; and a sourdough pandesal." - Paolo Bicchieri
