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| - 3.5* This is a small-ish bakery right beside Long & McQuade, in the same plaza as Leela's Roti. There is seating and as opposed to Chinese and some Italian bakeries, all the items are kept in a glass showcase.
I usually love bakeries, but none of the sweet stuff appealed to me, at least visually. I'm not the hugest fan of meringues or stuff that's made out of puff pastry and looks like Flaky Puffs...only with little-to-no filling. I ordered the Chicharron de Guayaba and just had a bite of it and it was meh. Fairly dry and guava filling was concentrated into a small portion of the "chicharron".
So personally, I'd skip the sweets and head directly to the savouries!
During my visit, they had 2 kinds of empanadas available: Chicken and Beef/Potato. The girl behind the counter served it in a plastic basket lined with a napkin and a spicy sauce came on the side. The Beef/Potato was much better, Chicken was chunky, but a bit dry. Slightly oily since both are fried. Size was good for price ($1.25), about half that of a Jamaican Beef Patty.
Not sure what the other reviewers are talking about, but there aren't any soups or arepas. I specifically asked about the arepas and the girl showed me these thick tortillas from the freezer. I said, "Nothing like sandwich?" and she said no. So perhaps they had them before.
There was some chicharrons and a sausage, but they looked uber dry. So I'd just go for the empanadas as a snack IF I was in the area. Girl was friendly and helpful.
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