Purple Potato Bakery
Ube Velvet Cookies – Ube Jam, Cashews, Milk Chocolate Chips, White Chocolate Chips
Mango Monkey Bread – Cream Cheese, Mango Jam, Cinnamon Crumble
Red Velvet Cookies – White Chocolate Chips
Mango Cheesecake Donut – Brioche Donut, Mango Jam, Cheesecake, Polvoron
Ube Polvoron Donut – Brioche Donut, Ube Cream, Ube Polvoron
Oreo Pastillas Polvoron Donut – Brioche Donut, Oreo Polvoron, Oreo Pastillas, Chocolate Cream
Tiramisu Brioche Donut
Young Coconut Pie – Young Coconut Meat, Custard, Coconut Streusel, 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 ten 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 and Brioche-style Donuts, this day featuring a dozen varieties ranging from a Ube to “Tiramisu” and Oreo.
Not about to miss Mango Monkey Bread, similar in topping to the Donut withCream Cheese and Mango Jam, fans of Coconut should head straight for lavish Young Coconut Pie with strip-studded Custard and a layer of Streusel on top.
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