Katong red bakery
Originally uploaded by Abducted by pirates.
Had been a long time since i had laksa that can be eaten out of a spoon. And even a longer time since i had a piece of cake from the red bakery. The red brick buildin still stand where it is and this is still the same place that i remember, the similar forsaken bakery where cakes where once baked with zeal. Taken the photo in case the entire buildin get pull down or something. Anyway, i didn had the chance to witness the glamourous time of it but still it remains as a heritage, a legacy in the hearts of many. The bakery was featured on the tv sometime back which the owner explained the closure due to the uncompetitive method of hand making the bread and pastries and lack of business. Another sad case of the rapidly advancing technology forcing the tradition modus operandi to be discontinued. But truthfully, i couldn tell the difference between hand-make or machine-make pastries, the effort put in and all, to me, bread is bread. A derisive yet salutary imitation i guess.
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There are still successes among the traditional hand make bakeries. An example will be "Dino" at Upp Thomson Road, along Thomson Plaza. That's a great pastry shop, with varieties of cakes which are all hand-made. The price is affordable, and the ambience is great. I'm not here to promote for them, but I believe that the success/failure of a business goes right down to its management. No point having a heritage, without business management. I guess you'll have to create more new products that are reasonably priced for starters.
To differentiate between a MACHINE/HAND-MADE pastry: MACHINE made tend to be finer in texture, however HAND-MADE are not so fine. (I have to say that experienced masters can do as that of machine, still there is a difference.) Pay close attention to the pastry you eat next time, and you'll realise the differences.
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