La Kalidad

Checked out La Kalidad at San Ramon Farmers Market on a Saturday. While all their baked pastries looked delicious, we were intrigued by the Filipino inspired flavors. We decided to try their Calamansi Blueberry pastry and Black Sesame Morning Bun. Food review:Calamansi Blueberry pastry (5/5): When you talk about eating with your eyes, the presentation of this pastry was exceptional with the cute edible purple flower petals on top. Crispy and flaky exterior of the delicate outer pastry shell was nicely balanced with the wonderful citrus notes of the calamansi filling above the blueberry layer at the bottom. Not overly sweet yet delicious. Worth it!Black Sesame Morning Bun (4.5/5): When we sliced this morning bun in half, we were impressed by the visual layer of black sesame seed filling throughout the bun. When you bite into the crispy layers, you can taste the delicate nuttiness and hint of the black sesame seeds balanced with the sweetness from the sprinkled sugar.The cashier was friendly; they accept cash or credit card.

I drove by but did not see it. don't think they put any signs up. May have to park and try again.

I first heard about La Kalidad from a pop up at Pamana Plantas in Berkeley. Since then, I've patronized them 3 times. The first time I bought a pie for our Mother's Day celebration. The pie had six slices of different pies with Filipino flavors--Mango Royale, Kalamansi Meringue, Turon, and a few others I forget now. All delicious but I remember loving the three I just mentioned. The turon flavor was my absolute favorite. I would order a whole pie of that next time they offer it.The second time, I stopped by the Newark Farmers Market to buy a few of their Filipino pastries--the Ube Bun, Ube Pop Tart, Kalamansi Loaf and Kaldereta Hand Pie. I got the box for family, so I only got to try the Ube Bun and the Kaldereta Hand Pie. Both were great. Lots of delicious filling. My family really enjoyed the other pastries as well. Today I picked up a pre-order of the Halo-Halo and Mais Con Yelo and purchased Ham and Cheese, and Almond Croissants from their stand at the San Ramon Farmers Market. All 4 were perfect. The Halo-Halo tasted like Halo-Halo with the leche flan and Ube Cream on top and fillings inside. Loved the Corn Pastry Cream and Charred Corn Kernels on top. I would totally buy both again. We are that later in the day, so the croissant wasn't as crispy, so I suggest eating it as soon as you get it. The hubby really enjoyed the Ham and Cheese Croissant. It was a good size, flaky and wonderful. I could only eat half of the Almond Croissant coz it was so big. Lots of almond cream inside which is how it should be!Their Viennoiserie is worth trying. They are as good as the bakers at Tartine and other French bakeries in the Bay Area. You can catch them at San Ramon Farmers Market on Saturdays and Newark Farmers Market on Sundays. They announce their special flavors on Instagram and provide a link there if you want to pre-order their special croissants.

Great pastries. I went to their spot at the farmers market in Newpark. Highly recommend the almond croissants and of course the calamansi/blueberry puff

I was amazed that La Kalidad was in the Newark Farmer's Market on August 20th, Sunday. So I looked at the pastries and recognized their serve Filipino-inspired flavors on their venoisserie or croissants, danishes and a whole other baked goods that belong in this category. They were priced decently like around $5 - $6 which depends on what you buy. They have a whole lot to offer, and enticed every customer in the Farmer's Market. They are 2 pastry chefs that worked on few fine dining restaurants in Los Angeles, worked at FB corporate kitchens as pastry chefs. Both of them were born and raised in the Philippines. So they have the culinary background and experience to make high- caliber business partners making their way for combining Venoisserie with Filipino-inspired flavors whether it is savory and sweet. So I ordered the following:Bistek with Caramelized Onions and Gruyere cheese danish - a savory danish that had a slightly caramelized and sweet onions mixed with their bistek ("steak in soy sauce marinade") paired with a gruyere cheese. I thought the salty cheese overpowered the bistek and caramelized onions. It was ok probably a 3.5/5. We weren't impressed by this savory danish. Maybe choose a different cheese like mozzarella to balance out the flavors.Ube pop tart - so this croissant is filled and jam packed with smooth and creamy ube halaya topped with an ube royal icing drizzle on top. It is not overly sweet, but OMG! the ube halaya is smooth, creamy and you can definitely taste the ube halaya. Taste better if it is warm or room temperature. All of us enjoyed it, and reserving for tomorrow but we were too full from eating dinner. Then ate small bites of other pastries. 4.7/5. I would definitely go for this ube pop tart because the ube halaya is the real thing, not overly sweet, creamy, had the real ube taste from a tuber and maybe a little more flavoring from the Butterfly brand ube flavoring. So good!The strawberries and lemon bostock is a croissant slice filled with custard, sliced strawberries and some lemon zest dusted with powdered sugar. This is an American-inspired flavor which tasted like a french toast to me. It was light, fresh strawberries, refreshing and light dessert. 4/5/5.Calamansi Cooler with Lemon Poppyseed Almond Tea Cake - this is sliced like a pound cake but it is very light in texture, soft, moist. The textures of the poppyseeds, and a light, refreshing lemon zesty taste, slightly sweet and the Calamansi Swiss Buttercream added another level of citrus to the cake. Everyone's tastebuds got excited and this is one of the best tea cakes I ate. You got to wash it down with a cup of hot tea, coffee, hot chocolate, milk or anything beverage. So good! 4.6/5.I would definitely come back at the Newark Farmer's Market to get more pastries. I would buy their ube pop tart, calamansi almond tea cake and maybe try out more pastries and croissants from them. They have a brick and mortar shop in Daly City, CA where they sell pies, tarts, tea cakes and other baked goods that have Filipino-inspired flavors. Check out their instagram, FB, twitter for more info and updates on what's going on and what kind of baked goods they have more in store for those who love these flavors.Their bakeshop has a well-balanced of flavors, not too sweet and can definitely taste the flavors of the Philippines with their expertise on Vennoisserie = croissants, danishes and other Western baked goods. So worth it to either order from their Daly City store, or go to their pop-up events, and the Newark or San Mateo Farmer's Market. Thank you for opening a bakeshop! I will come back again for more!

Holy Hell!!!! My Friend gave us a box of sliced pies!!! I'm Uber-Uber particular about Ube pastries and The Ube Pie is the best one I've ever tasted!!! LIKE FOOOOR REEEAALLZZZ!!!I wished y'all where closer to Sonoma County , but will have to go to Daly City for my "fix"Do we have to pre-order Ube pies??? Please let me know.Salamat!!!!