L’Epidor Bakery
Red Bean Pastry
Puff Pastry Roll
Asian Pound Cake
Custard Cream Donut
Corn Stick
Egg Custard Pastry
Chestnut Roll
Tucked away amidst one of the larger complexes along the Western portion of Spring Mountain it was early Saturday morning that a stop was made at L’Epidor Bakery and although several items were coming forth warm from the kitchen as I perused the options results were only fair-to-middling, the prices slightly higher than those at Diamond or Sunville as well.
Smaller than other Asian pastry shops in town, but similarly staffed by clerks whose English is barely enough to answer the most basic of questions, shelves were unfortunately a bit less well-stocked than would have been ideal during the early morning hours but managing to craft an order just under $20 the first bites were of miniature cornbreads, the flavor not dissimilar to the American iteration though texture was a bit bit more spongy, an almost ‘gluten-free’ sort of density seeing the majority of the bag discarded later that morning.
Moving next to a pair of items not seen elsewhere in Sin City, nor anywhere else on limited sampling around the United States, the soft Chestnut Roll was a delightful bit of sweetness dotted by tender smoky nuts while the Napoleon wrapped in starchy white bread seemed almost ridiculous in execution, the exterior no different from Wonder or Bunny while the interior fared far better, the lightness of the puff pastry reminiscent of phyllo while the cream was light and only modestly sweet.
Showing well with more traditional items such as the Egg Custard and Red Bean Buns, the latter potentially to have benefited from a touch more filling, it was onward to a cream-packed donut that the tasting marched forward, the exterior a bit oily beneath the granulated sugar though the interior was light and fluffy – a descriptor I only wish would have been applicable to the “Asian Poundcake” which instead presented like a wispy mouth sponge virtually inedible without some sort of beverage and as such left to the birds.
TWO AND A HALF STARS: Hit and Miss compared to others, the high points quite impressive while lows were abysmal, L’Epidor is a spot that likely requires a return visit when shelves are better stocked in order to better assess the overall quality of execution, though a first look indicates there are certainly better Asian Bakeries to be found.
RECOMMENDED: Chestnut Bun, Egg Custard Pastry, Interior of the Puff Pastry Roll.
AVOID: Asian Pound Cake, Corn Sticks, Arriving too Early.
TIP: Mislisted as 4850 or 6850 on various online listings the actual address is 6870 Spring Mountain Rd, #8. Open 9a-9p Seven-Days a week.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor