Swiss Gourmet Deli

Did you know that there is an archive of mouldering posts on my blog that contain one or two items and not full reviews? Sometimes I just go to somewhere, pick up one or two items and never return. When I run out of posts and am in a rut for posting something, that moulding post becomes a RJIE, sometimes it spends a little longer in hibernation and becomes a full blog post.



Swiss Gourmet Deli is one of those places I go to whenever I'm in West End so I automatically assume everyone knows about it. I was quite surprised when we went to Char Char Yiros that no one had ever been inside. I thought to myself, yes, I need to share this!

The fluffy looking thing in the photo below is actually a Portuguese pavlova, its a super tall, super sweet meringue coated in burnt caramel and almonds. It doesn't look particularly large but the size of this slice was about the size of a paperback book. We shared this slice between four of us, great for those who love cloud like meringue. I don't think we actually finished it.

Huge, huge, huge!

The Swiss Gourmet Deli is super famous for its awesome Portuguese custard tarts, at the time of report they cost about $2.80. They are absolutely delicious, a super silky thick custard with real vanilla bean seeds, the top is lovingly scorched to a golden brown forming a weird skin that I enjoy picking off and eating and the pastry is short and flaky. I always buy just one, and I try to avoid going back because that would start a terrible downwards spiral of gluttony.

So good

Swiss Gourmet Deli
Atmosphere: 6, super duper cramped shop of everything. Everywhere you possibly look there is something new to check out and ponder buying. The glass counter is full of delicious things that you want to buy, don't make eye contact with it.
Service: 5, buy stuff and bail.
Food: 8, delicious food and rare ingredients that you can't find anywhere else!