The Green Star

Bakery: The Green Star 
Address: 182-196 Esplanade Ave, Harrison Hot Springs BC
Website: n/a 
Style: Canadian 
Price: $$ 

Right across the street from the public hot springs, The Green Star is a cafe with their own baked goods, though it is essentially more a sandwich and breakfast spot than a place to go for sweets. That being said, they were one of the less exorbitant places to stop in such a touristy town. At the same time they have simpler, "homestyle" food and a hodgepodge of products (ice cream, coffee, stir-fried dishes, sandwiches..); add to that the bilingual signs telling you how to behave and, after all, it's perhaps not the coolest place in town, but still for a lack of a real bakery, it definitely gets the job done. That job comes in the form of a display case featuring a limited selection of treats like slices of pie and cake, along with muffins on top of the counter. With everything saran-wrapped and pre-sliced, it didn't like as homemade as I would have liked....

Nonetheless, I picked out the carrot cake (I think it was $3.99?). This was what I'd call your standard piece of carrot cake: a not-too thick slab of spiced carrot dough and a decent amount of icing on top with a few walnut chunks. The dough was a little too homogeneous and didn't have enough carrots for it to be exceptional; you don't really get the carrot cake vibes, even looking at it. Good, but not great.

Rating: **1/2