I ordered an ube flan cake for my birthday dinner party. it was a great addition to my mermaid theme, in color and in taste! the flan was silky, yet firm while the ube cake portion was soft and fluffy -- like a japanese cloud cake. it was delicious, yet not too sweet. it went perfectly with my dessert spread of pandan crinkle cookies and ube butter mochi. I even gave a slice to my picky parents and they loved it! I'm so glad I picked this place to cater my birthday cake. it was easy to order through text and pick up was easy, with plenty of parking. chef Kristie is talented and sweet. she let me do my pick up order on her day off, AND she came out in a purple outfit that matched the ube flan cake. even if it was a coincidence, what attention to detail!! I love ube, so I'll definitely try some of her other catering items. she really knows what she's doing read more

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We were looking for a specific aesthetic + flavor combination for our wedding cake and stumbled upon Kryssie's page. The entire process was so seamless from start to finish -- and when you're planning a wedding or an event, that's exactly what you want. We sent her an inquiry and inspo photos, Kryssie responded promptly letting us know what she could do, and gave us instructions for pickup on the day of. We were blown away! The cake was everything we wanted and completed our big day, and it was DELICIOUS. We got the ube cake with brown butter cream cheese frosting. Yum yum yum. We served my family this cake and they all loved it as well. We will continue ordering from her for all of our events. Thank you Kryssie!! read more

I recently hired Chef Kryssie to do a pop-up Filipino dinner at my home with 14 of my friends, and she was nothing short of incredible! She came to our home 2 hours early to prep, and she had her Sous Chef help as well. I showed her to the kitchen and from there she created all the magic. I could smell the delicious aromas throughout my house as she was prepping. When my guests arrived at 6pm, she was ready to serve the 1st of 6 courses: Ube Pandesal with Ube butter - Amazing! So soft and delicious. The ube butter really puts it over the top. Kale Salad - market vegetables, marcona almonds, mustard frills, honey-calamansi vinaigrette. Lots of flavor! Arroz Caldo - steel cut oats, pulled chicken, chives, crispy garlic, fried mushroom, sous vide egg, ginger-saffron broth. Delicious comfort food! Unicorn Garlic Rice - ube, pandan, saffron, jasmine & red rice, toasted garlic. The most colorful rice you'll ever see! Lechon Porchetta - with homemade lechon gravy. The star of the show! Agave Roasted Thumbelina Carrots - delicious veggies! Brown Butter Red Velvet Cookie Trifle - ube mascarpone cream, chocolate crispies. Dreamy! As each course came out, she would describe the food and sometimes gave a little background or story as to how she put it together or what the dish means to her. Chef Kryssie is personable and professional. If you're looking for an authentic and incredible Filipino meal, Chef Kryssie is one of the best in town! Contact her for your private events or she also sells her famous ube pandesal and other Filipino-inspired delicacies on her website at: https://eatatkitchen1726.com/ read more

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I would give Chef Kryssie and Kitchen 1726 100 stars if I could! My cousin recommended Kitchen 1726 as we were planning to do a backyard rehearsal dinner in Tustin. I contacted Kryssie in late December for my wedding in March and she was so kind and responsive even while she was on vacation in Hawaii! We ended up using Kitchen 1726 not only for our rehearsal dinner but also for our wedding cake and favors! I also ordered a dozen ensaymadas for my bridesmaids for our morning getting ready fuel! Kryssie was so responsive and thoughtful with the meal planning. I asked so many questions and she walked me through everything! And she was accommodating when we asked for some vegetarian entrees (vegetarian isn't super common in Filipino food lol). All of the food was amazing and we had PLENTY for everyone. We ended up with the following (I put some extra comments on our favorites): -Soy roasted chicken: dark soy, ginger, garlic, scallions - SO GOOD! - Chicken coconut adobo: soy, cane vinegar, garlic, sweet onions, coconut milk - Beef caldereta: potatoes, sweet bells, carrots, chickpeas spicy tomato gravy - sesame sautéed veggie medley - unicorn garlic rice -ube rice, pandan rice, turmeric rice, jasmine rice, toasted garlic -- i never thought I'd be raving about rice until I tried Chef Kryssie's unicorn rice! - pancit - vegetarian: wheat noodles, carrot, cabbage, mushrooms, tofu, scallions -Lechon - pork egg rolls: these were gone by the time I got to the dinner, so I think they were a hit! - a cupcake board that spelled MB - ube flan cake - 1dz. ube bibinkga - SO YUMMY!! - ube pandesal For my bridesmaids breakfast: 1 dozen ensymada - ube cheese pandan coconut. - a MUST try! Our wedding cake consisted of ube with vanilla frosting, vanilla with ube frosting, and chocolate with a chocolate ganache. So yummy! The real star though were our wedding favors. We ordered ube crinkle cookies and created custom labels that Kryssie was able to use in packaging. We got soooo many compliments on the cookies. We also ordered some vegan gluten free almond ube cookies but I think I needed to have changed the label so that ppl knew it was for the vegans & GF folks! People who were non-vegan or GF had some and told me they never would have thought it was different from a "regular" cookie! I am definitely recommending Kitchen 1726 and I will definitely order again in the future! read more

