Polonia Sausage House

Bakery: Polonia Sausage House 
Address: 2434 E Hastings St, Vancouver BC 
Website: https://www.poloniasausagehouse.com/
Style: Polish 
Price: $$ 

Polonia Sausage is the original Polish deli empire in Metro Vancouver and while only their one Surrey location is listed as a bakery, each location nonetheless has a limited selection of traditional Polish slab cakes as well as a few other items like poppy seed rolls. Some are sold by weight and others sold as larger pieces, such that you're pretty much forced to commit to a big chunk. I don't know about their Surrey bakery, but their Vancouver delis don't offer any individual baked goods typically found at a Polish deli with the exception of Polish doughnuts... if you're lucky.

At the time of purchase, I had the choice between poppy seed, apple, cheesecake and one more variety of slab cake. Seeing as the poppy seed cake couldn't be cut up into a smaller piece, even in half, I went with my second pick: the cheesecake ($13.50/piece). I never mind grabbing some Eastern European cheesecake, though I find that sometimes it's either too dense and cheesy or it has no cohesion and crumbles upon impact. Fortunately, Polonia's version was fresh and fluffy, somewhere in between cheesy and not doughy at all. Perhaps the strips of not too flavourful jelly weren't necessary, but it was still pretty good. Even better was warming up a little, which made is soft and light.

Turns out Polonia isn't just the destination for sausages!

Rating: ***