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I have the same thing with baklava, 90% doesn’t taste good but you always keep looking for the 10% that does. Whenever baklava is on the menu, I need to try it, but none of the fancy restaurants I’ve been to in the US do it really well (the $4 per piece ones), but the cheap corner store on Post & Powell in SF surprisingly has one of the best (and they get it from some bakery in Oakland but refuse to tell me which one).

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I have the fotunate/unfortunate experience of growing up eating home-made baklava. I grew up going to an Eastern Orthodox church and most of the congregation was either immigrants or descendants of immigrants (including myself, great-grandmother was from Syria, along with some of my grandmother's siblings. My grandmother happened to be born in the US).

I used to find most of it disappointing at best. My tastes have loosened up quite a bit since then because not only did I give up church, but I'm far removed from the area now.

Are you saying the home-made baklava was usually disappointing or the bought baklava was? The middle eastern ladies at my Orthodox parish make delicious baklawa.

The store-bought always was disappointing - the home-made stuff was always wonderful.

Their cookies, however, were not. Anise... blech. :D

Totally agreed when it comes to baklava. I never had it done right in the US, and definitely not in the Bay Area. The best Turkish food I had was in Kirkland, WA and the best baklava I had was in Turkey at Gulluoglu.

What restaurant was it in Kirkland?

Very likely, they mean Alanya Cafe by Marina Park.

I had forgotten what it's called but now that you mention it, you're definitely correct.

Not always possible, but baklava is pretty easy to make and stores really well (since you want it cooled first anyway.)

I have the same fixation with galaktoboureko (so many semolinas that are not grainy enough) but hardly anyone serves it :(

Depends on the bakhlava. Pistachio, honey, those I find are done pretty well - but North Americans completely fail at dates...

If you see this - which corner store on Post & Powell?

Maybe it should be obvious, but I couldn't figure it out. :)

Sorry I meant Post & Polk, I mixed up the streets.

Halal Green Apple Market, 1042 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Thanks!

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