{"id":14806,"date":"2021-08-15T09:42:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T13:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=14806"},"modified":"2021-08-15T09:42:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T13:42:57","slug":"bakewell-bakery-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=14806","title":{"rendered":"Bakewell Bakery & Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Guyana is located in northeast South America, its culture is more Caribbean than South American; a former British colony, English rather than Spanish is the official language.<\/p>\n

Bakewell, the aptly named Guyanese establishment at 127-08 Liberty Ave in South Richmond Hill, Queens, turned out to be a pleasant surprise; their baked goods were a cut above the competition.<\/p>\n

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\nThis Guyanese sweet coconut roll known as salara <\/em>gets its vibrant red hue from food coloring, not some obscure South American red coconut or from Photoshop. Viewing it in the case, I was expecting something a lot drier, but it was moist, doughy, and one of the best of its kind that I\u2019ve experienced. (You know you wanna bite into that, don\u2019t ya now?)<\/p>\n

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\nBy the same token, their cassava pone was stickier (in a good way), spicier, and generally fresher tasting that those I\u2019ve had in the past \u2013 and I’ve sampled many.<\/p>\n

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\nBeef and chicken patties were not bad, gently seasoned with pronounced salty overtones, but the sweets really took the cake that day.
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