A few years back I was on a major empanada kick. Unfortunately for me, I wasn't able to really…read morefulfill those cravings at any particular business. It's like an unobtainable quest but whenever I have the chance to fill that empty void, I do so by randomly sampling. So what makes a good empanada? To me, I look for a buttery and flaky outer shell. This should not be overly oily or dense. The dough ratio should not overpower the filling and the empanada should be able to hold the stuffed contents well. I personally gravitate towards savory fillings which should be moist but not soggy. Best Artisan Empanadas menu offers a long list of drinks ranging from espresso, teas, lattes, frappes, smoothies, and alcoholic drinks. The empanadas come in savory and sweet options. These can be purchases as is or served with sides, turning the item into a full blown meal. There are 4 different salads available for those who want a healthier alternative. As a quick snack and first attempt of trying out BAE, my sister and I made the purchase of: *Mango Tropical Shaker *Chicken & Mushroom Empanada *Traditional Beef Empanada *Argentinian Chimichurry Sauce The empanadas are amazing when it comes to the dough standpoint. Bae has the recipe down to a T and will make even the toughest eater a fan! The chicken and mushroom empanada was exceptionally delicious- creamy, flavorful, and very tasty. I would have easily grabbed another if we didn't already have plans for our next bite. The traditional beef empanada was good but the raisins totally threw me off. The plump, overly sweet raisins weren't a good combo with the salty olives according to my tastebuds. Again, this was still very doable but I made sure to remove each raisin I came across. The mango tropical shaker was okay, just a little too sweet for me. 5/5 stars for BAE's empanadas. I eagerly look forward to trying the panzerotto [pizza], chorizo, and assorted breakfast empanadas. Parking is disastrously busy so come here with patience- it'll be worth all the hassle. I promise!

3.5 star. We had an…read moreimpromptu visit because someone had a craving of empanadas on a Saturday morning. I thought it would be hard to search Mexican restaurants one by one to pick out the ones that serve empanadas; I was wrong. One easy search and BAE pops up. I was very happy to arrive at a private parking lot instead of looking for street parking or desperately searching for a parking structure. BAE is clean, organized, and neat; the interior is more like a cafe than a messy mom-and-pop restaurant. The empanadas are clearly displayed on the cashier's side, each with a label underneath. There are corners decorated for selfies or simply a good mood cheering. Overall, it's visually appealing. We ordered the Chicken and Mushroom, Potato Egg and Cheese, and Bacon Egg and Cheese. The cashier was polite and offered us some sauce choices. They are $0.5 each. We chose Tsatziki which has Greek yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and dill. It wasn't our cup of tea. We chose take out and each empanada was nicely warmed, wrapped and clearly labeled in each paper. The empanadas I would rate them in this order: potato egg and cheese, chicken mushroom, bacon egg and cheese. The Potato Egg and Cheese has diced onions inside, but it's soft and warm, very balanced in flavor and texture. Top notch comfort food. The Chicken and Mushroom filling was creamier than I thought. I was not expecting a white cream cheese element in it, nevertheless, chunky chicken and mushroom slices are solid. I was most disappointed at Bacon Egg and Cheese. It was too salty and the egg looked and tasted like those overcooked dry breakfast eggs from Comfort Inn breakfast where it came out from some kind of liquid egg box. In summary, location, service, interior 4 star; food 3.5 stars.

You Guava be Kidding Me…read more A bakery and juicery that has been serving up delicious Colombian specialties since 1999 in Colombia, before emigrating to the US and opening up shop here in Cambrian Park in 2014. Milohas (mil hojas) means a thousand layers in Spanish, and one taste of Milohas' pastries will make you understand why they picked that moniker. The Good: * Large shared parking lot * Friendly service * Covered outdoor dining * The crust of the empanadas was buttery, flaky, and delicious. All the fillings were good, but you have to try the Hawaiian filling! It was truly fantastic and had us wishing that's all we'd ordered. * Guava Finger has the same perfect crust and tasty guava jam--I could eat a dozen of these and come back for more. *oink oink* * Carissa really enjoyed their lentil soup. I didn't try it, so I can't comment. The Meh: * I kind of prefer the chunks of meat in Peruvian empanadas to the ground meat in Colombian ones, but that's just a personal preference. It was still delicious, so at the end of the day, it's all academic. The Ugly: * No indoor dining, and outdoor dining is limited to only a handful of seats. Conclusion: We've been on the hunt for the best empanadas in the South Bay, and we finally found them.

