Coco’s coffee shop’s cinnamon bun.
It has a cream cheese icing. It’s good but I prefer icing without cream cheese on cinnamon buns. I like cream cheese icing when it’s on carrot cake.
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I tried College Street Bagel Co today.
They are really puffy and light. Something like Dempster’s bagels at the grocery store. I bought some sesame, poppyseed, and marble (white and pumpernickel swirl) bagels.
I don’t think these will satisfy NYC, MTL, or Toronto bagel traditionalists.
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Well now I know to avoid it… thanks for the update!
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We skipped trying the croissant cube at Little Pebbles for some time, thinking of it as more Instagrammy gimmick than quality pastry. But our curiosity got the better of us, so we sampled one with matcha cream and raspberry. Verdict: pretty good pastry and a barely sweet filling, with tangy raspberry.
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An errand to the Baby Point area gave us reason to try Patisserie 27. Arriving before 11, we were still too late to sample their cheddar and beer croissant. So instead we had the pineapple blackberry danish, which had flaky, buttery pastry with plenty of fruit. The sakura brioche with pastry cream and sour cherry jam was great, with lovely bread, light cream, and tangy jam. The minor disappointment was the jardin sandwich, which came on good bread, had sweet roasted butternut squash, caramelized onions, mushrooms, arugula, and gruyère. But it needed something a bit more, maybe more gruyère for more salt.
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My wife picked up some pastries from Bakery Pompette. No photos as she had eaten half of each before I got to try. The raspberry cream cheese danish was wonderful, with flakey pastry and lots of raspberry jam. Apple turnover was also great, very tart with a caramelized apple filling.
The Kouign-amann was disappointing, seemingly overcooked.
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Had a zeppole di San Giuseppe from Forno Cultura today. Delicious light pastry with creamy custard and candied cherries.
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Nice version
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My friend bought an almond croissant at Geste on Queen W.
Their brunch is quite popular.
The croissants are a little more affordable than Pompette or Nadege, and much more affordable than Emmer.
Mango croissant
My friend liked the almond croissant. She said the almond filling was a bit more liquid and gooey compared to other almond croissants.
I stopped by Sam James for my coffee. They sell Robinson Bread products
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The char siu baked bao from BaNoi.
It’s substantial. As big as my hand. Quite generous with the pork.
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The steamed versions I’ve had here (Ottawa) recently were skimpy with the filling, and they all seem to have eliminated lap chung (sausage), which I loved, from the filling.
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You might want to try this place on Bank Street. It’s a different style, but probably more generous with the pork (but probably not the sausage filling)
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll give it a try, hopefully this weekend.
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I hope you like their bao!
I visited Cassis Bake on the Danforth between Main and Greenwood today. Very nice bakery with some Asian baked goods, as well as maple butter tarts with a delicate crust, and seasonal treats.
I appreciate the butter tarts coming in a smaller size and a regular size.
Very nice people.
I bought a small maple butter tart without currants, a rhubarb brioche, 2 strawberry rhubarb tarts, and some shortbread.
They make berry shortcakes and roll cakes to order with 3 days notice.
They have chocolate mousse in cups ready to go. They also have personal sized lemon tarts, the size Dufflet used to make, roughiy 10 cm in diameter.
I think this place is worth checking out.
I seem to remember the baker used to bake butter tarts for the Law Society/ Osgoode Hall cafeteria. The filling is more firm and stableized than a runny tart. It’s a distinct style from Ba Noi, Circle and Squares or Maid’s Cottage, with a much more delicate crust. It’s also made with maple syrup, but somehow isn’t overly sweet.
My maple butter tart’s crust broke on its way home in a box in my backpack. So, no photo!
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I stopped by Malta Bake Shop for the first time yesterday. My first time to try any Maltese baked goods.
I bought 4 pastizzi which are small savoury pies. Flaky crust. I tried the cheese and potato varieties. They’re light on the filling. Tasty.
I also bought some sesame rings which are like a sweet biscotti with a bread stick texture. Scent of orange and warm spices.
I also bought an almond pastry.
Nice couple running this old fashioned bakery. Dundas W at Runnymede was the heart of the Maltese neighborhood. The only traces I could see are this bakery, the Maltese museum inside the local Church, and the local Church’s services being offered in Maltese.
I almost stopped at Mattachioni on Dupont where I bought my favourite tuna sandwich in town, and a loaf of white bread.
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