Purple Potato
Ube Velvet Cookies – Ube Jam, Cashews, Milk Chocolate Chips, White Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies – Milk Chocolate Chips, Walnuts
Red Velvet Cookies – White Chocolate Chips
Calamansi Donut – Brioche Donut, Calamansi Curd, Meringue, Citrus Polvoron
Mango Cheesecake Donut – Brioche Donut, Mango Jam, Cheesecake, Polvoron
Ube Cream Layered Donut – Croissant Donut, Ube Buttercream, Ube Sugar
Churros Layered Donut – Croissant Donut, Cinnamon Sugar, Dulce de Leche
Young Coconut Pie – Young Coconut Meat, Custard, Coconut Streusel, Butter Crust
Calamansi Pie – Calamansi Custard, Meringue, Butter Crust
Named after a popular crop in the Philippines, and a favorite 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 three years older and wiser, COVID-19 having entirely reshaped an Off-Strip dining scene that Chef Ramir helped to initiate with Yonaka in early 2013, Purple Potato marches on as a bakery at 6370 W Flamingo Rd #20 featuring Donuts, Cookies, Ube-based treats and Filipino Pastries.
Previously offered for delivery or takeout only, but now brick and mortar with pre-orders available online, it was Wednesday that nine items were delivered, Savories skipped in favor of recently-added Mango Cheesecake Donuts featuring a Brioche base and Cream Cheese Mousse merged with housemade Jam.
Scaling back “Monster Cookies” to approximately 4”, Calamansi Funfetti currently off the menu, Ube and Red Velvet rounds feature a crisp rim with molten center while Chocolate Chip Walnut is more traditional but no less enjoyable.
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 Croissant-style Donuts, this day featuring a dozen varieties ranging from an Ube trio to “Churro” piped with Dulce de Leche.
Not about to miss Calamansi, neither a Donut rolled in Polvoron nor the Pie atop an all-Butter Crust beneath airy sweetened Egg Whites, fans of Coconut should head straight for lavish Young Coconut Pie with strip-studded Custard and a layer of Streusel on top.
FIVE STARS: Unlikely to be stumbled upon inside Phoenix Plaza the success of Purple Potato Bakery will depend largely on word of mouth, and based on a handful of visits it is safe to say Chef Ramir Bolanos DeCastro’s Desserts are better than ever with no lack of creativity.
RECOMMENDED: Calamansi Donut, Mango Cheesecake Donut, Churros Layered Donut, Ube Velvet Cookies, Young Coconut Pie, Calamansi Pie.
AVOID: N/A
TIP: Open 10a-6p Tuesday through Sunday, online ordering available via Instagram or contact@purplepotatolv.com for more information.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
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