A new town means new loaves of bread to squeeze. In Indianapolis we found the perfect loaf with one squeeze and later we discovered that there were others just as good. In KL/PJ have tested loaves at the up-market groceries; every loaf was relatively squishy. The news stand down stairs sells a whole grain loaf that works well for toast. To help in our search Doug began reading Malaysian food blogs - a major task give the number of food blog and the quality of the reviews. The bloggers often refer to themselves as "food obsessed Malaysians." Truer words were never spoken.
On Friday we were in the neighborhood of Levain that had gotten excellent reviews. The restaurant was jammed. [Downtown KL should be avoided Fridays after noon - incredible traffic and crowded restaurants.] Levain had downstairs tables, patio tables, and upstairs tables and finding an empty one was a bit of luck. We had a tasty, reasonable priced lunch: dry pasta curry and chicken bologinase spaghettini.
As for take-out we skipped the pastries and went straight for the bread.
The baguette (whole grain and cereals) was the winner - a relatively dense load with great flavor. The rye had a robust rye taste but it was less dense than what I was looking for. The whole grain loaf is waiting to be toasted. The bottom-line we will happily stop by for a meal and bread if we are in the neighborhood. Next week we will try a German bakery in Bangsar and see if we find a load that we will go out of our way for.
Hi ! This looks great.
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