Re: Digest Number 1000/ bakery clarification

[Guest guest]

I thought my post made it clear I was talking about the SISTER'S

Bakery, in Sunnyvale. I've never heard of the Goldilocks bakery.

Maureen

> If you are talking about the Goldilocks bakery, my inlaws shop there

all

> the time for parties. I have never been there personally, but it seems

> the only things they buy there that might be gf is the little orange

> colored rice " cakes " that look like orange disks. The Ube cake they

> love to buy certainly has flour and all the filled bread rolls, and

> other cakes they buy all have wheat. Even the candies they bring back

> when they travel to the Philippines are sugar and wheat flour! It is

> frustrating to me. The traditional cuisine may have originally been gf

> because grains don't grow well in the tropics, but flour is imported

now

> and most of their foods have wheat. I have shopped at two local

> Filipino markets and both have so much wheat in all their rice crackers

> and lumpia wrappers. The only things I have been able to buy are plain

> rice flour, their garlic flavored corn nuts and plain rice. I guess I

> have not been very lucky in that area. I have better luck with the

> chinese and thai asian markets.

>

> In Sunnyvale, CA, there is a Filipino bakery where we buy a number of

> different rice flour based desserts. I have gone over the ingredients

> of their products with the baker several times, and about 40% of their

> goods are naturally GF.

>

> Sister's Bakery, on El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA

>

> Maureen

[Guest guest]

Nope, no product list. Each time I go I ask about which products are

wheat-free and gluten-free (mind you, I don't use the word " gluten " -

I ask for " things with no wheat, no flour and no barley or malt " )

Also, it seems like their selection varies from week to week. We

almost always get the white rice muffins (very sticky, quite sweet, my

son loves 'em) and then a second thing that varies according to what

they've made that day. This bakery is a small, family-run operation -

when the lady at the counter double-checks a recipe for me, she turns

around and shouts to the baker, who usually wanders up to go over the

ingredients with me.

They do bake a large number of wheat items, so if you are very

sensitive to cross contamination, I would not shop there. But we eat a

variety of their Filipino pastries without problems. (but neither of

us is super-sensitive)

Maureen

> Sorry, my mistake. I didn't realise that was the name of the bakery.

> Goldilocks is one of the biggest Filipino bakeries in the state of CA.

> They have huge long lines to get their baked goods. My in-laws rave

> about them. But I was also wrong about the location. They go to the

> one in San ...sorry about the confusion.

>

> I'll have to check out the Sunnyvale bakery if I am ever near there.

Do

> they have a list of the gf products, or would I have to go over all the

> ingredients with them? 40% of their products is quite a lot. I would

> love it if my family would be able to eat 40% of the food at family

> gatherings. I end up bring ALL our own food, and a dessert to share.

>

> God bless,

> nn

>

> >I thought my post made it clear I was talking about the SISTER'S

> >Bakery, in Sunnyvale. I've never heard of the Goldilocks bakery.

> >

> >

> >Maureen

> >