I was craving decent bread and was on the hunt for a breadmaker, but they are not easy things to find here.
After some encouragement from a good friend I had a go at making some myself. All I have is a shitty 1500nt Sampo bench top oven, but after around 10-15 loaves I can humbly say every one has been a winner.
Takes about 15 mins I guess, not including cooking time.
Fresh bread sliced off a Rustic Wholegrain Loaf everyday
You can get bread machines in costco, sub NT$2k, but itās not great, kinda old fashioned I guess, but at least itās affordable. I get quite varied results from it, one time the bread comes out great, another itās this thiny hard loaf, not sure why, as I use about the same amount of stuff every time.
Anyone know where I can find rye flour in taipei/taoyuan as all the places I knew of (a local healthfood shop close to where I used to live in taipei, citysuper, etc) doesnāt have it any more and Iāve checked in Jasons, Mitsukoshi and Breezeā¦
Interesting, not that I have any idea where that isā¦ sorry, but Iām really lost hereā¦
Any chance to either get it in chinese so I can search on google maps or something that I might know thatās close by?
Last time I got some rye flour was in HKā¦
Oh well, thanks for the heads up anyhow
Rye flour is sold in an organic shop near veterans general hospital, close the regular bus stop from VGH towards ShiPai MRT station.
You could also try one close to Taipower Station, on Roosevelt , not too far from the crossing with DaAn St.; someone here might be able to give better directions.
And then what? I mean, sure itās hot here (at least in the summer) but I bet even you canāt bake bread in the sunā¦
Nor do I think you can afford to eat beans to the extent that you have your own natural gas powered steam ovenā¦
Well, Iāve had the one from Costo for well over a year now and itās still going strong. Sure, I guess I only use it once every week or every other week (I use my XXL toaster oven at times as well), but knock on wood, not had any problems with it and Iāve abused it a fair bit with both rye, raisins and seeds. Most of the bread machines here look really old fashioned compared to the new thingies Iāve seen in Europe. You can get an almost real loaf of bread these days with the dual kneading machinesā¦
Oh well, so much for living on the bread backside of the world
[quote=āTheLostSwedeā] You can get an almost real loaf of bread these days with the dual kneading machinesā¦
Oh well, so much for living on the bread backside of the world [/quote]
Wait, wait, wait! You mean the bread from these things is no good? Iām just starting to explore the possibilities.