I'm a bit under the weather, so just a short post tonight. Thanks for bearing with me…..
If you are a regular reader, you already know that I don't have much of a "sweet tooth". That's why various desserts and sweets don't have much coverage. For that coverage, please visit Kirbie's and CanineCologne's blogs. And though I know that Captain Jack has a real weakness for Mexican Desserts…… in fact, we had to make a stop at Panchita's after our recent South Bay Taco Crawl. And as usual the pastries were just not to my taste. Too much sugar, too much Manteca??? Who knows….. That's why I find the fact that I'm doing a post on a Panaderia kinda odd, because I'm the last person in the world to stop at one.
In this case it was the sign that got my attention…..
Seen from 3rd Avenue in Chula Vista, off the main street on Quintard Street. For some reason, on one of my visits to Internacional 2000, I decided to drive by and check the place out.
After seeing the front of the bakery, I decided to walk in a grab some stuff.
The "tradicional Michoacan" signage got me to walk in. This shop specializes in bread and pastries from the Michoacan region of Mexico. I was curious, mainly because I had read this post on Mexico Cooks. To quote a line in that post, the "people of Michoacán consume a million pieces of artisanal bread per day…." That's a heck of a lot of bread. Unfortunately, there were no "birotes" (what they call Bollilos in that region), I'm guessing they had sold out. There was also about four people in line picking up cakes.
Since these Panaderias usually put out some pretty inexpensive stuff, I decided to grab a few items for the Missus. And though the selection wasn't that large, there were most of the usual suspects.
And on subsequent visits there always seem to be something different.
Subsequent visits???? Well, I found something that I knew the Missus was going to enjoy… the Coricos:
Light and crumbly, very mildly sweet, with a nice savory "masa" (corn) flavor, the Missus likes this version…… I've got to grab some pumpkin turnovers on a future trip.
I guess you never know what you'll find when your driving around….. you might find some coricos!
Panaderia La Moreliana
275 Quintard St
Chula Vista, CA 91911