La ilusion Bakery — Restaurant in California

You are not coming here for the atmosphere. However, it is clean and more than serviceable. The Mexican sweet bread, the breakfast torta sandwiches, the tamales, and the low prices are every reason to be here! Arrive very early because the place is popular and things sell out. They will make more, but you don't want to have to wait for that. Everything here is worth the wait. Mexican sweet bread is an art. The moistness, the texture, and the buttery deliciousness matter. They have a variety of breakfast Tortas. I am anxious to try the chicharron with salsa verde. But my go-to every time is the chorizo with egg Torta. Perfection! The tamales are excellent. Corn husk wrapped Mexican tamal, but I am not sure from what region. They have a chicken mole tamale that is out of this world! I don't know any other place that has this, and it is sensationally good. $2.50/tamal won't break the bank. I'll pick up a half dozen to take care of lunch and dinner. Another bonus is that they open so early that it's easy to pick up treats on the way to work. Great place to supply pan dulce for the...

I always order tres leches (3 milks) cake and until now they have been soft, moist and delicious. Their icing is not excessively too sweet. I will say that their cake decorations are not updated nor creative or modern. They do have a catalog where you can from from but it's very slim. I personally dont mind the simple old school borders and flowers design But I did have to order a sugar sheet once to place over one their cakes. The quarter sheet is $35 half plancha $50 and a plancha (full...

I been a customer for over 15 years I love the Menudo and tamales, I choose the chicken salsa Verde and Chicken mole ones are the best! The pan dulce is good and my family enjoys the small size portion pan when supposedly watching their weight 😄 Menudo runs out fast on Saturday and Sunday I only wish it was all week. I just tried the Champorado (Mexican tradition hot chocolate)and it was delicious 😋 They also have chorizo con papa breakfast bolillo...