YEAST Boulangerie – Bistro and Bar à Vin @ Telawi Bangsar

The newest and most promising French boulangerie and casual dining outlet commenced operations just last week.

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I first got wind of it when Chef Paul of The Cooking Studio hinted at an upcoming French bakery during my Rachel Allen session just a month back. Chef Paul, who knew about my obsession with breads and desserts had confidently proclaimed that my woes of seeking good European breads here in KL are over.

BELOW: Gruyere Cheese and Smoked Duck Batard (RM TBC), Walnut Raisin loaf (RM12).

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Tedboy Bakery – Telawi, Bangsar

I’m usually very excited about new breads and new bakeries. Consuming an average of a 400g of bread daily, there’s only that many bakeries to visit and breads I can eat before I get really really bored.

Thus new varieties, new bakeries and new baking techniques are exciting news for me. So when a long time friend of mine alerted me about this new bakery – Tedboy in Bangsar, I was immediately raring to go.

Its prime location certainly works in its favour. It’s just across the road from Delicious in BV II and on the same row as Devi’s.  If that still doesn’t get your attention, then maybe enticing fresh loaves peeking out of its store front would?

I observed that almost 80% of the passer-by would stop, stare and then pushed through the doors of Tedboy in curiosity. While not all actually purchased a loaf, chances are high that they would return to do so.
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Bonjour Garden Bakery, Kota Damansara & Isetan Eat Paradise, 1 Utama

If you have been an avid follower of my blog, you would have noticed that I’m a fanatical bread lover and a burger addict. 😀
I have written a few posts on some of my favourite bakeries such as Hagen, Craft Bakers, Tommy Le Baker, etc, all which sells artisanal and healthy loaves which I’m so fond of.
While Bonjour is not exactly a pure artisan or European breads bakery, I find their loaves of a higher grade from the usual commercial bakeries, and for the very same reason that kept me returning for more each week.

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Correct me if I’m mistaken but I’m of the opinion that the average Malaysian prefers his/her breads soft and fluffy rather than the hard crusted, chewy and heavy European-style breads.
At Tommy Le Baker and Craft Bakers, their breads are made from scratch using imported flour and all loaves are preservative, additive, dough improver and softener free. These are truly hand-baked goodness. But light and floaty these loaves aren’t for sure, and it will be sometime before the average Malaysian appreciates such breads. Admittedly there has been a shift in the bread consuming society recently, a testament to the amount of artisan bakeries popping up of late. But some bakeries still struggled, such as Hagen Bake and Brew, one of my favourite bakeries which had since gave up baking their own loaves and now stocks Heistand breads instead. Sigh.

Anyhow, back to Bonjour Garden.

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Levain Boulangerie & Patisserie, The real STONE OVEN bakery in KL!

It’s been a while since I was here – my last post dated May 2010 – HERE so I didn’t know what to expect. It had remained an insanely popular place since it’s opening, and from general feedback, I was informed that the quality of breads has since deteriorated, service is bad, it’s packed to the rafters everyday, etc etc.

Hence I had avoided a re-visit; til just a few days back, when a bunch of us decided that we would like to brunch out on BREADS on the 2nd day of Raya.

Thanks Pop for the pic!


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