Good middle eastern market in south bay/peninsula?

[venkitac]

I recently transited thru Dubai, and I bought some assorted baklava produced by Al Mealim company. It is absolutely fantastic and very different from what you normally get here. I cannot bring myself to eat what passes for Baklava in the south bay restaurents anymore:) I'm looking for a (fancy?) middle eastern store that carries the *real* arabic sweets. Any ideas? Help!

[bong]

Have you tried Bijan bakery (Saratoga Ave @ Kiely, San Jose)

[SteveG]

I haven't tried it there, but other western desserts I have had at the Persian-owned Bijan bakery have been pretty good, so it's definitely worth investigating.

[aesmer]

http://www.europeanturkishmarket.com/index.html - grocery store
http://www.yelp.com/biz/mediterranean...

Not fancy

[Cicely]

International Market in San Jose/Campbell is much better than Rose Market, but while the baklava they carry is pretty good, I don't know that it will blow your socks off. I think if you're hoping to find something like what you got in the Gulf, you are very likely to be disappointed. :-( That's why we travel!

Melanie Wong posted a while back about a restaurant that made really good atayif, but apparently it's not available anymore... maybe for Ramadan.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/669026

International Market
2052 Curtner Ave
San Jose, CA 95124
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[vis]

i wouldn't call this fancy but there's a middle eastern small market in mountain view called Rose Market (on Castro). they may have some decent stuff...and great kabab as well.

[venkitac]

Yeah, I've tried Rose, no luck. The Kebabs there are great (and the dishes they sell at the counter too), but the baklavah is the usual stuff...thanks anyway.