I'm a long time porto's fan so lemme break it down. The potato balls are served piping hot, the potatoes are soft and buttery, and the filling has a nice spicy tang to it. The guava/cheese pastry is flaky, buttery, and the filling is a great combination of soury sweet mixed with creamy from the cheese filling. The tres leches has a a great fresh taste (not too soggy) and has a nice milky vanilla sweetness from the 3 milks, (my favorite thing to get here). I haven't had the new sandwich but I can say that the cuban sandwich is pretty freaking good here. The pork is nice and tender, the ham is sweet and savory, the cheese is gooey and creamy, and the mustard ties it all together with a rich bitterness. However, the bread is what makes it all worth it because it is always fresh, soft, and buttery. Lastly, the plantains are crispy, not too oily, and have a shocking little sweet aftertaste that kind of lingers on the tongue. So there you go, folks.
No its mmmm sooo good and mmmmmmmmmmmm ooooo moist and makes a pucker face oooooo mmmmm delicious. Don't be so pretentious and describe the actual food dude.
This girl needs to review her gastronomy dictionary. Myghad it's a pain to watch. She has no enthusiasm and seem not to appreciate the story behind Porto's.
Cole Arnold a more complex language is better than describing the food as delicious. I know you telling about Nick but come on he is a good host and that quirk made him unique as host. This host on the other hand.
Grew up in LA going to Porto's in Glendale. Had all of my birthday cakes from them. Best Cuban bakery in the West Coast. No one comes close. I love their success story. Mucho orgullo para la familia Porto. Que siga la tradición.
Instead of being RUDE insulting this host. If you see her in it, DON'T WATCH IT. The numbers will show that any episode with her doesn't do well. Watch the hosts you like, that's how it works.
supcharlie1774928847 EXACTLY! You saved me from writing this exact comment. I am so annoyed by her sniffing every single food before tasting it. ( well, there i said it /wrote it anyway...) Maybe she's part German Shepherd. 😡
Generally I think the episodes are getting better. What will make it much better is if Serena describes the taste of the food in more detail. Like what Lucas does on dining on a dime. Otherwise I think the content is good.
Since you said it, you don't actually need a host at all. Because she's basically doing nothing now. So your purpose to just throw serena there and say every cult food is great ?
Yolanda Chang the thing is, whether this is a cult following episode or taste and review series, Serena's review is still limited and the same in both types. It's not that she has to be Lucas. People are asking her to improve her presentation, vocabulary and mannerisms to the level of popular hosts. Instead everyone e apologies for her and shove her lack of quality down our throats
I'm getting an Eater version of Insider Food video that they're trying to create in these videos with this hostess. Insider food is a short video that shows appetizing but quick shots of foods and a short description of the restaurant/food. Typical Eater videos go more in depth with the history of the restaurant/food while also describing how the food taste. This type of videos with this hostess is, what I feel, to be a mixture of these two types of filming styles to try to appeal to the Insider Food audience but is pissing off the current Eater audience. The lesson here: Change the hostess or change the video style because this isn't cutting it.
She's a fine host. she lets the guest be the expert and doesn't talk over them or feel the need to lead them to keep talking with a "mmhmm" or "okay" after every beat. She researches cool places that I wouldn't have found otherwise. This was a great episode.
Hey Eater, come to Miami and learn more about cuban pastel and coffee culture. You just scratched the surface. You should do a caffecito and croquetta tour. I know the spots!
Just tried Porto's for the first time today at Glendale. It was good. Nothing more and nothing less.Just good. If I am in town I might go back but nothing I would crave or think about otherwise. Maybe I got the wrong things. I got potato balls, meat pie, cheese roll, some cheese guava thing, carrot cake, napolean cake, and some chocolate cake that starts with a p.
