Purple Potato Sweets
Buko Pie
Ube Pastillas Crinkles
Ube Polvoron Donuts with Ube Flan Filling
Ube Cheesecake
Ube Monster Cookie with White Chocolate Chips and Cashews
Nutella Monster Cookie with Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Chip Walnut Ube Fudge Monster Cookie
Named after a popular crop in the Philippines, and a favorite nutritious snack of Chef Ramir Bolanos DeCastro, Purple Potato unfortunately shut its doors in the middle of 2019, the closure after just 21 months largely a result of location rather than Food as the healthy Bowls and quick-casual Sandwiches were almost universally well-received.
Now a year older and wiser, SARS-CoV-2 having entirely reshaped an Off-Strip dining scene that Chef Ramir helped to initiate with Yonaka in early 2013, Purple Potato recently reemerged as an online shop featuring the Restaurant’s signature “Monster Cookies” alongside other Ube-based treats and Filipino Pastries.
Well-priced and delivered free to Las Vegas as well as Henderson, this day’s order acting as Breakfast for an office of twenty-five, it was prior to 7:15am that Ramir arrived porting several boxes, items including the Young Coconut Pie still-warm from the oven with subtle sweetness and a beautiful mélange of textures.
Never actually gone from the local food scene, the rebranding of Yonaka and Purple Potato followed by a consulting gig at McCarran, Chef DeCastro’s current lineup continues with buttery Crinkle Cookies topped with Ube Candy plus bright purple Cheesecake, while those in need of a Donut fix will find lots to love about Paczki-like pockets rolled in Cake crumbles and filled with Ube Custard.
Onward to an old favorite, each Monster Cookie weighing in at 10oz, current choices consist of Ube with White Chocolate and Cashew Chips or Chocolate Chip with a molten Nutella center, though with more flavors since debuting the day’s best was Chocolate Chip Walnut Ube Fudge that eats crisp around the edges and soft at the center with bitter contrasting sweet and no two bites quite the same.
N/A: Making it blog policy to not ‘rate’ places based on catering alone it is great to have Purple Potato back in any format, and although Sushi, Bowls and Wraps are currently not offered Chef Ramir Bolanos DeCastro’s Desserts are better than ever with no lack of creativity and bargain pricing, plus free delivery.
RECOMMENDED: Buko Pie, Ube Pastillas Crinkles, Ube Polvoron Donuts, Ube Monster Cookie, Chocolate Chip Walnut Ube Fudge Monster Cookie.
AVOID: N/A.
TIP: COVID-19 precautions are followed with touch-free delivery available for free on all orders over $30.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
www.purplepotatolv.com
