Emily's Bakery

Bakery: Emily's Bakery
Address: 9591 Weston Rd, Woodbridge ON 
Website: n/a 
Style: Italian
Price: $ 

Having for some months become hopelessly addicted to the Delicious Emily's computer game franchise, the first thing that pops into my head when I think of Emily's Bakery is the omnipresent theme song from the game. Not that you needed to know that. :D

Anyways, Emily's Bakery was the second stop on the brother's relatively small tour of Italian bakeries in Woodbridge (there are a lot more to go, that's for sure) and, simply from customers flocking to it, the most popular/crowded of the three he went to. Despite the name, it's more aptly a deli with imported products, cold cuts counter and, I believe, the usual, famous hot table, but there are nonetheless plenty of pastries at great prices -- I'm sure if all are priced the same, but dividing the sub total (with taxes), I got $1.67 for decently sized, quality pastries. That's well priced! And they were good too!

This time, we got three types of pastry for sampling: the all too famous cannoli with cheese filling which were thought to be really good by everyone. Actually, those who did try it all claim the same thing: probably the best cannoli they've had. Great filling, great shell.

Second on the list was... I have no idea what to call it: the walnut ball. A walnut cake rolled into a ball and coated with thick glaze and a little bit of walnut on top. This one was, as can be expected, pretty nutty and reminiscent of carrot cake or almost a spice cake, if you like. If you don't expect anything else besides this, it was another good find.

Finally, there was the uh, snail. Whether it's supposed to be a snail or not, it does look like one. See it? With the shell in the back. Yes, yes? Ahem, so even if you don't, this was really tasty. Mmmm... The pastry shell was very generously stuffed with the same, tasty cheese cream as the cannoli with a little swirl of chocolate cream on top that tasted like pureed Baci chocolates. Really good. *-*

So what's the overall opinion? There must be a reason why this place was full! Affordable, great-tasting pastries is what you can expect from Emily's -- definitely recommended.

Rating: ***1/2