Backeri and Eis Cafe at the Zermatt

Address:


787 West Resort Drive
Midway, UT 84049

Price Range:


$5-15


Website

Craig and I went to this little pastry shop a while ago. Craig was the one who found it when he had to do some IT stuff up at the Zermatt Resort and he couldn't stop raving about it, so we grabbed a couple of friends and trekked up there.


Menu:


Soldier Hollow: By the time we got there, it was Lunch time so we had no choice but to order their sandwiches. The Soldier Hollow consists of pickles, turkey, Swiss cheese, a tomato slice, lettuce, Dijon mustard and mayonnaise squished between a baguette sliced lengthwise. I'm not normally one for putting pickles on Deli sandwiches but in this case it definitely worked, I think my only gripe would be that the baguette was a little tough which may mean that it was a little stale or a little cold when sliced and served instead of hot and fresh. This is purely speculation. The sandwich in general was delicious, although a little pricey for what you got.

Provo River: The Provo River, on the other hand, was done on Focaccia and includes Black Forest ham, Caramelized onion, Swiss cheese, fig marmalade, and whole grain mustard. The combination of the fig marmalade and whole grain mustard provided a surprising flavor. I say surprising because the spiciness of the mustard and the sweetness of the marmalade worked really well together to soften the spice and enhance the sweet. Don't get me wrong, there were times when you got more mustard than marmalade and you thought your mouth was on fire, but when tasted with equal amounts of the marmalade it was such a complimentary combination that the occasional spice was forgivable. Alongside that, the saltiness of the Focaccia added a delightful flavor as well. I am always going to be a fan of sweet and salty flavors mixing and this is no exception.

Quiche: This was the closest to a breakfast item we could find that the time and even then that was iffy. This  quiche was made with red peppers, ham, and Swiss cheese. For a breakfast item, it would be too heavy. It had too many "brunch" type ingredients in them to make it a real breakfast quiche. But for our lunch it was just perfect. Nice and light with the sweetness from the peppers being a dominant flavor. I truly enjoyed this as a lunch item.

Dessert: Once we saw those desserts we couldn't help ourselves. We decided to go with what is called Choux. It's basically a giant round eclair filled with raspberry cream and dipped in chocolate. It was delicious. Light and creamy and the chocolate was not a hardened chocolate like I was anticipating, it was most certainly ganache which is softer when set than tempered chocolate. I thoroughly enjoyed that surprise since I always expect pastries to be dipped in tempered chocolate because its cheaper for most places to do that than make ganache. The second little delight was their famous key lime tart. It was heavenly. Not to heavy on the lime, but enough so that you could tell you were tasting lime. Lime is such a powerful flavor that I really did enjoy this, especially with the cream cheese frosting on top, absolutely made the tart. The crust was made of shortbread which is one of my favorite crusts with pies or tarts that are more tangy than sweet.

In the end the food for the most part was pretty good. I would say my gripe would be that the service was incredibly slow. They had three workers back there, two of which were taking their time and looking surly like they resented that there were customers here and the other that moved so slow it took forever for orders to be filled. We were not the only ones there so I was really disappointed about the service because everyone else with us had to deal with how slow everyone was going and how surly they were. I would not make the trek up there again...but maybe if I were tempted by one of those pastries.