McEwan

June 13, 2020

Since McEwan is a grocery store, they're still open and they have a selection of desserts from Dessert Trends, Phipps, Dufflet, Serano and a few other companies. 

 

Roasted pistachio macaron $2.95, Orange Pineapple Chiffon Cake, Bailey's Creme Brûlée Tart $6.99 and Bailey's Cheesecake $6.99 (the last three cakes were from Dessert Trends)

I thought it was interesting that there was a roasted pistachio macaron flavour, so I tried it out. The macaron execution was really good, but there was only a slight hint of the roasted pistachio flavour as it was super light.

Bailey's Creme Brûlée Tart was really good. You could taste the creme was flavoured with Bailey's irish cream and it was quite sweet. The tart shell was also quite yummy. This was my favourite dessert out of the four. 

The Bailey's cheesecake was a little strange tasting, there was salt on the cheesecake and it tasted more of cheesecake than Bailey's irish cream. Instead, it tasted more like a coffee liqueur flavour. 

Orange Pineapple Chiffon Cake $7.99

It looked really pretty with the orange slice baked into the cake on top. It was a tad on the dry side, but the chiffon cake was light and you could taste the orange flavour. 

Feb 25, 2020

McEwan carries Dessert Trends! It's almost become my favourite dessert company (since they don't have a retail location, I've been keeping an eye out for them at grocery stores).

Strawberry Souffle Cheesecake $7.99

I actually thought it was two souffle pancakes on top of each other with cream in the middle when I first bought it. However, it ended up being a light and fluffy cake separated by a layer of lightly strawberry flavoured cheesecake cream and topped with glazed strawberries. It was okay overall, but it didn't quite wow me the way their other desserts impressed me.

November 22, 2015

I was here a little while ago picking up a cake for a friend's party and they had a pistachio cake that caught my eye from La Patisserie in Kitchener.  However, when I came back, I wasn't able to find the same pistachio cake (apparently the selection varies since it's dependent on the supplier). 

There was this pistachio and raspberry cake instead, so I gave it a try. 

It was okay - the combination of raspberry and pistachio can't really go wrong, but this cake had a lot of cream which took away from the flavours.

January 2, 2012

 

 McEwan is a gourmet grocery store stocked with (1) fresh groceries and (2) prepared foods by renown Torontonian Chef Mark McEwan. McEwan is the restaurateur behind Bymark (home of the $35 hamburger), North 44, One and Fabbrica (across the street from McEwan at Shops at Don Mills). Sometimes on the weekends, they set up sampling stations and you get to try the awesome food! Examples include: samosas, curries, Reuben sandwiches, chutneys on crackers, tzatziki sauce (they have the most amazing tzatziki sauce! it's $7.99 for a little box but it's delish!), guacamole, etc. 

Today - we did sushi! This was the spicy tuna roll and it was tightly wrapped and delectable! The sushi here is fantastic for store-bought sushi (but with a reputation like Mark McEwan's they definitely need to keep up the standard). It was also reasonably priced at $7.99

We love their purple rice sushi here! It's colourful, fun and very good (even though they were only cucumber)! The purple colour is not just colouring - there's something unique about the way it tastes and it's supposed to be more nutritional than white rice. The cucumber rolls were $4.49 - a decent price for McEwan's food.

Conclusion: Definitely try the sushi here if you're in the neighbourhood! It's quick, easy and reasonably priced. If you're not happy with the selection - you can always request to make your own sushi rolls from the sushi chef who's always there. 

Website: http://www.mcewanfoods.com/