Mi Tradicion - Austin

I came here for their pan dulce (Mexican sweet bread). I tried a concha and a yoyo. Conchas are probably the most popular and recognizable traditional Mexican pan dulce, but for the uninitiated, I would describe them as soft and sweet bread with a white streusel topping that resembles the surface of a seashell. Growing up these were my favorite pan dulce, and the ones at Mi Tradición taste just like the ones you can find in Mexican panaderías. Much less famous, yoyos are made from two pieces of bread held together by a thin layer of buttercream and coated with butter and powdered sugar. They look like yo-yo?s, hence the name, and they?re also known as besos (which means kisses, because the two pieces of bread are kissing each other). This was my first time trying yoyos, so I don?t have a point of comparison. I thought they were tasty, but my all-time favorite pan dulce remains the concha. I bought these at the end of the day, so both were a little hard, but I heated them up in the oven and that softened them up to perfection. Warming up pan dulce is a game changer. I?ve also tried a slice of their tres leches cake. They have three options: strawberry, mocha, or durazno (peach). I tried the tres leches that comes with strawberries. I thought it was good, but not mind-blowing. Mi Tradición has a wide selection of pan dulce and you can?t beat their prices (I paid $2.50 for two pieces of pan dulce). The only downside is that none of the pan dulce is labeled, and the staff speaks mostly Spanish. Overall, it?s a great panadería. I can?t wait to try their tacos and tortas.

I love this place! I must stop in for their fabulous pastries every time I pass by. You will not be disappointed, it is a great place for your pastries that are made fresh daily plus they also have a restaurant side that has some of the best breakfast tacos and breakfast I?ve ever tried. Prices are very reasonable. Everyone should try this place.

Fresh, flavorful, fast (except during common brunch/lunch hours) ... I've never lived in Mexico but we've visited different regions enough and have been outside the touristy areas to recognize fantastic street/regional foods. I would say this place specializes in Huaraches, Tortas, and has a fantastic in-house bakery, on the other side of the restaurant. They have an open, windowed kitchen where you can watch the staff busting it to keep up with demand. The chefs and crew there are amazing to watch. For the Huaraches, you can literally watch them start with the blue corn tortilla dough ... they press that out and toss it on the flat top to cook. While the tortilla is cooking they work on preparring the toppings. We normally enjoy the mushrooms, nopales (cactus), or the squash as we don't eat meat. Everything comes out fresh and matches well with the various aqua frescas that they offer. As with any fresh fruit ... you can taste the different ripeness, sugar, and pulp levels of most of the fruits throughout the year which is fun. If you are new to aqua fresca, try the sandía (watermelon) or the piña-naranja (pineapple-orange) mix. Those two mixed together are great as well. For the Tortas, you watch the chef at the center grill first toast both sides of the bread tops and bottoms. They are critical about quality as we've seen them dispose of various pieces that don't meet their standards. While the bread pieces are toasting they start on the various sandwhich ingredients, cooking them in individual layers then ultimately stacking them up and moving them to the cold prep station behind the grill where they are placed on top of the fresh, cold toppings and wrapped for you. Watching the cheese ooze onto the other ingredients is especially satisfying to our kiddos. You will want to come before or after common rush hours as this place can get packed with patrons. Don't forget to check out the bakery area that is on the other side of the restaurant seating area. They also have a center display of delicious looking desserts to choose from as well. Nothing is too sweet and pretty much everything looks tasty. This has turned into a new favorite place for us when we are desiring some fresh, great tasting Mexican food.

This is the first Mexican bakery I had enjoyed so much visiting and shopping. The bakery has an ugh selection of pastries, sweet breads, churros, and more. At the entrance was so clear to me what to do, they offer big silver plates with tongues for the self shopping. They have a whole loop of goodies that will add tons of calories to your diet but it will be worthy, I don't regret every minute I spent exercising after I packed myself with that much sugar, I actually think I am ready for more. The bakery has 2 sections inside , they have the bakery and also they have a restaurant, the offer Mexican food, Mexican drinks (Aguas frescas) and they have much more. The place looks well organized , clean, and with variety in food, prices are pretty good and the staff is very nice, always smiling and trying to serve you as well they can. I definitely recommend the tortas and aguas from the restaurant side of it! Hopefully will go back soon.

Authentic plus! I dont know what you call anything here as it is all in spanish. The round donut looking thing was amazing. The yeast bread part that looked like a donut was lightly sweet and filled with the most perfect Bavarian creme. The breakfast tacos were seasoned well. I love how they serve drinks out of giant pitchers with HUGE soup laddles not a soda fountain in sight! Very cool you gottta come here for the real deaal!