Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Best of Waco--Tres Leches


Best of Waco Club, entry #2:

The Critics picks in the Wacoan recommended we try the Tres Leches cakes from Fiesta Mart, an ethnic (?) grocery store in a largely post-white-flight section of Waco. Here is what the critics said: "This fabulous white cake, soaked in milk, is iced with whipped cream and topped beautifully with peaches, pineapple, and strawberries." According to the critics, Fiesta Mart's tres leches are the best within a 100-mile radius. Interestingly, googling "tres leches" reveals that the cakes from the Fiesta Mart in Austin Texas were awarded the highest overall score in an informal taste test of 8 tres leches purveyors there. Leaving aside obvious questions like "How 'informal' could the taste test have been if it included an 'overall score'", and "What constitutes a 'formal' taste test of a milk-soaked bread dessert," it seems that the Waco Critics are right about the 100-mile reach of Fiesta Mart's tres leches reign, at least in southerly direction. The best of Waco club (Joe, Anna, Jeremy, Diane) agrees: the tres leches deserve tres cheers.

The one caveat the Waco Critics provided was "May Be Addictive." True dat. The pic shows the cake in its handy flip-top carrying case.

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