Padaria Toronto - Junction — Restaurant in Toronto

We had ‘pre-lunch’ there following the instagram notice about acarajé served this weekend. We ordered acarajé for two, two chicken coxinha and one tiny bottle of Perrier. The bill was $90 including tax. It was unbelievable. A plastic tray of re-heated 6 small, barely warm acarajé with a bit of salsa and mashed beans was $27 per person. If acarajé included shrimp, as the proper Bahia ones do, I would possibly let it go. However, what we got was not worth more than $12-$14 at the most. I don’t even remember the price of the individual coxinha which were good and those I would recommend. Unfortunately, it was a very surprising and disappointing experience. I was there with a native Brazilian who still cannot believe what he was served and the price he payed for it. And this happened a day after we had watched a beautiful documentary on street food in Salvador, Bahia which featured acarajé in its all delicious glory. Somehow, they can make it fresh on the streets there and fill it with delicious shrimp, but they...

I’ve been to this place a few times already. The food is so beautifully presented! The cakes are gorgeous! The emails i get every time, its one more beautiful than the other. I’ve ordered two cakes already on different occasions, tried a bunch of its staple snacks such as coxinha, empada, pao de queijo etc the sweets as well… bought the frozen ones to go, for us, for friends… various occasions! BUT… honestly the food is very standard IMO… its just because there aren’t many places for Brazilian goodies. There’s always something off… The cakes were beautiful, but a little dry… for the coxinha, the dough is not great, any coxinha in brazil would be a million times better… I mean, its an ok place to go and grab something if you’re home sick, but i wish it was just a little bit better and more authentic flavor wise. They should improve some recipes specially the coxinha… so...

This place is making me smile so hard that I’m worried about getting wrinkles! I can’t even begin to describe the deliciousness of all the treats you can find at this shop. Of course, kick it off with the pao de queijo - What an absolute treat in every way! The cheese explosion, the tender center with slight crunchy exterior is something to make you giggle with every bite - It’s that good! Do yourself a favour and give a try to all of these treats outside of anything you’ve tried before. Whatever savoury goods you try, it would be a HUGE mistake to miss out on two amazing treats - The Brigadeiro and Tarts (the Maracuya one will make you weak at the knees - absolute explosion of flavour). If you don’t try this place out and give a chance to everything they have, then you’re a fool. Plain and simple - Do yourself a...