Rebecca C.
Yelp
So here is what happened. As I was waiting for my favorite meal, aka my choice for my last meal on Earth, Pad Thai from Bangkok Bangkok, I decided to take a stroll through this Kendall shopping center. As I walked past Off the Grille (tried it once, nothing special), I passed a cute little quiet bakery. "Eh!" I thought, so I kept walking. Not only was this mall really dead, but unfortunately some of the shops "died" along the years too. So I passed the long-gone pizza shop, I walked by the Oriental Gift Shop, got to the Watch shop. I thought, wow, what an exciting night!
So I turned around, passed the apothecary (oh my - did I read that right, not aromatherapy? eww), peeked inside the Driving school and felt awfully bad for those trying to get points taken off their license at 9pm at night.
To the point - yes, so I was passing this Peruvian bakery for the second time. But something in me made me turn around. I turned around and chose to go in. Why not, I thought? I've been to Joanna's marketplace, time to compare some other small mom-and-pop type places. Time to support the smaller businesses.
I was greeted by the owner/chef - or so he looked like. It was late, he seemed tired. There was another patron enjoying some sandwich looking thing. I decided to get 2 eclairs, bite-sized yet jam-packed with the best custard you could imagine. Best eclairs of my life! Then I saw hidden in the back a custard Strawberry tarte, I took that home (and can't wait to try it tonight). As I was chatting with the worker, I noticed he was packing up and felt bad for keeping him working past closing time - it was 9pm and they closed at 8pm. He wasn't the friendlist conversationalist, but right then he added an extra huge cake slice to my box. So his actions definitely spoke larger than words.
As we were ringing up, I was flabbergasted by the price and again apologized for only having debit but it all worked out anyways. How much was ALL this? $3!
Now about that cake - it was gourmet, top of the line, decadent cake - tasted like mascarpone too, similar to tiramusu without the coffee. You can truly tell that whoever makes the desserts here is one of those chefs that truly and genuinely has a passion for baking. Truly recommended!