A Dallas dessert concept dedicated to flan has found a home: Bella Flan, a dessert shop-within-a-shop in a Garland Corner Food Mart, is taking the next step with its own storefront.
The store will open at 819 W. Arapaho Rd. in Richardson, in a center anchored by a Tom Thumb supermarket, and opens in October.
Bella Flan specializes in flan, the ultra-smooth pudding, plus flan cakes, the delicious two-layer dessert with a cake layer on the bottom and flan on top. It was founded by Siv Lopez, a longtime baker who is in the middle of the pandemic.
She makes Choco-Flan, probably the most famous flan cake that combines flan with a base of moist Devil’s Food chocolate cake. But also innovative flavors like Ube flan cake with the lively sweet purple yam that is so popular in Asian desserts; and coconut pandan, with pandan being a popular ingredient in Southeast Asian cuisine that adds a pleasant floral flavor.
“I started Bella Flan as a Cuban bakery specializing in flan – I love the Cuban culture from my Cuban mother-in-law,” says Lopez. “The stand in Garland is going well and we will continue to sell flan there. But I also wanted to offer hearty food, which is not possible with this area. “
The new spot will be called Bella Flan bakery and café, and prototypical Cuban dishes are prepared, including what she hopes will be her signature: the Cuban dish called Papas Rellenas, AKA Potato Balls.
“It’s mashed potatoes that have a kind of filling, then breaded and fried,” she says. “Traditionally they are filled with piccadillo – seasoned ground beef – and we will, but there are also options like the Kicking Crawfish Potato Ball, which contains lobster etouffe.”
She will also make Cuban sandwiches and Cuban coffee, which will be strong and sweet, as well as Cuban coffee drinks like café con leche. And of course her flan.
The place used to be a boba tea place to which she is adding terrace seating which is so important in these times.
“As much as I want to share these dishes, I also want to create a sense of community and family where people can sit and meet over coffee,” she says.
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