The Pastry House

Bakery: The Pastry House
Address: 125 Main St, Picton ON
Website: http://www.pastryhouse.ca
Style: Canadian 
Price: $$ 

Yes! Can you believe it? The small town of Picton has yet another bakery needing to be reviewed and here it is. The Pastry House, despite its name, seems to focus more on their selection of breads than sweet baked goods or more elaborate pastries, but they do have a nice selection of classic baked goods along with a few more European-inspired goodies. Items that stood out included date squares, strudels, fresh fruit tarts, and almond florentines. Perhaps they weren't the pastries I had been envisioning, but it was still a good selection to choose from and one which left me room for deliberation.

At last, I decided on the cherry strudel. A nice, less gloopy filling featuring whole cherries wrapped in a thicker flaky dough, open on top. Quite good in terms of taste. The dough wasn't mushy, which is sometimes the case with fruit fillings, but I would have liked it to be more flaky as opposed to soft and almost danish-like.

Rating: ***