This is a great place! As a Cuban that grew up in Glendale & visited Mr. & Mrs Porto’s tiny bakery in Silverlake, now that I live in Sacramento, I visit Porto’s every chance I get. I recently visited the BP store and it is awesome! Great to see great Cubans being so successful & exemplifying the America entrepreneurial spirit. I bet Castro did not expect this when he kicked us all out....... Oh yeah - And there are others - If you have recently sipped on a cup of coffee from McDonalds, that comes from another great Cuban family -The Gaviña family. If you ever want great espresso, try La Llave or Gaviña brands, they are the best! If you like “fufu” coffees, then try their Don Francisco brands.
This host must have some connections... There's no way she's bombing this hard on so many videos and the management not firing her already. Related to the money?
I really enjoy the cult following videos and Serena as the host. This video was enjoyable to watch and sums up the topic nicely; the food was delicious. The camera work and editing were great keeping the viewers interested. Serena's style is unlike the other hosts and I like the manner in which she rates the food which is short and to the point and not over doing it with too many adjectives. However, I believe she'll be first rate if she just adds just a few choice words to describe what she is eating.
The buena park location is pretty close to knotts berry farm. When I last drove by there, it was an hour wait and it wrapped around the building; it was near the opening though.
Such a waste of good content. She could at least describe the taste of what she's eating, i mean we know it's delicious like why would people fall in line for their food at the first place?
Would love to work for eater. Seems like you can fail over and over again and still have a job. The bakery looks nice though. Wish someone that knows how to represent food would actually be in the video
Please cut her some slack. She has her ups and downs, but ultimately 99.9% of all these comments are influenced by other haters. I'm genuinely curious of the results when someone does some sort of an experiment, with one group seeing the comments and the other without, then asking their opinion of Serena.
She seems so disingenuous and the way she talks makes it sound like she's being sarcastic even when it at least seems like she's not trying to be. Like it literally felt like she didn't like anything she looked at or ate. Which is impossible at Portos, honestly, so I know it's not that.
She definitely came off that way to me too. Does not seem like a food lover in any way. I saw another review she did on a LA Taco spot that specializes in hard shell tacos and she said something to the effect of “hard shell tacos are not really my thing.” Why send a reviewer to a restaurant that already doesn’t like that type of food? All types of content on UA-cam, doesn’t matter how low the integrity level is. lol
Love how the comedian felt the need to make a joke out of the lady talking about how her mother risked serious prison time in Cuba selling food to her friends in order to support her family. For me personally, I don’t find much humor in that, but to each his own I suppose.
I'm not going to jump on the hate train. That said; if the show is going to feature specific foods, it's on the Host to at least explain whether it's good or not and what makes it so.
Like wow, Serena Dai is so polarizing that her mere presence can completely derail the inevitable influx of political keyboard warriors from overtaking the comments with statements about communism and Castro.
I'm a long time porto's fan so lemme break it down. The potato balls are served piping hot, the potatoes are soft and buttery, and the filling has a nice spicy tang to it. The guava/cheese pastry is flaky, buttery, and the filling is a great combination of soury sweet mixed with creamy from the cheese filling. The tres leches has a a great fresh taste (not too soggy) and has a nice milky vanilla sweetness from the 3 milks, (my favorite thing to get here). I haven't had the new sandwich but I can say that the cuban sandwich is pretty freaking good here. The pork is nice and tender, the ham is sweet and savory, the cheese is gooey and creamy, and the mustard ties it all together with a rich bitterness. However, the bread is what makes it all worth it because it is always fresh, soft, and buttery. Lastly, the plantains are crispy, not too oily, and have a shocking little sweet aftertaste that kind of lingers on the tongue. So there you go, folks.
thequazzman
You did a better job than the so called host!
thequazzman the guava/cheese pastries are so good. I went there in Glendale. Also a good Armenian restaurant raffi’s place is down the street.
Thank you. a comment more capable to describe food over a 6 minute long video.
No its mmmm sooo good and mmmmmmmmmmmm ooooo moist and makes a pucker face oooooo mmmmm delicious.
