Dutch Delicious

Pulling into Dutch Delicious I thought of how this place had changed from the few years ago I had been here. Back then it seemed unorganized, dark and frankly, boring. As I walked in this time, however, I was pleasantly surprised by how much it had changed. Thank goodness for the new owners! In 2006 a young couple had bought the store and changed the layout of it.

It's bright and welcoming for starters and they have much more of a selection of baked goods. The shelves are loaded with goodies ranging from creams and soaps to cookies and wafers. They even have the famous Dutch shoes. 

Their Deli and cheese counter consists of one showcase a piece, but their Bakery counter has 3 showcases. Yowzaaaa!! In saying that, I confess that I didn't even look at their selection of meat and cheese but went straight to their baked goods.

One of the things about the baked goods here is their abnormally large selection of almond paste/almond pastries and cookies. It led me to believe that the Dutch love Marzipan, so I did a little bit of research and discovered that they in fact love Marzipan as much as most western countries in Europe, but not any more. This Bakery just loves it though! Marzipan is a confection made mainly of some type of sweetener (sugar or honey) and ground almonds. It can be shaped into pretty much anything and of any size.

Some of the other baked goods I saw were cake pastries: mocha, chocolate, vanilla; wafers in all kinds of shapes with different flavours, croissants, tarts, strudel, vanilla slices, and sweet buns. Their range of buns and breads was average, there was your typical ryes, whites, and kaiser and crusty buns.

Out of the few things I bought on this occasion, I have to confess that it was all wonderful! The cream puff was heavenly and not too sweet, the almond tart was crunchy on the outside and filled with a generous portion of marzipan on the inside, the mocha cake slice was rich and oozing with coffee flavour, and the marzipan slice delicate on the inside and soft and gooey on the outside. In terms of price this place was very reasonable and not expensive. My total, which included a package of cranberry scones, came to $13 and change. Thanks to the gift card I received from a family member (thanks!!) I almost paid nothing. Thumbs up Dutch Delicious!

Dutch Delicious
13232 118 ave
Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
780 455 2323