I’m slowly trying all their brunch and lunch dishes. I’m fussy about schnitzel- there were some minor issues with this one. I will reach out to Emmer with a few thoughts.
I can recomend the breakfast sandwiches, the bacon butty and patty melt.
I plan to try the croque, tuna melt, BLT and hallomi-eggplant toast on future visits.
I bought white country bread (a half loaf, it’s possible to buy a half), black currant croissant, passionfruit croissant and a peach handpie to take home.
I purchased 3 empanadas, a mini quiche and a spinach/cheese poche from Belle’s Bakery on Dupont today.
The vegetarian empanada (mushroom and potato) and poche I tried were not good. Grit in the vegetarian empanada. Pastry in both the empanada and poche tasted freezer stale. I ate the filling and discarded the pastry in the poche and empanada.
The chorizo empanada, which contained Mexican chorizo and olives, was fair.
I haven’t tried the mini quiche or chicken empanada yet.
Yeah they have gone down a lot in quality and have jacked up the prices. I was OK with them as they were one of the few bakeries nearby that were OK (during the start of pandemic they were new as well) I haven’t returned in ages.
I had a larger order at St John’s bakery today.
The brioche and scones were still warm as just out of the oven warmth which is great. Their brioche is one of the best in the city and the other breads are well liked. Also recommended is their shortbread cookies when they have them
We finally made it to Emmer on Saturday for lunch. Waited about 15 minutes in line and then ate on their open-air patio (the closed patio is really an indoor space in terms of ventilation). Everything was fabulous and we took home some granola to sample later.
Thinly sliced mortadella, creamy stracciatella, greens, and pistachio pistou on chewy bread. Quite lovely, though would have been elevated with a bit of contrasting acid (maybe pickles or a sharper cheese). The mortadella sandwich at Bar Piquette remains the one to beat.
Pistachio cream puff and pumpkin spice cream puff. Excellent choux pastry. Pistachio had a bit of salt, which it might have been better without. Pumpkin spice was wonderful.
70% Soma chocolate croissant - shattery flakes, buttery, big soft air spaces, and bittersweet chocolate.
Blackcurrant croissant - same pastry with lovely tart smooth blackcurrant preserve along the bottom (looks the same as the chocolate version, so only one picture).
Apparently au pain dore has opened shop in Toronto. I enjoyed their stuff for the last min grab and go traveling back from Montreal. Also on UberEATS which saves me a trip
Two locations for now https://atelier.aupaindore.com/en/our-products/
I was debating whether to put these entries in this thread or the Breakfast one. We finally made it to Le Conciliabule and we also tried a couple of things from The Black Pony. While everything at the former was excellent, the baking from The Black Pony was also very enjoyable.
Dijon cheddar onion croissant - dijon and caramelized onion core with white cheddar inside and out - very good, great onion-cheddar flavour combo.
Breakfast pastry - runny egg on bacon and goat cheese, topped with a small tomato slice - very tasty; pastry square very flaky on the edges, although a bit denser in the centre.
Raspberry croissant - raspberry pastry woven into the croissant with wonderful chunky raspberry jam (not too sweet) inside, still had some snap on the outside.
Pistachio croissant - delicious, not too sweet, ground pistachio filling with lots of chunks on top, denser overall.
Canelé - a great version, slightly crisp on the outside and custardy inside.