Sarah C.
Yelp
11/3/2024
4 1/2 Stars
First heard about Sugarbloom via Yelp's Café Kitsuné reviews. Sugarbloom's Kimchi Spam Musubi Croissant and White Miso Kouign-Amann were their popular pastries to try. Read these items sell out quick at Café Kitsuné, so I've decided to buy directly. Sugarbloom also a supplier to many other coffee shops around the LA area. They also sell bake-at-home pastries too.
** Order needs to be placed TWO-DAYS IN ADVANCE! Pickup at the Glassell Park location or request delivery; available 7 days a week. Delivery costs $20 or more depending on your location. When you go to their website, their front page says, "Treat yourself to LA's best croissants. Delivery by our own drivers or pickup in Glassell Park available seven days a week." Delivery and pickup in Glassell will be highlighted as links to click on. You'll be directed to another page for details and bakery address. Also, they will send you a confirmation email with pickup details as well.
Tried Sugarbloom over the weekend.
KIMCHI SPAM MUSUBI CROISSANT
Light crunchy layer of croissant. A thin slice of spam with kimchi and thinly cut nori flakes sprinkled on top of the croissant. Everything looked delish, well at least from the pictures. I cut the croissant in half and reheated it in the toaster oven. Inspite of the spam been sliced on the thinner side, it was still not heated through after being in the toaster oven for 6 mins. So basically it's eating cold spam with hot croissant. Sadly, the spam and kimchi together was salty on salty. There should have been a little bit of sweetness somewhere. An added layer of sweetness was needed to bring an overall harmonious flavor. Maybe like sauteéd onions or caramelized onions with the kimchi might even taste better and bring that sweet / savory balanced flavor. Overall, this croissant was a huge disappointment. I would not recommend.
WHITE MISO KOUIGN-AMANN
Highly recommend reheating in the toaster oven. I cut it in half and toasted it until it was hot to the touch and brown sugar was melted completely. The melty caramelized brown sugar with the salty miso and buttery crispy layers was delicious! Recommend!
PAIN AU CHOCOLAT
Reheat in toaster oven. Yes, burnt my tongue eating it as the chocolate was ooozing out of the crispy buttery croissant, but this is the only way to eat it! I love that they've added a good amount of dark chocolate inside too!
VEGAN SESAME PRETZEL CROISSANT
This is what you get when a pretzel and croissant get married. You can taste a bit of the pretzel flavor. It had a clean flavor. Best eaten reheated in the toaster oven. I ate it plain, but I can imagine this croissant having many possibilities. Eaten with jam and butter or compound butter or even enjoyed as a croissant sandwich. Maybe even with nutella too! This was delicious and I would definitely recommend! This was such an underrated croissant! My personal favorite!
HAM AND CHEESE CROISSANT
Reheated in toaster oven as always! Full slice of thinly sliced black forest ham rolled up inside the buttery croissant. There was swiss cheese and parmesan cheese which I can taste. Mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese, romano cheese, asiago cheese too and a generous amount of cracked black pepper on top. I really enjoyed this! I love cornichons, but it was an unnecessary addition.
PICKUP
Pickup was on Saturday. Parking is difficult. No street parking available, so had to quickly double-park. As long as you park your car close to the pick-up door, there's no issue to picking up. Rung the doorbell and door was answered less than a minute. My order was already prepared and given immediately. It is a small bakery located side by side on a street, two small red doors with a small sign of Sugarbloom Bakery painted in white. You will miss it if you drive fast, so when on Verdugo, please slow down and look for two red doors. If you do miss the pickup hours, then you must pickup the next day.