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| - Conveniently located next to Seafood City, you can find all of your favorite Filipino carbs here! Turon, puto, leche flan, bibingka, you name it, Valerio's has it! My favorite though, has to be the fresh pandesal. If you come early enough, you can get a bag full of pandesal fresh out of the oven. It's best when eaten right away, but they also make for a good breakfast or light afternoon snack.
During my most recent visit, on top of the two dozen pandesal, I also picked up kalamay ube, and from behind the glass, I chose a banana cue and ube flower. I was able to control myself and tasted everything once I got home. The kalamay ube was definitely my favorite of the three. Growing up in a Filipino household, kalamay ube is a treat that I am very familiar with. The sticky rice flour dessert reminds me of my childhood and the days I would spend at my nana and papa's house. It's served with shredded coconut that is toasted to a nice golden brown color. The coconut gives the kalamay ube a little extra flair with the crunchiness. The banana cue is just like turon (banana lumpia) without the wrapper. It's a deep fried banana/plantain drowned in a brown sugar glaze and put on a skewer for mess-free eating. Lastly, the ube flower wasn't as amazing as I had hoped. It was a little dry and it wouldn't have been as good had it not been for the sweet glaze drizzled on top. It was good for the price I paid!
I love Valerio's and will always remain a fan of the pandesal. If you've never been here and you love pastries, this is definitely a place to check out! It's a small bakery and can tend to get really crowded at times, but it's worth the 5 minutes of claustrophobia.
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