Friendly staff. It's not exactly a restaurant like you might expect from the listing/reviews…read more There's no inside seating and very limited outside. It's basically a bakery-like store that has a wonderful selection of Colombian style empanadas and colclos (so?). They also have some delicious looking flans and a few other items. Need to go back and try more. The chicken large empanada and Hawaiian empanada I had were both amazing. Limited beverage selection, unfortunately. Friendly staff and reasonable prices.

Another great food truck in this little enclave. I am so glad I found the spot through Yelp and…read moredecided to check it out even though it had no reviews. The chicken empanada was perfectly crispy and flavorful. The arepas con queso was yummy and I could eat it as my meal three times a day. The ladies who work here was super nice and friendly. They were busy so my food took a while to come out, but I'm not going to hold it against them. It's cool that this little enclave has fun entertainment options like a pool table, foosball, cornhole, and great music

Fire empanadas. I was looking for some Mexico style empanadas since we have slim pickins in…read moreSacramento for empanadas. Every 5 restaurants is a Mexican restaurant but almost none serve empanadas. We I didn't find any, but these were fire. They crust tasted very fresh and similar to a corn dog. The meat was delicious. I highly recommend.

Finally came here this morning and it was a great experience! The worker was suuuper friendly, I…read moregot a mocha frappe and the lomo empanada. The empanada was soooo delicious, and their portions will fill you up! I forgot to get sauce like chimichurry to dip my empanada in as I normally do elsewhere at another empanada shop, but the lomo by itself was very tasty! Super clean, lots of parking, and a lot of people dining in on a Friday morning, and there's always someone ordering food, which is telling on their end! Would come back again!!

I'm giving Big E Cafe three stars mainly because they are CONSTANTLY sold out of the sausage and…read moreegg empanadas. This isn't just a one-time thing--almost every time I come here, they're gone. I usually get there about 11am. Big E is much closer to my house than their sister cafe, BAE, which is why I keep trying to come here instead. But if the sausage and egg empanadas are selling out this consistently, they're clearly one of the more popular items. You would think they'd adjust and stock more of them rather than repeatedly running out. I usually end up driving to BAE anyway, where they actually have them in stock and, in my experience, the presentation is better too. I'd much rather support the location closest to me, but it's frustrating to keep making the trip only to find the same popular item sold out again. Hopefully they start stocking according to demand.

I've been wanting to try the viral ilocos empanada. I finally was able to get 4 pcs. I popped it in…read morethe air fryer when I got home and was still crunchy. You definitely hear the crunch. It's a must to add the vinegar. (Not spicy) While I was there I bought some corn beef. You can only get there in the Philippines. Pricy but worth the craving. I love me some mungo. I haven't had some in forevers. It was dry though. A cute mom & pop type shop. They have a little bit of everything a Filipino house hold needs. Service quick and easy. They do accept debit/credit cards. Not sure the type of credit card because I used my debit.

5 stars for the iloco empanada. 12:45p on Saturdays only/ made from a kitchen in San Jose. It was…read moremy first time trying them - nice and crispy - flavorful/ 8.99 each. Seems to be more expensive than I've seen advertised but it was good. I also bought two turon ( fried banana) - it was pretty good - not hot. Small mom and pop grocery with the basic ingredients.

I found the savory empanadas to be good, but not great. We ordered one beef and one spinach &…read morepotato last weekend. They needed salt and a sauce, especially the beef. A real sauce, not the packaged junk they have at the condiments bar (it might have been Tapatio, but I'm not positive). They heated the empanadas up in the microwave and then put them in the toaster oven; the beef could have used a minute or two more microwave time since it was lukewarm in the center. The pineapple dessert empanada was the best thing we ate there. Service was adequate, though I got no warm fuzzies or smiles from either of the two people working.

