Boulangerie Blouin

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On the Île d’Orléans, Tomiko and I stopped at the Boulangerie Blouin. We hadn’t planned on stopping, but decided we should buy some bread for our planned lunch with cheese. We had driven by but pulled over as soon as we noticed the bakery sign. Entering the building, we smelled the delicious aroma of freshly-baked bread, and then we faced the hard decision of choosing what to buy!

The Boulangerie Blouin was founded in 1917, and continued using traditional family recipes. Now, the bakery offers whole grain baked goods in addition to loaves made with white flour. The bakery’s products are increasingly being found in stores and supermarkets across Quebec. After being run by four generations of the family, entrepreneurs from the Île d’Orléans have taken it over and are breathing a new life into the bakery.

Tomiko and I ended up buying a crusty fresh baguette, one of my favourite breads. There were brioches, tarte au sucre (sugar pie), roulés à la crème (cream rolls), and vanilla- and maple-flavoured mille-feuilles. We decided to try a buttery croissant in addition to our baguette. Honestly, I don’t know why I was skeptical of the croissant – we were as close to France as we were going to get! Maybe it’s because I often had stale, limp croissants that tasted like cardboard. Here, though, I was wrong. The fat croissant was flaky and buttery, with a crisp crust but meltingly tender crumb. Ever since this croissant, my trust in croissants has been renewed!

Visit Boulangerie Blouin:

3965 Chemin Royal, Sainte-Famille, QC G0A 3P0
(418) 829-2590