Pat Saperstein reports at EatingLA that the new Goldilocks bakery and Filipino eatery at Eagle Rock's Westfield mall is now open... ube cake for everyone!
There's actually already a Goldilocks on Vermont Ave. in L.A., but this one is right next to one of our weekend staples -- yes, the Target store in Eagle Rock -- so I'm sure we'll be making a trip soon.
Pat hit the Goldilocks this weekend, after a "brutally satisfying chair massage outside Target":
Goldilocks has a vast array of Filipino baked goods, including large flans and tres leches cakes to go -- good for a party -- and more unusual items like a whole mess of bright purple ube pastries.
Ube is purple yam, but I have a feeling Goldilocks helps out the color a with some purple food coloring in some of those nearly fluorescent sponge cakes and yam danishes. I tried a small cheese tart, which was kind of like a Chinese egg custard tart with the addition of coconut chunks, and a chicken pie with a nicely savory raisin and minced chicken filling. The sparkling clean coffee shop next door is like a Filipino Denny's, with breakfast combos of longaniza sausage and eggs, tofu custard, and eggs benedict made with smoked Filipino bacon.
If you can't make it to Eagle Rock or speed down Vermont, rival chain Red Ribbon offers similar fare, and you can find several around town, including across the street from the Sunset-Gower Studio.
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