Kape't Torta — Restaurant in New York

My goodness this place smells heavenly! We finally decided to drive to Queens to check them out. First impression was good, they were strictly observing social distancing and allowed only 2 customers at a time.

I called earlier during the day to place my order of Ube Cheese Pandesal (the reason why we went to Queens in the first place) and when we were picking it up, we loved that they were just packing it in a box because they gave us the freshly baked ones! The staff was really amazing. Such warm friendly Cebuanos and mga Bisaya. Jerome who assisted my order was also so nice. Thanks again guys!

And since we were already there, we thought of getting other stuff worth trying. We got the Pork Asado bun and also the famous Ube Custard cake (or Ube with Leche Flan). Happy they cut us 2 slices from the whole cake, really appreciated it!

When we got home and for the next few days, here's our verdict: The Ube Cheese was delicious. Probably in my Top 3 in NYC. Not as much Ube Halaya inside as others but so delicious nonetheless! The Pork Asado bun was sooo good! Took me back to my younger days in Manila when I would enjoy a delicious Asado Siopao! My husband loved this too! And for the finale, the Ube Custard Cake was amazing! If you can only get one thing from this place (which trust me would be impossible!), you can never go wrong with this cake!

Cannot wait to be back! Thanks Jerome...

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Oo. Amazing. Oo.

Well, Kape't Torta is all the oos. It's eternal oos. It's a gauntlet of Infinity Oos worn by Phanos, the Filipino Thanos. If you've never been here, come here yesterday. Buy everything. Taste better gluten than any snooty French baker could ever comprehend.

The regular Ube Cake is an exercise in moist, purple deliciousness. Ube itself doesn't really have a flavor--it's mainly used for its great color--but you won't notice because it's got a great, mildly sweet flavor that suits every palate. The Mango Cake, on the other hand, is a similarly made flavor bomb of tropical vitamin A that will make you realize you've never had good mango cake until now.

And for something less sugary, try the pillow soft pandesal--proof that God exists and wants us to eat carbs.

I'd truly come back here every day if I lived anywhere remotely nearby. Who lives in Elmhurst and wants to be my...

I’ve had the cake slices here and thought they were good, so I was excited to come back. I got the halo halo, which I usually love, but their ice tasted like jolly ranchers to me and I only ate about 1/5 of it. I thought maybe it’s my problem for not liking this kind. To make up for that, I went to buy an ube ensaymada. The cashier was grabbing it from the cheese ensaymada section so I emphasized the fact that I wanted an ube one. He assured me that they’re the same, but when I bit into mine, there was only cheese. I showed him and he gave me one from the ube section. Somehow AGAIN it only had cheese inside. I just gave up and ate half of it, but as I was about to leave I just showed the cashier to let him know (and maybe prevent other customers from disappointment). He wasn’t apologetic at all, just a bit shocked. Don’t think I’ll ever...