Don't be so pretentious and describe the actual food dude.
This girl needs to review her gastronomy dictionary. Myghad it's a pain to watch. She has no enthusiasm and seem not to appreciate the story behind Porto's.
Come on! Describe the food. Not only say "it is delicious". Cult Following is a good show idea but it needs a more solid host.
mangols12 to be fair if she used more complex language you would probably then call her pretentious like some other host on here
Cole Arnold
I never see someone calling Lucas pretentious and I think he describes his food pretty well.
Couldn't be more agree in this one!
Cole Arnold a more complex language is better than describing the food as delicious. I know you telling about Nick but come on he is a good host and that quirk made him unique as host. This host on the other hand.
Thank you that's what i said
my only issue with the host is her smelling the plate of food as someone is handing it to her, who the hell does that?
Sean
People who were
not taught the proper etiquette
apparently.
"It's like fried mash potatoes with meat in the middle"
"It's so good"
"It's delicious"
You don't say??????
'It's Hugh Mungus' *triggered*
K3mp. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
K3mp that's what she said
her adjectives include: delicious, very moist, so good. literally that is IT!!! how does she still have this show?
Porto is the best bakery in my area of southern California.
Betty Porto and family are amazing. So happy for their success. Awesome food, excellent episode!
Everything Here Is Sooo Delicious!!! Pastries Galore!!! Been Going to Porto's sincei I Was 10 yrs. Old!! I go to the one. Glendale and Downry😘😘😘😘😘😘
"No laughing matter what she was doing in Cuba"
Man: proceeds to make joke and both laugh*
Grew up in LA going to Porto's in Glendale. Had all of my birthday cakes from them. Best Cuban bakery in the West Coast. No one comes close. I love their success story. Mucho orgullo para la familia Porto. Que siga la tradición.
Callate pendejo
it's so sad people only come here to bully and mock someone
someone utterly unprofessional?
Been eating at Porto's for years!!!!!
Instead of being RUDE insulting this host. If you see her in it, DON'T WATCH IT. The numbers will show that any episode with her doesn't do well. Watch the hosts you like, that's how it works.
But I want to know about Porto's! And wheres this "senior associate co-founder editor" chick with her bakeries tours?
Yup, we came to check out
PORTO'S. And her sniffing
the yummy Portos products triggered us! How is that
our fault?
Me and my parents drive about an hour or so away just to get food at this Porto’s lol always worth it every time
Anyone else triggered by the way she bites into food ?
supcharlie1774928847
EXACTLY!
You saved me from writing
this exact comment.
I am so annoyed by her
sniffing every single food
before tasting it.
( well, there
i said it /wrote it anyway...)
Maybe she's part
German Shepherd.
😡
yes !!!!!!disgusting
Porto's really is extraordinary no doubt, best Cuban bakery including Miami ones.
She's still not upping her game!!!! But I think the bakery is great.
joyjoyoo the food is amazing but if I didn't know that she doesn't make it appealing it just seems like any other bakery 😑
Kay she's really skillful at doing that.
When he said visiting Hialeah going to calle ocho and eating street food he brought back a ton of memories from my childhood!
Wow, this facility is incredible. Huge operation, super clean and super high quality.
Generally I think the episodes are getting better. What will make it much better is if Serena describes the taste of the food in more detail. Like what Lucas does on dining on a dime. Otherwise I think the content is good.
This series is more a discussion on cult restaurants with die hard fans, it's not one of our tasting/review series. Thanks for watching!
Eater what an apologist you are Eater! Dai dai dai:)
I see this so much "Just be more like Lucas". If you want Lucas, watch HIM. Every series being like Lucas/Dining on a Dime would be pointless.
Since you said it, you don't actually need a host at all. Because she's basically doing nothing now. So your purpose to just throw serena there and say every cult food is great ?
