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Address: 9486 S Union Square, Sandy, UT 84070
Phone: (385) 216-5359
Website: http://valsofbakery.com/
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You get high marks for your service. Everyone I speak with is courteous and helpful. But I had to take a star off because the quality and flavor of your foods has been lacking recently. (For more context, we’ve only had your sweet and savory pastries.)
At our most recent visit, we bought some Almond Croissants, a Tres Leches, a Choco Flan, an Hojaldre de Guava & Cheese, and a Milhojas. In the past we’ve also bought a Roscón, some Merengues, and some almojabanas, among others.
Your Almond Croissants used to be soft, moist, and very almond-y. They were perhaps our favorite thing to eat there. The ones we just bought were instead very dry, felt stale, and had a paltry amount of sweet almond paste. (See picture.) Moreover, they no longer tasted as much like almond; they were mostly hard bread. I spat the couple of bites I had because I didn’t want to eat merely bread and threw away the rest. Please go back to the old ones; these new ones resemble those at Paris Baguette and they’re not good.
Your Tres Leches tasted nothing like what a TL should taste like, and I know because it’s not only my favorite dessert.. but also because I can make a mean one (I don’t b/c I often want a couple of bites rather than a whole cake), your former TLs didn’t taste anything like your new one IIRC, and the ones made at the two Hispanic bakeries right by you DO taste right. For some reason, your most recent TL tastes like anise, which I find disgusting. Your anise cookies are at least clearly labeled so one knows what to expect flavor-wise (and not buy them), but to add anise (or anything besides the usual “tres leches”) to a TL *and not label it as such* is sacrilege. Ours went to the trash as well.
Then there’s your flan. Though your brownie reminds me very much of Colombian brownies, why anyone would add a brownie to a flan is beyond me. Flans don’t need much else, esp. Colombian flans! Colombian desserts are notorious for being scrumptiously simple; less is more. We know to quit while we’re ahead instead of making things ostigantes or too sweet. American desserts, OTOH, are famously over-the-top. I really think you should sell your brownies separately and your flans separately.. like your neighbor to the South.
Your Hojaldre de Guava & Cheese and your Roscon de Guava both need WAY more guava and to be fresher/less dry and stale. They had very little filling and the cheese was already hard. The custard in your Milhojas is tasteless, its hojaldre stale and chewy rather than brittle and easy to bite off. Its whipped cream is actually sweet but without the arequipe, the whole slice is just underwhelming. (Since you like offering French pastries, consider getting inspired by a popular local French bakery.) Your almojabanas are also saltier and harder than they should be.
I’ve asked what the best times to come in where and she said mornings, but that’s not always true considering (1) we’ve been there some mornings and have found near-empty displays, but on some afternoons the displays have been full.. and (2) some things don’t feel fresh; they feel and taste like they’ve been there since at least the previous night.
Please consider improving the quality, taste, genuineness, and freshness of your offerings. One of your neighbors charges more for its offerings, but at least they taste accurate and worth paying a bit more.
Recomiendo mucho el caldo de res!
We will be back soon, and often!!!
My husband took my pickiest eater to ValSof today and he LOVED everything they had! And true to their word they had the tres leches gelato available and it was delicious!
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We just finished a hike at Alta ski resort and were looking for something sweet when we happened upon this cute little Columbian bakery and their sign for gelato!! The workers were so sweet to explain what everything was and let us sample a variety of gelato flavors. We ended up getting a scoop of lemon and a scoop of mandarin sorbet which really hit the spot on such a hot day.
We also ordered a variety of baked items to try:
Bunuelo
Beef Empanadas w/spicy sauce
Almojabana
Chocolate croissant
I recommend you try the gelato (the tres leches was really good but they only had enough to taste it), the Beef Empanadas & sauce, and the Bunuelo.