Auntie EM's Fine Foods & Pastries

The cheese sticks are better than starbread. It's different

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I've been going here off and on for a few years now.   I remember when they first opened and thinking the cheese bread was the hidden gem.  It was during the time when Portos was the thing and people would bring them back by the boxes to share.  I thought us having something similar and close to home was a treat.
I recently came here on Easter to buy some desserts for the family.  The place hasn't changed.    It's a small area to pick and choose the items you want.   It looks like they have hired help now.
Desserts I got this visit:

1. Bibinkga kakanin-  the latik on top looked so tasty.  $15 for a mini container was steep but it was gone in a heartbeat.  It was messy and ma kunat.  Tagalog at times just explains it better iykyk.  I could've polished one container off on my own.

2.  Mango graham dessert - The lady didn't do a good job explaining this but I remember watching someone on YouTube make this.   It was good but the mango looked past its prime some didn't look edible.  I just picked those off and it wasn't bad.  It was the only one left that's why I ended up getting it.

3.  Cheese ensaymada & ube ensaymada - For $4.50 and the size of it,  it's a bit pricy.   It's smaller than Goldilocks but it is delicious. Its my occasional treat so why not.

This place is a little pricy but worth it for the occasional treat for yourself.  They have a lot of good delicacies to choose from.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Really authentic!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cassava Cake, Bingka

Their bibingka hits home!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My first time at Auntie Em’s. I had their baked cassava and loved it. Next time I want to try something new. Everything there looks good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved the guava empanada!!! Cheeseroll was really good too. Will be back to try more.

Parking: We easily got a street parking spot on a Friday afternoon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseroll

TERRIBLE SERVICE, THEY SEE YOU STANDING AT THE DOOR AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO YOU AND ASK YOU IF YOU WANT ANYTHING. I will not return to this place

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Hidden Gem.. and the prices are good and affordable..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here to try their ensaymada. It was on the dry side for me. Surprisingly, the cheese rolls are a winner!!!Auntie Em is very professional and friendly.Don't mind driving all the way out to Daly City to sample her delicious pastries.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Auntie Em's is a great gem in the wall for pastry and cakes. I ordered chicken & beef empanadas, cheese rolls, cupcakes, and ube ensayamada. My in laws love the assorted cupcakes and empanadas. The cheese rolls are very crunchy as well. I pre-ordered the Halo Halo cake and it was delicious but a little bit too much coconut. I'd come back again and order more delicious pastries

Auntie Em's is a great gem in the wall for pastry and cakes. I ordered chicken & beef empanadas, cheese rolls, cupcakes, and ube ensayamada. My in laws love the assorted cupcakes and empanadas. The cheese rolls are very crunchy as well. I pre-ordered the Halo Halo cake and it was delicious but a little bit too much coconut. I'd come back again and order more delicious pastries

It is a thoroughly enjoyable place with the best Filipino pastry in the Bay Area.

I just found out about this place when I picked up my order at Karilagan. Just tried their Bibingka with salted egg and Ube Bibingka and they're really good!

It's good... but it seems pricey.

Well it turns out that Aunt Em is indeed friendly.Bring cash. It's 4 stars because over all we only enjoyed 2 out of 12 items. We but keep reading to see our favorites and must try.We went on a Sunday afternoon and everything was in stock, fresh and available.We bought one of EVERYTHING because we hadn't had any of these pastries before.Most of them are a repeat of the same ingredients used in a different way. Butter, Sugar, Coconut in most of it. Everything was sweet, not overly sweet but even the savory items we slightly sweetened.The four of us tried everything right away.Here is what would consider we ordering again:Cheese Rolls⭐️ $2 eaCheesy bread roll sweet, super flaky like baked fila dough coated with a sugar butter glaze. We could have order a couple of dozen.Ube Ensaymada $4Brioche bread buttery rich filled with ube extract and topped with cheese. The other flavored Ensaymadas were dolce de leche and cheese in the center, sweet, salted granulated cheese on top. In our opinion those flavors we not the business. The texture is good but not the flavor combo.And maybe these:Chicken Empanadas $4Beef Empanadas $4These have peas, carrots and potatoes with meat. These were decent. We tried these a million different ways so our palette for these is advanced.Buko pie $5Young coconut custard pieYou gotta love coconut to like this because it is literally a pot pie with tons sugary shedded coconut and chunks of coconut meat on the inside. Not really custardy at all. This was good but we won't get it again.The Chicharrones $8, deep fried pig skin, feet, ears. Who really ever knows, but 2 of us liked those. The other 2 of us couldn't get past the smell. Stinkier than any pork rind/ anything that I have ever smelled.We really don't have any experience with Filipino pastries so we couldn't really compare it to much. I have a feeling someone with a little more experience would really enjoy a lot of these. From what I have researched these are authentic style pastries. And would likely satisfy the tastebuds of someone looking for familiar flavors from their childhood and or travels.