b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Lifestyles Channel Subscribe to this Feed

Noodles and Rice

Archive for the ‘Breads’ Category

March 19th, 2008

Bread size

Is it just Japan that does this?  Commercial bread - predominantly white and cake like - is sold in what I would call half loaf sizes.  Each loaf is the same size but you buy either 8,6, 5 or 4 slice versions.  The maths isn’t remarkable but you can imagine that a loaf cut into […]

By Tom -- 0 comments

December 24th, 2007

An pan koala

Japanese bakeries do a very good job of making things look cute, beautiful or at least interesting.  This is an An Pan (a bun filled with sweet adzuki bean paste) with a stylized koala face on top.  What a koala has to do with an pan I am not sure but there was also a […]

By Tom -- 2 comments

May 31st, 2007

Sourdough Pandesal

Pandesal is a Filipino bread characterized by its size and shape, but mostly by the crumbs that hug its exterior. Straight from the oven, the thin crust can vary, depending on the maker and the recipe, and ranges from crisp and substantial to soft and pillowy. But always, the salty grittiness of the […]

By Stef -- 0 comments

Site Meter