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We had the best time with Chef Kryssie and her team! I was looking for a filipino-inspired chef for a party I was hosting. I was so pleased to find Chef Kryssie and she was so easy to work with. She offered a delicious menu that my guests raved about. Leading up to the party, we corresponded via text which made decision-making convenient. The day of the event, she arrived early with her team and stayed in communication with me on timing of the food. By the end of the night, her team cleaned the kitchen, took out the trash, and left everything they touched spotless. We were spoiled to have her and it will make it hard for us to host future parties without her! read more

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This week my husband and I had the pleasure of being part of the OC Magazine "Best of" Party at Rancho Las Lomas in Silverado. There were many food vendors there, and we had the opportunity to experience many of the delicious tastings showcased. AND... the one that truly captured my attention was the KITCHEN 1726 booth hosted by the incredible Chef Kryssie herself joined by a very charming young lady (whose name escapes me at the moment... forgive!) We were truly impressed with the blend of spices and herbs which joined, created what I call "A PIECE OF HEAVEN". The best chicken and rice recipe ever created; warm, creamy, and totally DELICIOUS. Thank you young ladies for such a wonderful treat and best wishes! PS: When we start doing events again at our place of business we will definitely call on KITCHEN 1726 to host them. :) read more

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I attended a dinner hosted by Chef Kryssie, and it was one of the best pop up dinners that I've attended. Ever! The food was a spectacular array of culinary art, where Chef Kryssie showcased her cooking skills. The food was delicious! The meal started up with Fresh Baked Pandesal served with fresh whipped ube butter, topped with black lava salt. The external crispyness of the bread, coupled with the chewy and moist inside made it clear that she knows how to cook her food. The beautiful ube butter, contrasted with the black lava salt, made the dish so exciting and fun to eat. The first dish was the Unicorn Garlic Fried Rice - made with red rice, jasmine rice, ube rice, pandan rice, toasted garlic. Everyone at our table was happy to eat this dish because it was so visually stunning, plus played with colors and contrasting flavors. I had seconds, and thirds, and fourths of this dish! The second dish was Chicken Adobo Sa Gata, which was Jidori chicken thigh, Lang (coconut braised collars greens), kabocha squash, Pickled mushrooms, coconut foam. I loved how the chef contrasted the textures and flavors of this dish. It surely tasted like a home-cooked meal. The third dish was Arrozo Caldo. The dish was steel cut oats, ginger broth, confit chicken, 64 degree egg, scallions, topped with Chicharrones & toasted garlic. My toes literally curled when eating this dish! So delicious! Again, the contrasting textures and unique flavors popped in this dish. it was like all ingredients were doing a dance in your mouth as you ate it! My favorite was the chicharrrones, which she patiently and artistically cooked herself for many hours. I wanted to order more of this dish, but was afraid of being too piggy! This was a highlight of the meal! Finishing off the meal was dessert - brown butter almond sponge cake. Homemade kesong puff, honey syrup, candied pecans. This dish was so good, I wanted to slap my grandma! (Southern saying...). The dessert was so artistically put together, I didn't want to touch it! But I'm glad that I did. The Kesong puff made it fun to eat. Again, visually stunning dish! Overall, this was perhaps the best and most fun pop up dinner that I've ever been to! Chef Kryssie knows how to cook, and everyone attending her dinners is like family! Her gentle soul and love for cooking clearly comes out in her food! She is trained well and puts on one heck of a dinner! I'm a forever fan! Food Grade: A+ Service Grade: A Worth the Money Grade: A Overall Impression Grade: A+ , read more

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We hired Chef Kryssie for our wedding cake, and it was beautiful and delicious. The process of inquiry for the custom cake order was very simple and easy. She was very responsive to emails and texts. We sent her an image reference as our cake's aesthetic guide. Our request for a nearly-naked cake with fresh flowers was spot on. We also appreciated that she came early to setup and decorate the cake with the fresh flowers. We recommend ordering her cake sampling kit. It was very helpful for deciding our wedding cake flavor. All of her buttercream frostings were delicious. We loved them because the frostings were light and not overly sweet. Ultimately we decided on onyx chocolate with vanilla buttercream. Thank you Chef Kryssie for taking part in our special day. read more

