Mydel's Bakery & Deli

Bakery: Mydel's Bakery & Deli
Address: 134 Kerr St, Oakville ON 
Website: facebook
Style: Polish 
Price: $$ 

This newer Polish bakery and deli had been advertising for awhile before I finally made my way over here, but it's nonetheless one of the more recent additions to the Oakville bakery as well as to the Polish deli scene. Which doesn't happen all that often. Unlike a great many Polish delis that get their sweets shipped in from commercial bakeries, the focus here is on their homemade cakes and baked goods. More specifically, Mydel's specializes in slab cakes that sold by weight; these mainly include different varieties of cheesecake and multi-layered tortes along with a few other Polish staples like apple cake and honey cake. Personally, I was hoping that there would be more baked goods besides one last sweet cheese bun and the doughnuts reviewed here.

Nonetheless, I am always willing to try some slab cakes. One unique kind was their blueberry cheesecake (around $10.00 for a chunk): blueberries mixed right into the cheese mass with a few whole berries here and there with a chocolate dough on the bottom and a layer of lemony glaze on top. The cheesecake was fluffy and flavourful and I liked how it was paired with the chocolate dough instead of standard vanilla; the one thing I would say is that the glaze on top was too thick and the lemony taste detracted from the more subtle flavours of the cheesecake itself.

 Another cake worth trying is the honey cake with black currants ($1.99/100g; around $5.60 for the piece). I've seen just plain honey cake; you may encounter honey cake with prunes and walnuts at Russian or Ukrainian bakeries, but black currants were definitely one-of-a-kind. The dough was of the drier kind and the cake had a hard time staying together. I would have liked more of that black currant taste as well, but the combination of cake, cream, fruit and dark chocolate was definitely a good one.

Finally, Mydel's doughnuts/pączki ($0.99/each) are different than the ones you'll usually encounter: instead of the typical glaze, they're dusted with powdered sugar and topped with a sort of streusel-like layer of golden brown fat bubbles, which makes for a nice crunch when digging in. I always prefer glaze, but these were a good example of more bready, sweet bun-like doughnuts.

Overall, Mydel's is worth checking out and is definitely one of the better options for Polish baking in the GTA.


Rating: ***