Foodcrawl with Cathy - Stops 5, 6, 7 & 8 - Star Dust Donuts, DK-Che, Gloria's Bakery & Gonzalez Panaderia

Continuing the food crawl with Cathy...

we hit the jackpot when we saw Star Dust open!

Boudin SF, Clairemont

In the same strip mall as 85C and Chicken Charlie's FryBQ is a place we visited recently.

That place is Boudin SF which has been long gone from UTC and most recently, the Fashion Valley mall...

Wayfarer Bread & Pastry

Yesterday we made the rare trip up to La Jolla...

more specifically the Bird Rock area...

The Brazilian Guys

My birthday was on a Friday...

and this breakfast place in Mission Hills was only open on weekdays...

Breakfast at Devil's Teeth

We really liked out visit to this place last year...

I totally recommend their sweet potato fries!  We were in the area because of the bakery...

Saltroot Cafe

While searching for a particular dessert shop in the Outer Richmond...

I saw that another place I'd bookmarked was closer...

The Kouch Espresso Bar & Lounge

As promised, another coffee stop...

(my awesome 'drive by' exterior shot)

at the newly opened Kouch Espresso Bar & Lounge in Hillcrest, a neighborhood I haven't been to in awhile...

Recent revisits to La Concha - empanadas, fresh pan dulce & not so good coffee

Over the fall break and just this afternoon we enjoyed some pastries from La Concha, a popular Mexican panaderia in Chula Vista...

This particular visit was with Bert whohadn't been there in a while, plus, there was a coupon I wanted to use...

Return to S3 Coffee Bar, Donut Panic, Olive Baking Co. & Charlie's Best Bread, Pavaraga (PB) & Duet Coffee

I'm too lazy to do separate posts, so this is a combo post to be more efficient, ha ha.

This particular stripmall is in Grantville...

destination of one of my favorite donut joints plus a nice and new coffee bar...

Return to Copenhagen Pastry

[Update: Copenhagen Pastry closed as of late September 2017]

We had to go here again...

It's been a year since we were last at Cophenhagen, a bakery serving real Danish pastries...

they should win an award for their stylish storefront. It was still early in the morning with many fresh pastries to choose from...

Pan de muertos & more...2015 Edition

The other day I was off work early and had some errands to do on the west side of Chula Vista...

It was that time of the year...

Recent gifts, some food related...

This summer I was able to enjoy the company of good friends in various settings...

Earlier today, we met up with Wandering Chopsticks, after a three year hiatus...

$4 lunch at Mamma Lina's

Last week TC and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Mary of This Tasty Life during her lunch break...

She recently posted on a lunch spot favorite of hers...

Arizmendi Bakery, Sheng Kee Bakery & Tart to Tart

Immediately after our hearty breakfast at Irving Street Cafe, we checked out a few places nearby...

The intersection of 9th and Irving is considered the heart of the Inner Sunset. A bakery that my former student recommended was just up the street...

Brunch @ Gelato Vero Caffe

Earlier today I had the pleasure of being treated for a late birthday brunch with Mi Firme Hina (MFH)...

I thought it would be cool to try the new brunch being served at Gelato Vero Caffe in Mission Hills.

It's not just for gelato anymore, I guess! I never even knew there was an upstairs space with a kitchen!

Just follow the stairs up...

That's how we roll - First stop: Cream Pan

Since the place we wanted to go to first wasn't open 'til 10:30, we made a quick stop here...

because it was "conveniently" on our way...

Panchita's - Barrio Logan & a VoG sighting

Totally buzzed from all that caffeine from Cafe Moto, we made our way along Logan Ave past the historic murals of Chicano Park...

near the shadow of the San Diego's iconic Coronado Bridge...

If you are coming of the Crosby ext from the 5 freeway to the bridge, the bakery would be in that first small mini market area that you see.

Valerio's Tropical Bakeshop

This post is a combo of three separate visits over the past week and a half at the Seafood City in Chula Vista...

which houses a variety of other Filipino eateries and bakeries in their food court. Although Valerio's City Bakery in Otay Mesa is now gone, another Valerio's exists  at this Filipino food mecca...

European Cake Gallery

So with my barely working Garmin (the batteries were weak but barely working), we were able to find this place, the European Cake Gallery...

on Voltaire Street in Point Loma. I hadn't been here in years. In fact, the last time I was here was back in 1994 when Bert and I were still engaged and trying out different wedding cake vendors! A few of our friends had utilized European Cake Gallery for their wedding cakes.

For the record, we ended up choosing a different vendor for our cake which was made by a sweet little old lady who lived in the College Area. Back in the early to mid 90's, it was popular to have white chocolate shavings on your cakes. This place was a purveyor of that style of cake at the time. It looked pretty but I suppose it's kind of dated now.

Anyhow..let's go in shall we?

Valerio's City Bakery, National City

I'm kind of jumping around here, eh.

I can't believe I haven't been to this place yet, the original Valerio's in National City! For many Filipinos in San Diego, the name Valerio's is synonymous with Filipino bread and pastries.

It was right across the street from Ching's Famous Hopia Bakeshop, plus TC wanted to try one of their famous desserts...