Yolanda Chang the thing is, whether this is a cult following episode or taste and review series, Serena's review is still limited and the same in both types. It's not that she has to be Lucas. People are asking her to improve her presentation, vocabulary and mannerisms to the level of popular hosts. Instead everyone e apologies for her and shove her lack of quality down our throats
I'm getting an Eater version of Insider Food video that they're trying to create in these videos with this hostess. Insider food is a short video that shows appetizing but quick shots of foods and a short description of the restaurant/food. Typical Eater videos go more in depth with the history of the restaurant/food while also describing how the food taste. This type of videos with this hostess is, what I feel, to be a mixture of these two types of filming styles to try to appeal to the Insider Food audience but is pissing off the current Eater audience.
The lesson here: Change the hostess or change the video style because this isn't cutting it.
Porto's is legendary in LA. Always have to take people who have never been.
mexican and cuban bakeries delicioso.
Andrew and Steven from Worth It has been here.
She's a fine host. she lets the guest be the expert and doesn't talk over them or feel the need to lead them to keep talking with a "mmhmm" or "okay" after every beat. She researches cool places that I wouldn't have found otherwise. This was a great episode.
Christina
👉👌
Hey Eater, come to Miami and learn more about cuban pastel and coffee culture. You just scratched the surface. You should do a caffecito and croquetta tour. I know the spots!
Miami has definitely been on our mind lately!
Just tried Porto's for the first time today at Glendale. It was good. Nothing more and nothing less.Just good. If I am in town I might go back but nothing I would crave or think about otherwise. Maybe I got the wrong things. I got potato balls, meat pie, cheese roll, some cheese guava thing, carrot cake, napolean cake, and some chocolate cake that starts with a p.
Why is host's talk kinda annoying?
For cripes sake get a new host. These are so hard to watch because of her. The actual content is great. I could do a better job.i
wait, wasnt Betty porto in a worth it Episode from buzzfeed?
Anyone wondering where they have seen this old lady before?
Alex Breton she was in a worth it episode from buzzfeed
This is a great place! As a Cuban that grew up in Glendale & visited Mr. & Mrs Porto’s tiny bakery in Silverlake, now that I live in Sacramento, I visit Porto’s every chance I get. I recently visited the BP store and it is awesome! Great to see great Cubans being so successful & exemplifying the America entrepreneurial spirit. I bet Castro did not expect this when he kicked us all out.......
Oh yeah - And there are others - If you have recently sipped on a cup of coffee from McDonalds, that comes from another great Cuban family -The Gaviña family. If you ever want great espresso, try La Llave or Gaviña brands, they are the best! If you like “fufu” coffees, then try their Don Francisco brands.
betty sounds like naruto and i cant unhear it
pause at 3:58. My gift to the Meme world.
Cubans look like such spirited, dedicated people.
"It's so good" "Its delicious" really, that's all you got?
This host must have some connections... There's no way she's bombing this hard on so many videos and the management not firing her already. Related to the money?
Hey Serena! I really appreciate the effort you put into each episode and I only know it can only go up from here :) Best of luck!
Me encanta la comida cubana.
We know who the Porto voting for!
Portos is soooo good haven't had it since covid happened doe sadly
Alright all packed up ready to go spend my life savings
I really enjoy the cult following videos and Serena as the host. This video was enjoyable to watch and sums up the topic nicely; the food was delicious. The camera work and editing were great keeping the viewers interested. Serena's style is unlike the other hosts and I like the manner in which she rates the food which is short and to the point and not over doing it with too many adjectives. However, I believe she'll be first rate if she just adds just a few choice words to describe what she is eating.
Great video, Serena is awesome.
The buena park location is pretty close to knotts berry farm. When I last drove by there, it was an hour wait and it wrapped around the building; it was near the opening though.
Such a waste of good content. She could at least describe the taste of what she's eating, i mean we know it's delicious like why would people fall in line for their food at the first place?
Yay great video!
