Fresh out of the oven, my cream horn oozed a little vanilla custard from its tail.
The confectioner's sugar was laid on thick; the pastry itself was a little heavy, and not flaky. But at the former La Uruguaya y Paraguaya Bakery, the prices were right (cream horn; $1.50), and the ladies behind the counter were always helpful with explanations, even if their English was typically no better than my Spanish. On a recent visit, the bakery had taken a new name (with the old phone number); the pastry display case looked pretty much as I remembered it. Translating for the senior counterwoman, a customer wearing hospital scrubs explained that the bakery had new owners, who planned to expand the menu slightly but otherwise leave things as is.
Rikuritas
68-24 Roosevelt Ave. (68th-69th Sts.), Woodside, Queens
718-672-1919
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