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I went strict paleo last year, lost 50 lbs and found out gluten was causing me lots of pain and suffering. From that finding, I am 100% gluten free but can do grains occasionally.
I Yelped "gluten free" and this bakery came up. I read the reviews and I was determined to go during my 2 week vacation in Vegas. Luckily it's on our way to Trader Joe's so I was able to knock those two items off of my "to-do" list in one day.
From the outside the bakery looks closed and there weren't many cars in front of the shops. My mom said, I think it's closed. I said, no, I yelped it before and it said it was open. Yelp didn't fail me as I pulled on the door handle; it was open!
The decor is homey and comfy with some tables and seats available inside and outside. My mom asked "are we going to eat it here?" I said, "no, we're taking it home to share with everyone else (my auntie)". She was a little disappointed bcs she likes cute coffee shops and stuff.
Someone from the back came out to greet us and I asked if everything was gluten free and I smiled when she said "yes" and I said "you just made me very happy". I asked what her favorites were and she recommended a few items and I ended up with a slice of Triple chocolate cake, The Opera cake and a small loaf of cinnamon raisin bread. There are two flavors they offer each day so it changes and they also have flatbreads, coffee cakes, muffins and cupcakes available.
The base of their recipes is rice flour and I used to use rice flour and usually its used for mochi type sticky baked goods. This bakery has found a perfect balance for the rice flour and the cakes were delicious! They were moist, flavorful, has enough density and my family all said that it tasted like regular cake. WIN! It was however a little too sweet for us, even when we didn't eat all the frosting on top.
The bread had an airiness to it, it didn't have the same texture as regular bread but it was close enough, it was a little spongy. I had one plain and then I had one toasted and I prefer it lightly toasted. With gluten free times, they last a while and you can freeze it.
I would love a gluten free bakery like this in Hawai'i, I would go at least once a week when I don't want to bake.
Some ppl complained about the prices but to me it was decently priced. The bread was $9.99/lb and you can ask for a smaller loaf. The cakes were about $4.50 each but they were huge slices and after two eatings with many ppl having some, we still have some left over. The muffins were around $3. They also had cookies but I didn't catch the price on those.
Would I be back? Oh hell yes! I would shrink it and put it in my pocket to take with me if I could. I'll probably go back one last time before I leave to pick up a muffin for the flight home.
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