Your daily bread is getting more posh

Bakeries offering sourdough loaves, friands, shio pan and other bakes are popping up in HDB and private residential neighbourhoods Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Their bakes and bread would not be out of place in an Orchard Road mall, in a cafe at a gourmet enclave or in a farmer’s market.

Think loaves of sourdough and baguettes, financiers and friands, shokupan and shio pan. And these goodies are available at your doorstep.

Bakers are redefining what a neighbourhood bakery might offer, away from the soft buns and buttercream cakes that many traditional shops are known for. More importantly, they are finding an audience in hawker centres and HDB estates.

For the most part, these businesses run on lean teams, with owners doing the baking and often making deliveries themselves. Gratification comes from the support they get from residents in the area, who taste their wares and go back for more. Check out these bakeries in your ’hood.

Where: 01-02 Flora Vista, 7 Ang Mo Kio Street 66 Open: 10am to 6pm (Tuesdays to Fridays and Sundays), 10am to 2pm (Saturdays); closed on Mondays Info: fredbreadsg.com

To sample baker Freddie Yeo’s Hokkaido Milk Bread, you can start with one slice. Step into his bakery-cafe and you can order a slice of bread, butter and a coffee for $12.80, and if you want, choose a toaster from his collection and toast your own.