A Few "Meh" Meals
Yesterday's food adventures were a parade of mediocrity.
So pretty, right? Delice Bakery is listed as one of the top 10 bakeries in Los Angeles on a lot of web sites, so when I happend to drive past it I stopped in for some treats. I ate a mini chocolate croissant in the car, so it's not pictured here. That croissant was AMAZING. Light, flakey, buttery, with just enough chocolate melted just enough to be soft but not drippy.
The Monte Blanc, which the clerk told me was the most popular choice for wedding cakes, wasn't even cake! It was an overly sweet layering of white chocolate mousse (ick) and milk chocolate mousse (which they dared to call dark chocolate mousse). The layers were separated by almond cookie crumbles drenched in sugar water, and the curls on top were super hard. Totally disappointing. Then, the apple tart was mushy, not very flavorful, slightly burnt even for someone who loves burnt caramel, with a soggy crust. Ick. Compared to the $1 mini croissant, these two $5 treats were an utter disappointment.
Lee's Family Restaurant in Koreatown was okay, but not stellar. It's cheap ($6 or $7) for cold noodles in spicy sauce. I chose arrowroot noodles. It's just another one of the hundreds of restaurants in Koreatown. The food's fine, the wait's short, the prices are good, but there's no reason to travel for Lee's.
So pretty, right? Delice Bakery is listed as one of the top 10 bakeries in Los Angeles on a lot of web sites, so when I happend to drive past it I stopped in for some treats. I ate a mini chocolate croissant in the car, so it's not pictured here. That croissant was AMAZING. Light, flakey, buttery, with just enough chocolate melted just enough to be soft but not drippy.The Monte Blanc, which the clerk told me was the most popular choice for wedding cakes, wasn't even cake! It was an overly sweet layering of white chocolate mousse (ick) and milk chocolate mousse (which they dared to call dark chocolate mousse). The layers were separated by almond cookie crumbles drenched in sugar water, and the curls on top were super hard. Totally disappointing. Then, the apple tart was mushy, not very flavorful, slightly burnt even for someone who loves burnt caramel, with a soggy crust. Ick. Compared to the $1 mini croissant, these two $5 treats were an utter disappointment.
Lee's Family Restaurant in Koreatown was okay, but not stellar. It's cheap ($6 or $7) for cold noodles in spicy sauce. I chose arrowroot noodles. It's just another one of the hundreds of restaurants in Koreatown. The food's fine, the wait's short, the prices are good, but there's no reason to travel for Lee's.
posted by Pei at
9:03 AM
3 Comments:
Delice Bakery one of the top 10 in LA? You must be kidding me. That ugly chocolate cake wannabe monstrosity was yucky -- overly sweet and overly heavy... - C
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Anonymous, At
1/30/2007 11:14:00 AM
Well, I think the lists don't take into account whether the bakery is famous for bread or pastries. Their croissants, for example, were amazing. But their cakes, as we know, are disgusting. I've been to other bakeries that are good at cakes and have terrible bread. They really should specify.
Plus, LA is sadly in need of good bakeries. It's hard to find a decent bakery here, whereas in SF there are great bakeries everywhere you look.
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Pei, At
1/30/2007 02:07:00 PM
And it wasn't heavy. It was just bad.
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Pei, At
1/30/2007 02:07:00 PM
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