Address: 331B Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga ON
Website: http://www.lavillabakery.com/
Style: Italian, North American
Price: $$
[I am in Denmark! So, stay on the lookout for some exciting and not so exciting reviews on the World Tour :)]
La Villa is an Italian bakery that has its most authentic items actually coming from their bread area, and not the sweets. The latter features a little bit of everything, mostly North American favourites like muffins, cookies and fruit turnovers. Of the case of goodies, the only thing I spotted that was actually Italian were the cannoli... okay, just one cannolo on the end of an empty tray. Usually, I go around bakery hunting late in the afternoon and am not surprised to find everything to be gone in a few places, but coming to find the place not very full at noon was a little... unexpected.
I was going to get that last cannolo, but finally settled for the apple crumble cheesecake ($3), which most surprisingly, was a lot better than I expected. For one, I'm always wary of "Italian" cheesecake, simply because they usually taste heavily of just cream cheese and store-bought graham cracker crumbs: NY style. This, on the other hand, was quite complex, with a nice, cinnamon-y crust on the bottle, apples baked right into the not too cheesy mass, and topped with crumble and generous swirls of caramel. A mix between apple crobbler and cheesecake, and it.. matched. So, in the end, I didn't come away from this place displeased, though I'm not sure if the price was worth the tiny sliver you receive in return...
Rating: **1/2
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