Any good bakeries anywhere?

[Anonymous]

Fresh Baguette has the best baguette in the area. Their other stuff is pretty good as well. As a bonus they are in MD and VA. I used to go the MD store on occasion until a store came to McLean, VA. Service is also good/nice which I believe is so rare in the DMV

[Anonymous]

Yes. Like:

Yellow
Pluma
Je Ne Sais Quoi
Seylou
Rose Avenue Bakery
Saku Saku Flakerie
Love on the Run (the bakery inside Love, Makoto)
Nino's Bakery

[Anonymous]

I like Paris Baguette

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much every Korean bakery out there. Even the ones inside HMart and Lotte.

Definitely not every Korean bakery. I’ve been to some not very good ones. But coincidentally, I bought a couple of pastries at Le Pain in a Lotte the other day. My expectations were low but they were quite good. Tous Les Jours isn’t too bad either, but their pastries are better than their cakes.

[Anonymous]

Amphora Bakery is top notch.

[Anonymous]

Manifest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much every Korean bakery out there. Even the ones inside HMart and Lotte.

Definitely not every Korean bakery. I’ve been to some not very good ones. But coincidentally, I bought a couple of pastries at Le Pain in a Lotte the other day. My expectations were low but they were quite good. Tous Les Jours isn’t too bad either, but their pastries are better than their cakes.

I find Shilla to be better for cakes than Tous. Chateau de Chantilly is good but very crowded (do not get the bubble tea; it's awful). I think a Paris baguette is the only one where I have had bad baked goods.

[Anonymous]

I wanted to love Saku Saku - and went back 3-4 times thinking it was an off day - but their pastries (especially their laminated items like croissants) were dense/ doughy and not flaky.

I do like Souk and Pluma for croissants!

[Anonymous]

I like Shilla's cakes, I heard they are opening one in Vienna

[Anonymous]

Around here? No. I do not eat baked goods from the Us as they are of such low quality. The butter isn't near anywhere as good as in even eastern Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Shilla's cakes, I heard they are opening one in Vienna

Shilla's cakes are so gummy and cloying. Hard pass. I tried once out of curiosity when they first opened in Chantilly and never again. They taste nothing like pastries from South Korea, once you've been there and sampled them.

[Anonymous]

Japong bakery in Rockville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Around here? No. I do not eat baked goods from the Us as they are of such low quality. The butter isn't near anywhere as good as in even eastern Europe.

Thanks for the useless post

[Anonymous]

Best bread esp. sourdough, at Manifest out in Riverdale. It's worth the drive. I think they have re-opened but check first.

I haven't tried it yet but Tate's pastries looked good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Around here? No. I do not eat baked goods from the Us as they are of such low quality. The butter isn't near anywhere as good as in even eastern Europe.

The other day I was looking up croissant recipes and learned American and European butter are quite different. They all emphasize not using American butter. Maybe it applies to pastries in general. I forget what the difference is, something to do with fat content maybe. But bread here tends to be quite bad in general too. I spend half my life fruitlessly looking for good bread.