Ham is pork and those sandwiches are now half as small and cost twice as much.
That guy's a pretty good host
I will go to los angeles just to visit this place and I am from another continent.
Potato balls are basically Polish/Ukrainian dish called Zrazy that somehow made it to Cuba;)
Would love to work for eater. Seems like you can fail over and over again and still have a job. The bakery looks nice though. Wish someone that knows how to represent food would actually be in the video
Y'all went to knott's after this?
Please cut her some slack. She has her ups and downs, but ultimately 99.9% of all these comments are influenced by other haters. I'm genuinely curious of the results when someone does some sort of an experiment, with one group seeing the comments and the other without, then asking their opinion of Serena.
Tsz Chun Tang I think they got the poor girl fired.
She seems so disingenuous and the way she talks makes it sound like she's being sarcastic even when it at least seems like she's not trying to be. Like it literally felt like she didn't like anything she looked at or ate. Which is impossible at Portos, honestly, so I know it's not that.
Porto's is the best! We go at least once a month. Mr. 305 approves, Dale!
west covina location ever going to open?
Already open
portos is the bomb
She doesn't seem like she wants to be there.
She definitely came off that way to me too. Does not seem like a food lover in any way. I saw another review she did on a LA Taco spot that specializes in hard shell tacos and she said something to the effect of “hard shell tacos are not really my thing.” Why send a reviewer to a restaurant that already doesn’t like that type of food? All types of content on UA-cam, doesn’t matter how low the integrity level is. lol
Looks so good. Thumbs up.
Damn it she's at the porto's I go to :/ go away we don't need more people and lines here 😭
I had the potato balls when I was dating a Puerto Rican girl. I miss the potato balls more than the ex.
God I miss this place. Soo good.
Which one is the host?
Thanks for letting me know that the food is delicious
honestly i've been to portos in downey and i was intimidated by how long the line was!!
This place is amazing the food is delicious and the cafe itself is beautiful but this video doesn’t do it much justice.
Portos did not deserve this host
...great. Now Portos is going to be even more packed than it is.
My cousins works there and I’ve been there it’s so good but I wish it was in the bay
Love how the comedian felt the need to make a joke out of the lady talking about how her mother risked serious prison time in Cuba selling food to her friends in order to support her family. For me personally, I don’t find much humor in that, but to each his own I suppose.
that caucasian shirt ! Love it
The guy would be better off replacing her tbh
Im always there for the guava pastries 😍
Makes me wish I lived on the west coast.
There’s also Los Angeles
Porto's is the beeesssst
Porto's has the best Cuban Chicken Cesar Salad
What I like about Cult Following is the **story** behind each locale and Serena is doing a great job and I enjoy her hosting. There, I said it.
Chris Garcia IS THE MAN
Good job^
Eater: let's have less video of that Filipino-Hawaiian guy that people love and have more videos of this host that everyone hates
The interviewer isn't very good it's like you really can tell she's kinda fake when it comes to the taste of the food
Worth it she's from worth it!!
Next video: bottega Louie #cultfollowing
These are the same people from worth it
Hearing that old woman talk makes me feel a bit ill.
There is always so many Asians/Philipinos in a Latino restaurant😂
I'm not going to jump on the hate train.
That said; if the show is going to feature specific foods, it's on the Host to at least explain whether it's good or not and what makes it so.
Lol "pork and ham"
Falto el al pastor y chile wey
literally eating it rn
Serena, I have your shirt but with sleeves. Got it for $3 at a Savers.
Yo shoutout to the dude wearing the Caucasians shirt
i LUV serenA !!!
Like wow, Serena Dai is so polarizing that her mere presence can completely derail the inevitable influx of political keyboard warriors from overtaking the comments with statements about communism and Castro.
tesn tuyet v ngon thank hi
People gonna start disliking regardless just to get a kick out of it. It's spite.
Love this guys race baiting 'conversation starter' tshirt
that's a funny azz shirt