Small place, easily missed, across from the convention center and Marriott…read more Festive decor. Order at the counter while perusing the goodness of empanadas in the display case. Average price is $7 an empanada. Reasonably priced. Went with the chicken mole and a sausage with cheese. Based solely on taste, would order the chicken mole again but not the sausage with cheese. Other options that sounded good so next time I'd choose a different one.

This was actually the first time I've ever had Venezuelan food, and goodness was I impressed!! I…read moreloved the plantain like chips they were perfectly crisp and freshly made in front of me!! The aerapa (chicken) was delicious!! I definitely want to check out their food truck since this was a catered pop-up at my school, but I was very impressed with their menu. I just wish they were open earlier on my lunchtime so I could actually get their food for lunch instead of only for dinner time. I will definitely be back!! Service was great ambience was very fun and relaxing and both employees seemed like they really enjoyed what they were doing! Very clean and organized at my pop-up for my school!

The chicken arepa was amazing with both the green and orange sauce. The cheese empanada was…read moreabsolutely bursting with cheese. The star of the show were their sauces.

True authentic Argentinian flavor and great customer service. I ordered the variety pack to try out…read moreeach of the empanada flavors since I couldn't decide and honestly they were all amazing! Great flavor, great size empanada for what you pay and most importantly they deliver your items HOT!

Excellent Quality- On-Time- Great Price I hire Argentine…read moreFlavors to cater the open party of Kalu Surf School. I order the ''Beef Empanadas'' and ''Tuna Empanadas'' for 100 people. The delivery was perfectly on time. The empanadas were really fresh with the real flavor of a ''Homemade Empanada''. I will definitely hire Argentine Flavors again. Strongly recommended! Cheers!

Check your empanada for mold!…read more We stopped by for breakfast and got chilaquiles and a chicken and mole empanada. Enjoyed our chilaquiles (do try this if you stop by), and were wrapping up our meal with the empanada when we discovered a chunk of fuzzy blue grey mold in the MIDDLE of the empanada about 1" in length and 3/8" wide. The empanada was already cut in half and wasn't showing from the outside or the cut area, but the mold was in one half of the empanada and I broke the other half which was normal looking. Thankfully we spit it out, and didn't eat the bite that we took. The waitress had offered to replace it but we said no because we were so shocked. We were kind of disappointed that the manager didn't try to come and address the issue with us. Just left it to their serving staff who quickly cleared our table and gave us the check. Might go back for the other food items, but definitely NOT the empanadas.

Located in downtown this is nearby SAP center. The service was good and food was good but nothing…read moreoutstanding. My favorite thing was the coffee horchata which was perfectly sweet and had a good amount. The food was okay, we got the chicken chipotle empanada which had good flavor but wish it had more meat. The steak ranchero and eggs was nothing special the meat was very chewy. The same with the steak sandwich the meat was very chewy. Altogether if you are in the area, the service is good but the food is alright!

My absolute favorite restaurant! Not only delicious food but also kind, attentive staff who want to…read moregive you the best experience possible. Cilantro tastes like soap to me and ever since my first visit, even when I forget to ask for no cilantro in my food, they remember for me :) And the food! I thought I didn't like cauliflower before I tried their cauliflower taco, and now I get it every time! The vegan bao, the elote, and the plantain taco are also amazing, and they have the best mocktail to all time (ask for the yuzu one). Both the indoor and outdoor dining experience is wonderful, plenty of space between tables, flowers lining the outdoor tables, a great place to chat over a meal without getting overstimulated. And it's right in the heart of the downtown, so you can check out the bookstore a few stores down or the boba shop down the street. I can't recommend this place or the people who keep it running so well enough -- I always leave with a happy stomach and a happy heart.

I had the chance to try Mayan Kitchen Food and it was a good experience. Ended up trying takeout of…read morethe food through the hubby and enjoyed. The food came in on time so we really appreciated that. I tried the Cochinita Pibil which came with rice and plantains. I liked that the meat was soft and full of flavor as well as the rice. The salty and sweet from the plantains went well together. The other item i tried was the Pollo cochinita pibil bao bun. This was also very yummy and full of flavor. I definitely enjoyed that the bao was so soft. Overall, it was a solid experience and would want to go back to try more!