Barbur World Foods
9845 Southwest Barbur Blvd – Portland
$1.50
I’ve been meaning to tell you about this maamoul that I picked up a couple of weeks ago at the in-house bakery of Barbur World Foods – a specialty grocery store that imports foods internationally – mainly from the Middle East and Europe.
When I unwrapped the cookie, a warm and deep vanilla scent filled the air. It actually made me shiver, I’m not lying. And the very smoothly-ground date filling was kissed with orange blossom water, all of which had soaked into the buttery, shortbread-like crust – making the whole affair moist, fragrant and sensational.
Really sweet and rich, in a baklava sort of way.
And it was only a buck and half.
Just for future reference.
Um, remind me…why didn’t I buy one (or a dozen) of these?