Special Events Show

Kelley, Theresa, and Euri came to San Diego for the Special Event Show! And I showed them some good eats, including one of my faves, Extraordinary Desserts in Downtown SD, breakfast at The Mission in North Park, and cooking authentic Asian hotpot at my house.

Gotta love girl time!

Susina Bakery

7122 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA (323) 934 7900

Situated right next to a Starbucks coffee, Susina Bakery may seem to have some competition. But Susina is no competition for a franchise.

As you enter, to your left you see candies, vanilla marshmallows, chocolate covered sunflowers seeds, and other sweets on a table each prettily packaged in cellophane and tied with ribbon. Behind the the table is seating for about 15 people. The bathroom smells like vanilla. A major plus when it comes to public restrooms.

To your right you see a display case with all sorts of small delicacies you'd have to get close up to find out about. The cookies! From fairy-sized pipings of marzipan dotted with fruit, bitty almond flaked balls bursting with Amarena cherries, fig and apricot tarts, mini banana cream pies, to even pear and brie pressed panini sandwiches. The coffee is delicious and they have a soup of the day written on a chalkboard behind the register. One downside is that the display of cakes are mostly not by the slice. Also, there's a lack in berry-filled delicacies than I would like, but the chocolate dipped strawberries sprinkled with gold sugar dust are irresistable!