Golden Grain Bakery

Bakery: Golden Grain Bakery
Address: 153 Brady St, Sudbury, ON
Website: http://goldengrainbakery.com/
Style: Canadian
Price: $$

One of the only bakeries in Sudbury that are open on Sunday (yes, this was indeed the initial reason for coming here), Golden Grain is without a doubt a bread bakery through and through. And an institution at that! Now, I've gone to many a bread bakery, but Golden Grain was one of those places where I was hard pressed to find anything sweet at all. Maybe that was due to the fact that I had come on a Sunday afternoon and the place looked and felt pretty empty. They may sell out early or bake less on Sunday; there were, after all, a bunch of empty baskets behind the counter along with two kinds of cookies and that final remnant of sweet baked goods I was very lucky to snatch up. Otherwise there would have not been a Cake Tour!

I'll confess the cinnamon buns ($2.20) didn't look great at first glance. They were a little too dark, almost blackened on top. The glaze was thin and crackled. The bun looked doughy and bland. Usually, the appearance gives you an idea of how good it will taste, but in this case... that first bite came as a flavour-blasted surprise. This was good! The dough was more complex than it looked: fluffy, moist and rolled in a drier cinnamon mass. That glaze on top was just right; not too sweet, not too overpowering, it gave the outside an almost doughnut-like texture. I guess you can't judge a book by its cover - now I just wish they had more selection!

Rating: ***