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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Homemade Hipster: Pineapple Sundae

Gauri Manoj and Mira Wagner May 27, 2023
Learn how to make this fruity and sweet dessert
The storefront of Oh Honey Bakery in downtown Mountain View.

Dessert Detectives: Oh Honey Bakery

Krish Dev and Sophia Ma January 29, 2022
Reviewing popular menu items based on quality and taste
The storefront of Nox Cookie Bar in downtown San Jose.

Dessert Detectives: Nox Cookie Bar

Krish Dev and Jefferson Le November 9, 2021
Reviewing Nox’s popular menu items

Homemade Hipster: Pumpkin Ghost Cheesecake

April Wang, Staff Writer October 29, 2021

Ingredients: Crust: 1½ cup finely crushed graham crackers ¼ cup unsalted butter ¼ cup sugar  ¼ tsp cinnamon and/or ginger Batter 32 oz cream cheese ½  cup brown sugar...

Menu inside Red Berry Bar Coffee

Popular restaurants

Neysa Singh and Leanna Sun May 13, 2021
Reviewing local restaurants based on quality and taste
Dessert Detectives: La Patisserie

Dessert Detectives: La Patisserie

Shreshta Ranganathan and Ritu Atreyas March 14, 2021

As part of our Dessert Detectives series, El Estoque’s Arts & Entertainment section takes on a new case at a bakery or café to decipher the quality and cost of its most popular items. Continuing...

Co-owner Liberty Walker poses in front of the Dont Glaze Me Donuts truck.

Six Bay Area Black-owned eateries to support

Justine Ha and Tina Low October 17, 2020
Suggestions for restaurants, cafes and dessert businesses to visit
Dessert Detectives: Icing on the Cake

Dessert Detectives: Icing on the Cake

Ayah Ali-Ahmad October 24, 2019
Reviewing popular menu items based on quality and taste
Sul & Beans: Sampling Sul & Beans’s most popular dessert items

Sul & Beans: Sampling Sul & Beans’s most popular dessert items

Tyler Cho, Andie Liu, Alyssa Umino, Claire Wen, and Brian Xu September 17, 2019
Sampling Sul & Beans’s most popular dessert items
Sul Searching: dessert cafe manager opens Sul & Beans and SomiSomi

Sul Searching: dessert cafe manager opens Sul & Beans and SomiSomi

Tyler Cho, Andie Liu, Alyssa Umino, Claire Wen, and Brian Xu August 26, 2019
Dessert cafe manager reflects on opening two Main Street restaurants
Dessert Detectives: Dolce Bella Chocolate Cafe

Dessert Detectives: Dolce Bella Chocolate Cafe

Annie Zhang December 4, 2018

wice a month, El Estoque takes on a new case at a bakery or café, trying to decipher the quality and cost of the most popular items. Continuing the alphabetical trend, we went to Dolce Bella Chocolate...

Dessert Detectives: Cocohodo

Dessert Detectives: Cocohodo

Hannah Lee November 21, 2018
Reviewing popular menu items based on quality and taste
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