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Absolutely delicious. I saw Stacy S's Yelp review and I really really want the food. The pictures look so good! I checked Chef Kryssie's website saw more pictures of her food, And she delivers! OMG why did we not know this sooner?! Texted Chef Kryssie and she was so responsive. Within minutes, dinner was planned and delivery confirmed. Then it was waiting for the food. The most anticipated item for me was the mochi donut. There has been many pop up mochi donut places recently. They are good, but often too oily. Chef Kryssie's mochi donut has the mochi taste and I don't feel like having a clogged artery afterwards! So so good. Hubby loves the Lechon. Crispy and crunchy on the outside, the meat is so tender on the inside. My 80 year old in law can eat it. And the unicorn rice. Yum yum yum. My only regards is I don't have enough room to try everything! Well, until next time. Hehe. Delicious home made food, reasonably priced, and delivery. What are you waiting for? Go to Chef Kryssie's website and check out her products. She is known for her ube products. Give her a text. Now I have to get back to decide what to order from Chef Kryssie's next week. Later. read more

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I ordered the ensaymada (ube, pandan, cheese and cinnamon toast). So good and for the price, it's worth it! So easy to communicate and very responsive and reliable. The order got ready as promised. read more

She's a one-man show and is in high demand. Everything she creates is done to perfection: catered meals, presentation, baked goods. All of it. She has done a kamayan feast for an event, as well as prepared meals we can unpack and enjoy. Her ube butter is out of this world. read more

I just want to say I had my ube butter spread on my pandan treat this morning with my coffee was just what I needed after a long week. This is the first time I've had the pleasure of trying Pandan treats and it's beyond amazing but..butter amazing!!!! I give Kitchen 1726 1000 stars if I could. Not to mention Kryssie is great! Super professional, friendly and very sweet highly recommend Kitchen 1726! read more

I haven't met Chef Kryssie or tried her food until tonight. I took a chance. I hired her to cater a dinner for 20 for me tonight with a week's notice. It turned out she was available and she was so responsive via email, text, and phone. She was extremely accommodating and helpful. She came to my house 3 hours before dinner time and stayed 3 hours after dinner was served. She was reliable and thank goodness, her food was amazing! We did a kamayan-style (traditional Filipino meal eaten by hand) dinner. While the way the food was served was traditional, the food was modern Filipino. She gave it a nice twist but still stayed true to the key flavor profile of the Filipino cuisine. With regard to her food, she put together a delicious and abundant dinner for my party. First of all, the ube pan de sal with ube butter is devine. This is the best dinner roll I've ever had. The unicorn fried rice was flavorful, the pork liempo was scrumptious, the chicken tasty and salmon perfectly cooked. The achara was a great compliment to the entire meal and the chicken lumpia added a crunchy component to the feast. Even the non-Filipinos loved the dinner and the evening. Go to her pop up events or hire her to do your catering. She's reasonably priced and I will definitely have her again at my home. read more

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We hired Kryssie to host a dinner for 6 in our home. From beginning to end, she was very professional and very accommodating. We wanted an entirely new menu and she provided us with great options. We wanted a surf and turf type of meal and she delivered beyond our expectations. She served an ube bread with ube butter to start and it was so yummy. She stayed true to the ube taste which is what I loved. Our guests didn't care for dessert so she made ube cookies with little toffee bits. Amazing! Something I've honestly never had before and trust me, ube is my favorite so I've had a lot of it. She brought her own menus which even had a wax crest. She made us look like rock stars. She brought an assistant who served us as if we were at a restaurant. She left my kitchen better than how she found it. I will definitely be hiring her again soon. She was extremely versatile and creative. Thank you for a memorable night! read more

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Just discovered Kitchen 1726 a few nights ago on Yelp and was immediately captivated by the spectacular array of ube treats. I didn't know how far in advance I had to place the order and actually ended up texting in my request around 1:30am. #Sorry. To my surprise, Chef Kryssie actually responded just couple minutes later. Yo, Chef don't play around - she going hard in the paint even at the wee hours! The next day, I went and picked up the freshly baked goods: - the limited time only ube pumpkin spice concha - ube cheesecake croissant - ube pan de sal (the minis) - a jar of the ube butter - ube milk breads And I came home to my wife that Friday afternoon a true hero. The pan de sal has been pretty amazing for breakfast. Schmear those puppies with some o' that ube butter, and you got yourself a dynamite treat to start the day. Pairing these with my pour over coffee has been pretty amazing for the last couple of mornings. The others have been our after-dinner treats. They are actually pretty sizable, so there is only so much you can scarf down at once. Our favorite has been the ube cheesecake croissants because the ube flavor really comes through in the cheesecake-y filling. Excellent introductory order to get me acquainted, and I will absolutely be going back. Chef Kryss can also cater to private parties, so if you're having small parties (sigh, pandemic) you can try some of her amazing looking savory dishes. Having this available in South County is a blessing!! read more

