Neighbourhood Bakery Opens

Cinnamon roll, plum pastry, croissant and pain au chocolat

Finally! A new bakery opened a few blocks from our home last week and it's already become very popular.

Called Bread Culture, the bakery used to be in Calgary, but the owners were burnt out and relocated to Vancouver. It's ironic considering Alberta is trying to entice British Columbians to move and take advantage of more job opportunities and affordable housing.

I tried to visit Bread Culture before it closed on Friday at 4pm and was shocked to find the shelves were completely empty. The staff said they were sold out long before so i said I would be back again -- earlier.

The next day I went back to the bakery at around 11am and was pleased to see an array of baked goods available, from breads to pastries and even choux or cream puffs.

I told the staff that I had come the day before and everything was sold out.

"Oh yeah we were swarmed by locusts," he said. "Two women came when we opened and took two big boxes of stuff."

Hopefully the bakery will enforce a rule that large orders need to be made 24 hours in advance so that the rest of us can at least try some items.

I was so excited by the selection of baked goods that I brought home a croissant, plum danish, a pain au chocolat and a cinnamon roll, as well as a loaf of sourdough bread.

Everything looked and tasted delicious, not too sweet. For the cinnamon roll we were advised to either heat it up slightly in the toaster oven or microwave to bring out the gooey-ness. I for one was delighted to eat a sourdough loaf again, after having eaten many loaves from Bakehouse in Hong Kong.

Maybe Bread Culture can make sourdough egg tarts too? Can't wait to try the choux pastry next time!