Thursday, January 3, 2008

Bread from Provence

Provence

Located in a quiet corner of Holland Village, it took me really some time to finally locate this bakery shop. Went there in the weird hours where the least crowd is expected, but the bakery is still quite packed. So much good reviews about these place, hence I have a very high expectation of their bread!
Cafe - Bakery style

Very Wide Variety of Bread - a fusion of Japanese and French Flavas

ah...i cannot decide what i want....

Ended up buying a wide variety of bread to try out!
I believe that to find out whether a bakery is good, you gotta try their An Pan (Red Bean Bun)

Bread ready for inspection!

L - R:
An Pan (Red Bean with Skin) - 4.4/ 5.0- Mama Bakery at Square 2 is better
Raisin Bun - 4.0/5.0 - The Exterior is like Polo bun, one of the nicest raisin bread I ever tried
Brazilian Cheese Bun - 3.0/5.0 - Chewy bread, and its deep fried and tt makes me really hate it.


L - R:
An Pan version 2 (Red Bean with Skin) - 4.0/ 5.0
Milk Bread - 4.4/ 5.0 - The bread is very very soft, and has thin layer of light of milk custard, not too heavy.

8 comments:

Food Lover said...

I guess you missed the wassants too?

Anonymous said...

your milk pan looks empty inside!did you eat up all the cream before you took the pix? lol! ;p
btw it's only nice when fresh from the oven.otherwise when the milk cream turns cold it gets abit..erm..weird...

i swear by the blueberry cheese pan!think you got it at the bottom most right! that's the nicest!did you try? ^_^

Anonymous said...

food lover: don't ever think about seeing the wassants on the shelves!coz they're forever sold out. most customers call to reserve!

u can try petit provence @ The Central! more chances there! ;)

FoodieGymmie said...

i din see any wassants... but the milk bread was really great...

anyway... mama bakery at square 2 offers nice bread too... love their an pans! and i did not get to eat the blueberry cheese pan... it just dissapeared when i got home... lol.

Anonymous said...

oh yes forgot to rave about mama bakery too! i love their bread! its the best! esp the poached pear cheese,raisin custard, cranberry cheese, chocolate bowl..even the simple plain butter rolls remain so soft & fluffy after a few days!amazing..

hmm guess i'm just a bread pig. lol. a sweet-toothed bread pig. ^_^

Food Lover said...

Ice: Thanks for telling me that they have a branch in The Central! Been wanting to get my hands on the wassants since dunno when. Hee!

Unknown said...

Wao....you bought quite a lot on your visit. Anyway, I went today again. The wassants are still available. 4 big baskets of them.

FoodieGymmie said...

FQ - I dun really like the wassants. Scones!! try them!! :)