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Le Mirage Pastry in Anaheim is a destination for Syrian ice cream

In 2018, Gustavo Arellano wrote for the New Yorker about Le Mirage Pastry, a Syrian bakery in Anaheim making bouza, a chewy ice cream studded with pistachios. The process of making bouza is labor intensive and requires special machinery.

By Evan Kleiman • Aug 16, 2019 • 1 min read

In 2018, Gustavo Arellano wrote for the New Yorker about Le Mirage Pastry, a Syrian bakery in Anaheim making bouza, a chewy ice cream studded with pistachios. The process of making bouza is labor intensive and requires special machinery. For many Syrians in Orange County, it offers a taste of home that can’t be found anywhere else.

Le Mirage Pastry

100 S Brookhurst St

Anaheim, CA 92804

(714) 491-3855