Toronto ON
As we did some research into what food we wanted to partake while in the city one thing that repeatedly came up was the Peameal Bacon sandwich, specifically from the Carousel Bakery in St Lawrence Market.
It’s funny though. When we landed and talked to one or two of the locals the had never really heard of it
I began to suspect this is not in the same league as going to Schwartz’s in Montreal. Now that is a must do everytime you are in La Belle Province’s largest city.
Regardless we trundled off to St Lawrence Market in search of Toronto’s most famous sandwich.
St Lawrence Market seems to be your standard permanently fixed farmers market. If you need baked goods or seafood you will find a choice of 6 or 7 different shops of each kind. There is a selection of cheese shops, counter service restaurants and florists, plus a smattering of other services.
We found the sandwich spot. Emeril has been here as evidenced by the signed poster out front. Bam!
As for the sandwich? Ya it was good. Was it worth all the effort getting here? Not entirely sure. I’m not the biggest sandwich guy to start with so maybe that’s not entirely fair. So I asked Merilynn. Same answer.
The bacon was good, but too much mustard for me. Nice bun though. Very fresh and crispy.
The butter tart though…..
This is everything a butter tart should be.
Buttery, flakey, pecaney goodness. Yes I made up a word there. A truly wonderful example of this Canadian classic.
So go for the sandwich. Or don’t. But go for the butter tart.
Food 8/10
7 for the wich, 9 for the tart.
Ambiance 7/10
Overall 8/10