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My sister's husband discovering Chef Kryssie has been a such a god send! This Christmas brunch was the third time we have ordered from her this year and she never disappoints! We ordered breakfast sisig, chicken tocino, embutido, unicorn rice, salad (super delicious dressing) and buko pandan for dessert - all outstanding! Like other reviewers have mentioned she is very responsive and such a warm wonderful person. Let's all help small woman owned businesses succeed, spread the word and let's all keep Chef Kryssie successful! read more

We hired Chef Kryssie for a five-course triple birthday celebration in early September 2021. She was very communicative and responded to texts and email messages promptly. We had the ube pan de sal with ube butter, steel cut oat arroz caldo, kare kare tostada, miso roasted sea bass, unicorn rice, and kalamansi meringue tart. Everything was scrumptious! The highlight of the meal was the Chilean sea bass, it was so delicate and exquisite. We also ordered a birthday cake and other yummy baked goods. Our family are HUGE fans and we have ordered from her for Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings. I highly recommend ordering from Chef Kryssie or hiring her for a private event, she is an amazing person and chef! read more

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Chef Kryssie was incredible to work with! Her food was outstanding and my clients LOVED it! I can't wait to work with her again! Thank you so much for a fabulous experience! 10/10 recommend! read more

I wanted some good ube treats but unwilling to go to the store to buy them during Covid pandemic. One of our friends referred us to Kitchen 1726. I am so glaaaddd I ordered from Krissie. She delivers, so convenient. She is a sous chef at a big hotel and has this business on the side. I went a little crazy but I did give some to my family and a Caucasian friend who loves ube (yep, I'm still confused about this!). Definitely Krissie added pizzazz to the traditional Filipino dessert I've grown up with. The ube pandesal was so good by itself or with the ube butter. I've never had ube bibingka before but hers was delicious served on a banana leaf. Her ube cheesecake ensaymada was not like ones I'm used to (Red Ribbon)- more subtle taste, not too sweet or overpowering. Didn't get to taste the ube and matcha mochi donuts but I was told they were really good with that unique mochi texture. Last but not least, I can't say enough of her ube flan cake! Thin layer of Leche flan (like how my mom makes it) on top of a super moist ube cake (sad, it's almost gone! Family loved it). If you're hankering for some good Filipino dessert, don't look any further, give Chef Krissie a call or text. read more

Kitchen 1726 - Ube pandesal, ube butter, ube bibingka, ube cheesecake ensaymada, ube and matcha mochi donuts, ube flan cake (so good!) - Personal Chefs Near Me

Everything Kryssie bakes is UBEr delicious. The first order I ever placed with her also happened to be the first "takeout" order I made during the quarantine back in April. Since then, I have been HOOKED. The ube cheesecake croissants, ube pandesal (with ube butter!), ube spanish bread, ube bibingka, and ube halaya are among my favorites. She delivers AND you can also pick up from her. She is also so so kind and accommodating and will text you back right away when you order or have any questions. Thank you, Kryssie! read more

Oh my goodness. Chef Kryssie prepared lunch for ten of my parents' friends, and everything was amazing! So tasty! We had the lechon (with super crispy skin), coconut pork adobo, soy sauce roasted chicken, pancit and garlic noodles. We also got ube ensaymada, ube pan de sal, ube brown butter cookies, ube crinkles and ube butter. (We love ube!) I'm so thrilled to have found Kryssie and can't wait to plan our next lunch or dinner! read more

Gotta say we're very disappointed with the professionalism of this business. We placed an order just like any other customer and expected to have an order made for a certain day and certain time. We then receive a text message saying that she no longer has time to make our order because she decided to prioritize another customer's wishes over ours!! I mean, you can say sorry all you want but it's just disappointing to hear that you decide to cancel our order for the sake of another customer deciding to change their cater time. Why you couldn't prioritize us over them is beyond me. This happens about 24 hours before we're supposed to have our order so we are now scrambling to find another place to get our food from. In my opinion it seems very unprofessional and unreliable to pick and choose which orders are more important, especially since we already had our own scheduled time arranged WAY ahead of time. Didn't feel valued as a customer at all. Posting this so that other customers are aware that this can happen to them too. Be prepared for her to cancel on you last minute :// read more

Omg! The yummiest cakes, and treats I've ever had! Not only are they delicious but so decorative and pretty to eat. So glad I found this place out! Will be ordering from them from now on!!! read more

Ordered this on uber eats. One of the best meals i ate under 15$. Honestly was super suprised. Beyond worth the money.

Attended a pop up dinner out on by Chef Kryssie. The food was flavorful, unique, well balanced and delicious! Service was great. Would definitely recommend. read more