Artisan Bakery

Bakery: Artisan Bakery

Address: 864 Dundas St, London ON

Website: http://www.artisanbakery.ca/

Style: Canadian

Price: $$ 

 

With a storefront as well as a spot in the public market, Artisan Bakery serves up a pretty good selection of homey classics and a couple fancier pastries such as croissants... as long as you know their hours, since they're closed half the week. 

For me, the unique, stand-out item from this bakery had to be the Nanaimo bar mini doughnut. You don't see so much Nanaimo bar love in this part of the country, and the idea was an intriguing one. The idea was probably the highlight, as the doughnut itself was a ring-shaped marble (chocolate/vanilla) coffee cake with a dab of cream and some chocolate chunk on top - there was nothing in this that evoked the decadent chocolate and custard cream creation that is the Nanaimo bar. I'm not even sure if this qualified as a doughnut... 

In addition to the doughnut, I grabbed a cheesecake slice and the berry danish. Despite it not looking the greatest with that fruity centre running off to one side, the danish was the tastiest of the bunch. I liked the real fruit (none of this gloopy stuff) and the dough - though more a sweet bread than danish dough - was pretty good. The cheesecake wasn't too thick and cheesy, but I wasn't a fan of the granola topping, especially the big oats. I felt it detracted from the smoothness of the cheese mass. All in all, not bad but could use some work. 

Rating: **1/2