Pantastico
Vegetable Cheese Pastry
Chicken and Onion Empanada
Dark Chocolate Pan au Chocolat
Dark Chocolate Cake
Lemon Cake
Part B&B and part Bakery, the two separated by several hundred meters with the later up a flight of stairs and tucked away in an alley, it was after a twenty minute walk from Torre Dorada that two guests sat down for breakfast at Pantastico, a multi-lingual server originally from Switzerland performing triple duty as Barista, cashier and busser as patrons came and went with the majority not fluent in Spanish.
Essentially a Coffee Shop and retail outlet for the Hotel, the reason for their separation not entirely clear but a bit confusing to those reliant on Google Maps, it was after perusing options and setting aside two options featuring Passionfruit that five items were selected with all but one quickly rewarmed in the Microwave, the Vegetable Pastry featuring Tomatoes and Peppers good though the Cheese had not melted entirely while a Chicken and Onion Empanada fared better thanks to bold spicing and bits of Chicken Skin that gave the interior added texture.
Told that only local ingredients are used in Pantastico’s products, Chocolate labeled as 70% Cocoa from Peru forming the partially-melted center of a Roll that was described as a “Croissant” despite lacking any evidence of lamination, those interested in something even more chocolaty would do well to order a slice of Cake that eats something like an aerated Brownie while fans of Citrus should set their sights on Lemon Cake that is moist and tangy with only a touch of sweetness added by way of the Frosting.
www.pan-tastico.com