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| - I had no idea what Pastizzi was before coming to this place - after Googling what the heck it actually was, I came here on a Saturday morning for a quick morning snack. Basically, Pastizzi is like a really, really crunchy pseudo-wannabe-croissant (Maltese), not at all soft or sweet, but crispy and savoury.
Located in a plaza at the corner of Derry Road and Millcreek Drive in Northwest Mississauga, this is definitely a mom-and-pop shop where, if you peek into the kitchen, you can actually see Grandma and Grandpa rolling out the puff pastry and making batches and batches of these for the day. It's a very casual family environment, basic but charming.
We ordered 2 Pastizzi stuffed with warm ricotta cheese ($1.75 each), a coffee, and a tea. Like others commented below - the pastry itself is super enjoyable. So crunchy yet light - the cheese stuffing was generous, nice and warm, and worked perfectly with the pastry shell. Overall, delicious! It was so crunchy and wonderful, and so difficult to only have just one! The coffee was fine; the tea comes from an average box of tea bags behind the counter - I'd pass on the tea next time. The Pastizzi was the highlight of our visit and, apparently their menu, as they sell other savoury flavours with various types of stuffing.
If we're ever in the area again, we'll definitely come back to cater to our newfound Pastizzi fix! Our total, with taxes in, came to exactly $8.00.
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