Old Mill Pastry & Deli

Bakery: Old Mill Pastry & Deli 
Address: 780 Burnhamthorpe Rd W #12, Mississauga ON
Website: facebook
Style: Balkan 
Price: $$

New bakery opening in Mississauga and I was so there! :) Actually, a few weeks ago someone brought it to my attention that the board along Burnhamthorpe next to Canada Computers had a new "bakery and deli" sign on it. Deli sounded Eastern European; a bit surprised since new Eastern European bakeries don't just open every day, I went to check it out. The sign, in fact, says "pastry and deli" and instantly, I knew baklava would be involved. ;) However, it was only upon including a link to their Facebook page above that I noticed the said link had "Etobicoke" attached to it... could it be? That "pastries and deli" with no name on the East Mall?!? NO, but... but I've already done this place!!!!! ;____; Have they moved or is this a second location? Either way, my bubble won't be burst just like that -- I am writing this review for the new Mississauga location and that's that!

Nonetheless, Old Mill should really be written "deli and pastry", or even, "deli, cafe and pastry", since their focus -- or at least what most people are there for -- is the small, relatively inexpensive menu of hot food featuring cevap platters, goulash, and other predominantly Balkan specialties. The "pastry" is limited to a small case in the front with familiar fixtures such as a few types of baklava, honey-soaked tulumbe and other nutty cookies, and one or two squares of unknown filling. In true Eastern European deli fashion, nothing is labelled or priced; you just have to know.... ;D

Without a doubt, the baklava did need to be tried (around $2 -- the total for three lepinja (fat pita breads), two slices of baklava and one piece of cake was $10). A large, triangle-shaped piece with nuts sprinkled on top, it was moist, saturated even, and had fantastic honey coverage and taste, just like best Greek-style baklava. Lots of nuts and certainly worth the money.

The other was some sort of caramel cake (again a little over $2). The lady started explaining it and just concluded with "caramel", so I'm not quite sure what it was, but the smell of the runny caramel alone was mouth-watering. Mmmm... the whole room was filled with it. This was a sponge cake positively dripping in a sort of vanilla milk mixture that pooled around the whole plate. Not sure what it was, but it was good. Add that caramel into the equation... I could eat half a tin in one sitting. ;)

Maybe it is the same place, but whether it is or not... it's getting the same rating! :P

Rating: ***1/2