My first slide show...
Ko Gi Bow ... lemme know what you think.
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Ko Gi Bow: a cake bakery in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC
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Customers like Laura and Hugo Bernal peruse pictures of the bakery's many cakes for. They will be celebrating their daugher's 15th birthday.
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Mahn T. Phung is the owner and head pastry chef at Ko Gi Bow. He helps the Bernals with their decision.
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Every cake starts with fluffy batter and whipped cream icing.
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Alba Bonito is the only employee at Ko Gi Bow. Her Spanish helps with the customers, 80% of whom are native spanish speakers.
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Cake after cake rotates through the bakery oven.
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The crust is sliced off to give each layer to give the cake an even texture.
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For this three layer cake Phung's wife Letinh pours sweetened milk on each layer making the cake extremely moist.
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The liquid is pressed into the cake with a pastry spatula.
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In the mean time Mahn Phung finishes the decorating on another cake.
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But no birthday cake is complete without the Happy Birthday inscription... in this case "Feliz Compleanos.."
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Juan Luis is happy with his cake and knows his brother will be having a very Feliz Compleano once he arrives home.
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