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Tasty Pastries at Barburu

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Barburu
Location: 1000 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Mississauga
Website: https://www.instagram.com/barburu_bakery/

Barburu is a delightful little bakery and coffee shop in Yuan Ming Supermarket’s food court.  They mostly specialize in various filled croissants, though they have a few other types of pastries as well.

Barburu

I went with the pistachio croissant, and it was quite satisfying.  In particular, it’s got a very generous amount of pistachio filling that has a tasty pistachio flavour.

I know it seems odd to complement pistachio filling for tasting like pistachio, but the pistachio flavour just isn’t quite there in a lot of croissants like this.  This one definitely doesn’t have that problem.

Barburu

There’s also a sweet, creamy pistachio spread on top of the pistachio filling, which is a nice touch.

Barburu

My only real issue here is that the layer of croissant surrounding the filling is quite thin.  It’s got a nice crispy exterior and the whole thing is certainly very satisfying, but I would have liked a bit more croissant and a bit less filling.  The ratio is off.  It’s tasty enough that I’m not going to complain too much, but it’s still a shame.

Lamb Noodles at Three Sheep Gourmet Foods

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Three Sheep Gourmet Foods
Location: 1000 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Mississauga
Website: None

I was intrigued by Three Sheep Gourmet Foods when I saw that they had a dish on their menu called “Lamb Haggis Noodle Soup.”  My initial assumption was that this was just a translation quirk — but then I saw that they also have a dish called “Scottish Noodles.”

Could it be… Chinese/Scottish fusion??

Three Sheep Gourmet Foods

No; the answer to that is no.  I ordered the Lamb Haggis Noodle Soup, and the only connection to haggis is that it features a bunch of innards.  Otherwise, there’s nothing even remotely resembling that dish.

(Still kinda curious about those Scottish noodles, though.)

Three Sheep Gourmet Foods

Aside from dashing my Chinese/Scottish fusion dreams, it’s a solid dish.  The soup has a clean, meaty flavour (and is nicely kicked up by the optional chili oil on the counter), the various organs are nicely prepared, and it’s got a very generous amount of thick noodles (which were slightly overcooked, but still satisfying enough).

My only real complaint here is that one of the bits of offal (spleen, possibly?) was just too strong for me.  It was like liver times a million.  I actually like the metallic, minerally taste of liver, but this one kinda knocked me out.  I quite liked everything else in the bowl, however.