As my husband can attest to, I’ve been searching for the perfect almond croissant for most of my adult life.  He’s driven many miles searching for French bakeries, local coffee shops and even the odd donut shop that might stand up to my scrutiny — needless to say, I’m still looking.

From the crowds that I’ve seen at Portos  in Burbank, I thought they might have one — but I was sadly disappointed with their version of an almond croissant.  It was doughy and not nearly enough marzipan, it didn’t have the flakey layers that make a great croissant, well great. And again, I’ll continue to look.

So far, the places that have come the closest in delivering a truly great croissant have been Jennifer’s Coffee Connection in Studio City and the late Zebra Café in the Marina — the one at Zebra was so good it was worth the torment of a continually rude server (think Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi).

I know there are many specialty bakeries (especially the French ones) that probably have a great almond croissant — I can only eat so many croissants in a month :)  I will continue my search one bakery at a time until I find that perfect almond croissant.