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		Chocolate Burma Baklava Finest quality American Fillo Dough meets, pistachios or walnuts with rich & delicious chocolate. Great taste for chocolate lovers...

		Spinach Borek Spinach, feta cheese and garlic baked in fillo dough to an amazing taste. Favorite for breakfast and lunch. One of our signature pastries...

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History

Well, we are not historians. Although there are a number of sites on the web trying to shed some light to the origins of baklava, none of which seem very convincing. What we know for sure is that there are three capitals of best baklava making in the world today. Two of these capitals are in Turkey; cities of Gaziantep and Istanbul. The other capital is in Syria; the city of Damascus. We must also point out that there are two distinct styles of baklava making; first, baklava as a desert and the second type is a form of a cookie or confectionery. The Turkish baklava qualifies as the desert. It is moist yet not dripping wet, it is rich, thick larger in size. The Syrian baklava qualifies as the cookie or confectionary type since it is generally very dry and smaller in size. They are both very delicious we must add.

Baklava King specializes in Baklava as a Gourmet Dessert. Ours is the American baklava that we re-created for the very discriminating American palate however inspired by the Turkish way of baking baklava. Having said all of the above, we must also honor the Greek and Armenian immigrants’ efforts of introducing baklava more than a century ago to the American continents.

Going back to the history…no one really knows. The science of Etymology should provide the clue for this. What does baklava mean? What is the root word and what language the word “baklava” originally belong to? If we know the factual answers beyond any bias to these questions we will take our hats off to that nation who invented this fantastic dessert and named it “baklava”. Until then, it will stay as a culinary mystery.

Baklava is a hit all over the world and becoming a very trendy dessert in the menus of fine restaurants worldwide. San Diego’s baklava lovers and most talented Executive Chefs celebrated our efforts of making the finest and the most delicious baklava available to mankind since 2002. And we are looking forward to be at your service by delivering your baklava that is specially baked for you. Please note that at Baklava King your baklava bakes after you place your order. We have nothing on the shelve waiting to be sold…no preservatives…no mummified baklava.