Cake Paradise

Bakery: Cake Paradise 
Address: 50 Kennedy Rd S, Brampton ON 
Website: n/a 
Style: Chinese 
Price: $ 

What simply started as hoping to find a bathroom turned into a bakery review. That being said, Cake Paradise (so says one sign; there is also a Chinese name, but there's no indication of this place existing anywhere online and there definitely aren't any cakes, for that matter) is a bit of a depressing bakery that, just like the mall itself, seems to have seen better days and has that distinct impression of just hanging in there by a thread; after all, there weren't even staff on hand to pay for everything. Despite the typical plastic bins all containing the usual sweet and savoury buns you'd find at a Chinese bakery, there aren't very many of each item and you just can't help wonder what is/isn't fresh - usually not an issue at Chinese bakeries.

I picked out the pineapple pastry (3/$2) and coconut tart (2/$1). Price-wise, it's definitely worth it; however, biting into both revealed a rock hard dough. Perhaps the pineapple pastry, being a cookie, was better suited to it, though the pineapple filling could have been softer and more generous. The coconut filling, on the other hand, was pretty hard and, while it added extra chewiness to it, both had that undeniable stale taste to them, which was unfortunate, as they weren't bad in taste.

Rating: **