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What's the deal with Gambino King Cakes this year?
Posted on 1/5/24 at 12:34 am
Posted on 1/5/24 at 12:34 am
Usually get a few for my clients each year and I see the cake in the box along with a bag of cream cheese and a small box of sprinkles on the side? When did they start doing this and why?
Any recommendations for other good king cakes that I may can order from SLA?
Any recommendations for other good king cakes that I may can order from SLA?
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Posted on 1/5/24 at 12:39 am to PaperTiger
They probably ship better that way.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 12:55 am to PaperTiger
They started this last year. I always order from Haydel's, but had to send a few last minute to a few clients that only Gambino's could fulfill. Got texts & pics when the cakes arrived to ask me if they "decorated it right?" Not what I had planned, but Gambino's was there for me in a pinch.
Randazzo's & Manny Randazzo's ships. There's also a Vietnamese place that's totally awesome, but can't remember atm.
Randazzo's & Manny Randazzo's ships. There's also a Vietnamese place that's totally awesome, but can't remember atm.
This post was edited on 1/5/24 at 12:56 am
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:12 am to PaperTiger
It ain’t a King Cake unless it is from the Cajun Pecan House in Cut Off.
Their dough beats the pants off the rest.
They ship. But they will only ship on certain days to make sure it doesn’t get stuck on a UPS truck over the weekend.
Their dough beats the pants off the rest.
They ship. But they will only ship on certain days to make sure it doesn’t get stuck on a UPS truck over the weekend.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:23 am to PaperTiger
King Cake from HEB for the win!
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:34 am to PaperTiger
You should thank them.
Last year someone sent me one from a bakery down there in New Orleans. They shipped it with all the icing and stuff on it.
By the time I got it, it looked like a murder occurred in that box. I still ate that sumbitch though.
Last year someone sent me one from a bakery down there in New Orleans. They shipped it with all the icing and stuff on it.
By the time I got it, it looked like a murder occurred in that box. I still ate that sumbitch though.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 5:51 am to PaperTiger
I usually go to Dong Phuong‘s in da East. This time of the year the king cakes have a line of people trying to buy them.
Usually I get a king Cake, go inside to eat lunch, and might get some rolls from the bakery in front before I leave.
For BR people that do not know how to go to da East.
Take I-10 to 310 toward Chalmette. Get off on Chef Menteur Highway and go left.
FYI, even if it’s a green light getting off the ramp look both ways people don’t stop at red lights in da East.
Go East and next to a trailer park on the left. They will have a line of people waiting for king cakes and NOPD provides security. If you go during lunch they have a lot of Nasa workers eat here. It’s actually a nice Vietnamese bakery and restaurant.
14207 Chef Menteur Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70129
Usually I get a king Cake, go inside to eat lunch, and might get some rolls from the bakery in front before I leave.
For BR people that do not know how to go to da East.
Take I-10 to 310 toward Chalmette. Get off on Chef Menteur Highway and go left.
FYI, even if it’s a green light getting off the ramp look both ways people don’t stop at red lights in da East.
Go East and next to a trailer park on the left. They will have a line of people waiting for king cakes and NOPD provides security. If you go during lunch they have a lot of Nasa workers eat here. It’s actually a nice Vietnamese bakery and restaurant.
14207 Chef Menteur Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70129
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:02 am to PaperTiger
quote:
Usually get a few for my clients each year and I see the cake in the box along with a bag of cream cheese and a small box of sprinkles on the side? When did they start doing this and why?
Those are specifically the ones to be shipped
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:03 am to PaperTiger
Gambino's-Baton Rouge is a shell of it's 1980s-1990s self. Has went to shite, from Management on down to the help and baking. The offerings such as Lacey's/Florentines, etc..are no more. The petit fours largely lacking flavor. The product and taste can't compete with Ambrosia, Les Amis, etc..
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:14 am to PaperTiger
Cream cheese on a king cake is gross, especially when they overload it. At least you can control it with the bag, maybe.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:17 am to PaperTiger
Cannatas out of Houma area is pretty good. Second Randazzos and Haydels as well.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 6:28 am to PaperTiger
Haydels makes a good, classic king cake. And they ship.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:32 am to PaperTiger
They've been doing that for years through Cisco.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:59 am to PaperTiger
Dong Phuong started shipping that way. Their cakes would arrive looking a mess after being sent through the ringer at FedEX. They let you do the work for a better appearing end product.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:39 am to PaperTiger
Nothing beats the Oak Point Hoodlum King Cakes 
IYKYK
IYKYK
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:04 am to PaperTiger
Meches Donut King Cakes if you haven’t tried it
Posted on 1/5/24 at 10:22 am to PaperTiger
This sounds like lazy cost saving tactics by Gambinos. The other major places somehow ship their cakes with the icing and topping on them and I've never once heard of an issue.
Haydels and Manny Randazzos also puts cups, beads, dabloons, and a little Mardi Gras magazine thing in the box. I think a little pack of coffee goes into the box too.
Perfect for your out of state folks who will appreciate a little give such as this.
Haydels and Manny Randazzos also puts cups, beads, dabloons, and a little Mardi Gras magazine thing in the box. I think a little pack of coffee goes into the box too.
Perfect for your out of state folks who will appreciate a little give such as this.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 11:10 am to PaperTiger
Meche’s in Lafayette
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