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I have the same thing with baklava, 90% doesn’t taste good but you always keep looking for the 10% that does. Whenever baklava is on the menu, I need to try it,
by vincentmarle 8y ago
I have the same thing with baklava, 90% doesn’t taste good but you always keep looking for the 10% that does. Whenever baklava is on the menu, I need to try it, but none of the fancy restaurants I’ve been to in the US do it really well (the $4 per piece ones), but the cheap corner store on Post & Powell in SF surprisingly has one of the best (and they get it from some bakery in Oakland but refuse to tell me which one).
- therein 8y agoTotally agreed when it comes to baklava. I never had it done right in the US, and definitely not in the Bay Area. The best Turkish food I had was in Kirkland, WA and the best baklava I had was in Turkey at Gulluoglu.
- swampthing 8y agoWhat restaurant was it in Kirkland?
- ChuvoniRobisi 8y agoVery likely, they mean Alanya Cafe by Marina Park.
- therein 8y agoI had forgotten what it's called but now that you mention it, you're definitely correct.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoI have the fotunate/unfortunate experience of growing up eating home-made baklava. I grew up going to an Eastern Orthodox church and most of the congregation was either immigrants or descendants of immigrants (including myself, great-grandmother was from Syria, along with some of my grandmother's siblings. My grandmother happened to be born in the US). I used to find most of it disappointing at best. My tastes have loosened up quite a bit since then because not only did I give up church, but I'm far removed from the area now.
- RightMillennial 8y agoAre you saying the home-made baklava was usually disappointing or the bought baklava was? The middle eastern ladies at my Orthodox parish make delicious baklawa.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoThe store-bought always was disappointing - the home-made stuff was always wonderful. Their cookies, however, were not. Anise... blech. :D
- hobs 8y agoNot always possible, but baklava is pretty easy to make and stores really well (since you want it cooled first anyway.) I have the same fixation with galaktoboureko (so many semolinas that are not grainy enough) but hardly anyone serves it :(
- cik 8y agoDepends on the bakhlava. Pistachio, honey, those I find are done pretty well - but North Americans completely fail at dates...
- tekacs 8y agoIf you see this - which corner store on Post & Powell? Maybe it should be obvious, but I couldn't figure it out. :)
- vincentmarle 8y agoSorry I meant Post & Polk, I mixed up the streets. Halal Green Apple Market, 1042 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109
- tekacs 8y agoThanks!