THE BEST BREAD YOU WILL EVER EAT

Are you tired of eating tasteless, mass-market, store-bought bread that has about 30 ingredients, many of which are preservatives?  If you are, there is no need to ever eat it again while you’re living in Manila.  Just go to the popular Saturday morning market in Salcedo Village, and look for Mike the Breadman who is always manning his booth.  Mike has longish, graying hair tied back in a ponytail, and he wears a Western type hat.  Mike’s breads are made with no preservatives (so they have to be refrigerated), and with very little sugar – some of the breads have zero sugar.  I highly recommend the 10-grain, which is without question, the best bread I have ever eaten, and I also strongly recommend the raisin bread, which is heavy, and loaded with cinnamon and raisins.  Mike has a wide variety of other excellent breads, coffees, and desserts, but I go there for the 10-grain, which will not disappoint you.  For those of you who frequent the Saturday market, you’ll probably read this and think about all the other decent breads on offer there - but trust me on this - try Mike’s breads and you’ll become a regular customer.

JOEL FISCHL

US Embassy

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This blog began with a McMadness. Driven to the edge by The McDonald’s From Hell, we said we were mad and we weren’t going to take any more.

It’s an epidemic, really. The bad food, the bad attitude. Food has been hijacked by two factions in the Philippines: the hoity-toity graduates of culinary schools who imagine themselves the next Gordon Ramsay on the strength of a certificate of completion, as well as the mass producers of bad but affordable food (as opposed to bad but expensive).

We are a nation that has lost its way in morals, spirituality, and, yeah, cuisine. We like to emphasize style over substance, packaging over product. We should worry because this bias for glitz and glamor over any real progress and achievement is costing us much more than just good food.

A country’s cuisine is a manifestation of its soul. Food embodies the best a nation has to offer in resources, skills, and traditions. It is a product of a people’s aspirations and creativity. It tells others who we are and what we want to become. FOOD IS CULTURE.

If the predominant food culture is what we see today, pedestrian masquerading as refined, same old same old camouflaged as new, or S.S.D.D. (Same Shit, Different Day), you have to wonder what we have become. Pretentious, indifferent, frivolous and dismissive? Counterfeit and dishonest?

Maybe you think you deserve better.

Maybe it’s time to declare a personal war against people who serve us so poorly, insulting us every day with pious claims of fighting the good fight for liberty, equality, and a good meal for all, who think that if they SAY it often enough and loudly enough, that it will come true, or will at least be believed to be true. Hey, guys, we’ve read George Orwell, okay?

It’s time to vote with our pocketbooks, refusing to pay for mere lip service and shoddy merchandise, culinary and otherwise. At the very least, we may finally get a good meal next time we pay for one.

Food=Culture

October 11, 2011

Bake Day

Baking bread is therapeutic: it takes your idle mind to work creatively and brings you that much needed comfort especially when the aroma of fresh bread wafts thru the the air..heaven pare. And Like my never ending bucket list, how I wish I have the time to bake everything I fancy! I can already imagine myself kneading the flour and baking wonderful breads like the ones sold by Gng. Bukid at the Salcedo Market (you should try her Chala bread) but then, that's another story ;)

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September 23, 2010

Where to Buy Healthy Food in Makati

I buy my bread (10 grain) from Gng. Bukid. They are famous for their Challah bread, Maja Blanca and Pandesitos. He is at the Salcedo Market every Saturday.

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August 11, 2011

Weekend Wonders

The lure of Sidcor is being able to buy specialties that come from the provinces and those from people who just love to cook. There’s Gng. Bukid, said to be Filipino for Mrs. Fields but who is represented by Ginoong Bukid (the mister) who can expound about the products they sell and is amused that there are ladies “of a certain age” who wait for him at the parking lot just to make sure they have first crack at the breads (the challah is fantastic) and pastries.

by Micky Fenix

Sunday Inquirer Magazine

March 19, 2011

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Event: More than 450 stalls of great finds at SIDCOR's Longest-running Sunday Market now at Eton Centris

Delicacies from the North to the South can also be enjoyed here as they have arranged the center of the market as dining area.
Gng.Bukid's Christopsomo's Christmas bread, Challah bread from Jewish tradition, Kapeng Miguelin.

November 7, 2010

Top 10 Places to Spot Stars

SPOT.ph did some sleuthing and uncovered the best places in the metro to go star-gazing, and we don’t mean the kind where you need to use a telescope. As much as they try to stay under the radar, celebrities can’t keep away from their favorite restaurants, salons, gyms, or clubs for long. Hence, here’s a list of hotspots known for their celebrity clientele... but don’t tell them we told you.

6. Weekend Bazaar: Salcedo Market
Jaime C. Velasquez Park, between Leviste and Tordesillas streets in Salcedo Village, Makati City. Open Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The lowdown: Arguably the most famous weekend market in the metro, Salcedo Market is a souk of sorts and has become a favorite among celebrity foodies, especially those that hail from the South.
The perks: Get your hands on hard-to-find items like Panaderya Gng. Bukid's freshly-baked Challah bread.
Celebrity Sightings: Lucy Torres once wrote about her craving for Challah bread in her Philippine Star column “I think it is a little drop of blessing in this big busy city, catching bread while it’s hot… So yes, God bless bread, and ladies like Gng. Bukid who bakes them with hand and heart late into the night... I have never met her yet, but I do love her bread.”
The only time to go: Saturday morning.

Spot.ph
November 17, 2010