Address: 55 Byward Market Square, Ottawa ON
Website: http://moulindeprovence.com/
Style: European, French
Price: $$-$$$
[I don't know how it happened, but the story goes that the two idiots [i.e. my brothers] bought something from this bakery and brought it back to the hotel. One brother went to the bathroom with the impression that the other brother was supposed to take the pictures. Not sure what that other brother was doing in the meantime, but the first returned and ate what he got, thinking the photos were already done and it turns out they weren't. Upon getting scolded by me, they said that it'd be easy to find a picture online and use that. Yeah, thanks genius, because bakeries regularly make an item-by-item catalogue of their goods. :/ And so, for the first time EVER, my post lacks a product picture. Anyone would like to supply me with a photo of the millefeuille until someone returns here and gets it done for me? It'd be greatly appreciated. ^.^ You can become an international correspondent as a reward -- highly coveted honour, you know! Anyways~]
Moulin de Provence looks like Ottawa's most famous (and largest) bakery, right in the Byward Market. Although their selection is huge, with hot lunches, quiches, breads, and several cases of pastry classics (opera, religieuse, etc.) and other baked goods, the one memory I have of this particular bakery is the Obama cookies, which are in honour of the US president's visit there and you're reminded of that everywhere.
I was, however, not at all interested in the above mentioned cookies. I had the blueberry millefeuille (also known as a Napoleon in English) [editor's note: which is NEITHER photographed NOR priced -___-]. The icing wasn't too hard, there was lots of cream and the dough in between was crunchy and of perfect texture. This was very good.
Although Moulin de Provence felt almost like a touristy gimmick and I thought it was a shame that more emphasis is placed on this than on the actual food; the variety and amount of the pastries alone is worthy of notice. The great tasting pastries also reveals that it shouldn't be only thought of as the "Obama bakery".
Rating: ***
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