Postres — Tres Leches & Flan in Adelphi, MD

Adelphi comes over Riggs Road and New Hampshire Avenue, six minutes door to door. It's a neighborhood of long-tenured families and University of Maryland commuters, and El Golfo fills its missing middle: a dressed-up-enough dining room for a birthday that still prices dinner like Adelphi expects.

From Adelphi we're 6 min · 2.4 mi, which makes desserts a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.

Postres — Tres Leches & Flan done properly

Tres Leches Cake ($10) is the one their aggregator listings name among customers' favorites. The flan ($10) comes by the slice — or as the Flan Entero, a whole flan that serves 8 to 10 for $52, which tells you how often whole tables order dessert here. The sopapilla arrives fried, honeyed and topped with vanilla ice cream ($11).

What's included

• Tres Leches Cake — $10
• Flan — $10 · Flan Entero (serves 8–10) — $52
• Sopapilla with honey, cinnamon & ice cream — $11
• Chocolate mousse — $10