Orchid Pastry

Just about 2 weeks ago, when I was visiting my parents at Calgary, I found this little bakery 5 mins away from my mom’s house. I walk in and saw a lot of yummy goodness. Funny thing is my mom don’t even know about this place, and it has been open for more then 2 years. I got to talk to the lady working there, she told me her bakery is persian style, which I never had before. She introduce me to a few things. I definitely love it. I also make my mom a fan of this bakery too.

OMG… the pastry here are amazing. My boyfriend surprised me with a variety pack filled with four different type of pastries. Each one look way too pretty to eat. The tiramisu here is one of the best I’ve had. Really light and fluffy with a perfect amount of coffee flavour. The jelly rolls were soft and fluffy; not overly sweet. I definitely will be going back.

Orchid Pastry is the best kept secret in the NW. Hidden amongst the most unassuming of strip shops along Centre St and 64^th, you wouldn’t know you passed by quite possibly the best Pastry Shop in town if you were driving by.
This sweet shop prepares exquisite hand made French/​Persian delights from pastries, to bake goods and even cakes. You can order a box of sweets, cake slices, and other sugary delectables. Cakes will need an order as they prepare them on an order basis although they do have smaller log cakes. What I love about the sweets here is that Orchid Pastry’s technique is different from nearly every other shop in town: their desserts are not overly sweet but still incredibly delicious, the cakes/​slices are moist and not powdery dry, and they use fresh, real ingredients. Just one bite of anything and you’ll taste what I’m talking about. I should also mention that customer service is always solid here, it’s always kind, courteous service with a smile.
Keep in mind that with this level of quality comes an acceptable premium in price. These aren’t your safeway or superstore cakes so be prepared to drop a fair amount on these desserts/​cakes if you’re thinking about ordering one for a party (you should be thinking of /​making up an event that calls for one of these delights — «60 hour work week celebratory cake, anyone?»). Final word about this place: get up, drive here, try their sweets, and spread the word so that Orchid Pastry is no longer Calgary’s best kept secret!

Yikes… working so close to Orchid Pastry is a health hazard! Tucked away in the corner of a strip mall, you would never know this charming Persian bakery existed.
I especially enjoy Orchid’s pastries because they are not overly sweet and light. My favourite items to get are their variety boxes (about $ 15-​$ 20) that contains 3 vanilla jelly rolls, 3 cappuccino jelly rolls, and either 3 napoleons or 3 tiramisu. They also make baklava, canoli, puddings, and a variety of Persian cookies.
The sponge cake of the jelly rolls are moist with a light cream filling. So far, the napoleons are the best ones I’ve had, with flaky puff pastry and a whipped vanilla custard-​like cream. The tiramisu is also in my category of favourites, with moist layers of coffee soaked cake surrounded by a light chocolate cream.
The cookies are about $ 1.60/each or cheaper for half a dozen or dozen (~$ 10). Highly recommend any of their buttery shortbread cookies especially the fruit filled sandwich ones or walnut with icing sugar. Other baked items to try are the: chocolate wafer; berenj (Persian rice cookie) with poppy seeds; and this chewy almond sandwich cookie with vanilla that looks and has a texture of a macaron.
If you’re in the area, stop by Orchid Pastry for delectable pastries and cakes. Definitely will not disappoint!

I was planning a birthday party for my mother, and having recently moved back to Calgary after living in Texas for 15 years, I was unfamiliar with the local bakeries. A quick google search and a check on Unilocal led me to Orchid Pastry, a locally owned shop in a strip mall on Centre street not too far from my house. Their website gave me a good idea of the types of pastries they offer, and I was sold when I saw that they make a tiramisu cake with real fresh cream. I ordered a ½ sheet for $ 70 which could probably feed about 35 people and was very impressed when I went to go pick it up. The cake was gorgeous, and the flavour was everything I had been dreaming about since I ordered the cake a few days earlier. Light, fluffy layers of cake sandwiched between light, creamy layers of espresso flavored tiramisu goodness. Everyone at the party loved it (most importantly, my mother), and wanted to know where it came from. I was happy to refer them to Orchid. I will order from them again and can’t wait to go back to try some of the other pastries they serve in the shop!

Orchid is a classy Persian pastry shop tucked into the corner of a less than classy strip mall. You would never know it’s there unless you’re really looking, but not knowing about it is a shame, which is how I felt when I walked in the door for the first time today. The owner said it’s been open for three years. If you have someone to impress, Orchid will do so with its pastry presentation alone.
I ended up choosing three items to sample and spent $ 4. Not bad, as these pastries are somewhat elaborate. The jam pastry I chose was made with raspberry, so the taste and texture reminded me of the jam jams that my grandma used to make, but fancier. The chocolate wafer was good too, but less sweet than I was expecting. Sort of like Tiramisu. The Cappuccino bite size cake looks like a cupcake, but it’s not. It was very spongy and I should have used a fork to eat it. It also wasn’t overly sweet but had all the right tastes for a coffee-​flavored desert without being overwhelming. For an extreme sweet tooth like myself, these deserts didn’t quite satisfy, but they are very good. I imagine that other treats have more sugar. I’m tempted to return for a log cake (they look amazing) or maybe even custom order a birthday cake.
The website is also simple and classy, which is nice. Here you can see they have a few other interesting desserts and a second location at the Calgary Farmer’s Market.

Awesome sweets beautiful presentations. Try tasty and delicious baklavas or kolooche’s. Love it!