Less sweet pastries and cakes

[Anonymous]

Where can I buy pastries that are less sweet. I love the bakery near Great Beginnings in Gaithersburg but it is too far for us. We are in Silver spring, MD.

[Anonymous]

Curious if you are from somewhere where pastries and cakes are not as sweet as in the US? We like our sugar but foreigners don't like it as much. Too sweet for them.

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about goodies like scones or biscotti that are still sweet, but it doesn't feel like the sugar is melting your teeth. You can get those at Whole Foods (bakery section).

[Anonymous]

You might try La Fonda on Georgia Avenue. It is just down from the 7-11 toward the District. A little hole in the wall.

[Anonymous]

I've found the Korean bakeries/coffeeshops in NoVa have less-sweet pastries. Not much in the way of puff pastry, but the soft dough items are delicious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if you are from somewhere where pastries and cakes are not as sweet as in the US? We like our sugar but foreigners don't like it as much. Too sweet for them.

I am from India. We like plenty of sugar in our sweets and there isn't much in the way of baked good there. I've been eating low-glycemic for several years now and find the too sweet stuff unpalatable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you talking about goodies like scones or biscotti that are still sweet, but it doesn't feel like the sugar is melting your teeth. You can get those at Whole Foods (bakery section).

More a fan of fluffy spongy cakes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've found the Korean bakeries/coffeeshops in NoVa have less-sweet pastries. Not much in the way of puff pastry, but the soft dough items are delicious.

Any recos? I go to Reston and Vienna often.

[Anonymous]

Heidelberg Pastry in Arlington tends to have less-sweet stuff and they will make many of their products with reduced sugar. I used them for a low-sugar baby shower and was very happy with the results.

[Anonymous]

Silva's in Vienna has shortbread cookies and marzipan.

[Anonymous]

I know you are in MD, but I would like to recommend these bakeries in Annandale if anyone is interrested:
http://www.shillabakeryusa.com/ they have two locations in MD
http://www.lematindeparis.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/breeze-bakery-cafe-annandale

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've found the Korean bakeries/coffeeshops in NoVa have less-sweet pastries. Not much in the way of puff pastry, but the soft dough items are delicious.

Any recos? I go to Reston and Vienna often.

Shilla (they have a couple of NoVa locations) and Jireh on 29 in Centreville are both very good. Jireh has a vanilla cream pastry kind of like a cheese danish that's amazing. They also label in Korean and English so I can avoid the red bean ones easily (tried and decided I'm not a fan). DH got my birthday cake at Jireh a couple of years ago- quite sweet and decadent, so they can cover whatever craving I have.

[Anonymous]

Paul (the French bakery) in Penn Quarter.