Laroolou
Bakery · Chinatown ·
Award-winning pies & huge cookies, Filipino flavors
Award-winning pies & huge cookies, Filipino flavors
"This Filipino-owned pie shop serves fantastic desserts from a Chinatown stall on weekends. For Thanksgiving, the shop is taking pre-orders for 9-inch pies ($42 to $60) including a Calamansi cream custard baked in a brown butter graham cracker crust." - Mona Holmes
"Everything changed for Edlyne Nicolas after her salted earl grey honey pie won best in show at the KCRW pie contest. Before that, the Filipino-American bakery owner had worked as an elementary school teacher. But wanting to explore a career in food, she started baking at the (now closed) Bright Spot in Echo Park. After receiving her culinary certificate, she began teaching culinary arts at Cerritos College while baking pies on the side. But when the pandemic hit, she stopped teaching and taking orders. So when the owner of Amboy in Chinatown reached out to her, she started making pies for the burger shop instead. Since October, she’s been selling pies from a small kiosk, but hopes to open a brick-and-mortar soon. The salted earl grey honey is still the most popular item on her ever-changing menu, which includes pies inspired by Filipino flavors, as well as renditions of classic American desserts. Stop by often to try them all. Order this: Obviously the salted earl grey honey pie." - with warm welcome, leslie yeh
"This Filipinx-owned pie shop serves fantastic desserts from a Chinatown stall on Fridays and Saturdays. For Thanksgiving, the shop is taking pre-orders for 9-inch pies ($48 to $55) — including an award-winning coconut ube ganache — that should please everyone in the family." - Mona Holmes
"I learned that pie maven Edlyne Nicolas of Laroolou is collaborating with Andrew Marco of Open Market on a “Country Grammar” meal — a $90 dinner for two featuring sinigang barbecue ribs, slaw with crispy rice and Pinakurat vinegar, and a chocolate-butterscotch-pecan pie, with an option to add $20 wine pairings and pickup on November 17." - Jean Trinh
"Everything changed for Edlyne Nicolas after her Salted Earl Grey Honey Pie won best in show at the KCRW pie contest. Before that, the Filipino American bakery owner had worked as an elementary school teacher. But wanting to explore a career in food, she started baking at the (now closed) Bright Spot in Echo Park. After receiving her culinary certificate, she began teaching culinary arts at Cerritos College while baking pies on the side. But when the pandemic hit, she stopped teaching and taking orders. So when the owner of Amboy in Chinatown reached out to her, she started making pies for the burger shop instead. Since October, she's been selling pies out of the adjacent kiosk, but she hopes to open a brick-and-mortar soon. The micro bakery's menu selection changes regularly, but the Salted Early Grey Honey is still the most popular item on her ever-changing menu, which includes pies inspired by Filipino flavors, as well as her renditions of American classic desserts. Stop by often to try them all." - With Warm Welcome & Leslie Yeh
