We’re honoured to be collaborating on a special one-off dinner with Brad Carter and his team from Carters of Moseley, and Lap-fai Lee, to bring you a very special evening of food on the 29th June 2015. We’ll be holding two sittings – 5.30pm and 8pm – and it’s priced at £35 per head. Expect the best of what Loaf, Carters and Lap are all about – a great welcome, great ingredients, great bread, seasonal and foraged flavours, and exquisite cooking. More details on the menu nearer the time. You can reserve your spot at either sitting here: http://www.loafonline.co.uk/shop/events/ don’t miss out, it’s going to be an incredible night and places are strictly limited.
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Carters of Moseley coming to Stirchley – 29th June 2015
We’re honoured to be collaborating on a special one-off dinner with Brad Carter and his team from Carters of Moseley, and Lap-fai Lee, to bring you a very special evening of food on the 29th June 2015. We’ll be holding two sittings – 5.30pm and 8pm – and it’s priced at £35 per head. Expect the best of what Loaf, Carters and Lap are all about – a great welcome, great ingredients, great bread, seasonal and foraged flavours, and exquisite cooking. More details on the menu nearer the time. You can reserve your spot at either sitting here: http://www.loafonline.co.uk/shop/events/ don’t miss out, it’s going to be an incredible night and places are strictly limited.
Stirchley-on-Sea #4 – Wednesday 6th May, 7-9pm
After the popular USA coast-to-coast themed Strchley-on-Sea #3, we’re heading to South East Asia for number 4 on Wednesday 6th May from 7-9pm. No lobster dish this time round so there’s no need to pre-book any dishes, just turn up on the night. Don’t forget you can BYO booze to drink in, or we sell soft drinks here. You can of course take away, but it’s always a nice atmosphere if you choose to hang around and eat in the cookery school dining room or bakery. Here we go:
Grilled curry mackerel, nam jim jaew sauce, green mango salad, rice – £7
Soft shell crab som tam, steamed bao (Spicy or very spicy) – £8
Prawn and pork summer rolls – 2 for £5
Thai fish soup with a hunk of bread £5
Additional bao £1.50 per pair
Looking forward to sea-ing you there…
Tom.
Stirchley-on-Sea #4 – Wednesday 6th May, 7-9pm
After the popular USA coast-to-coast themed Strchley-on-Sea #3, we’re heading to South East Asia for number 4 on Wednesday 6th May from 7-9pm. No lobster dish this time round so there’s no need to pre-book any dishes, just turn up on the night. Don’t forget you can BYO booze to drink in, or we sell soft drinks here. You can of course take away, but it’s always a nice atmosphere if you choose to hang around and eat in the cookery school dining room or bakery. Here we go:
Grilled curry mackerel, nam jim jaew sauce, green mango salad, rice – £7
Soft shell crab som tam, steamed bao (Spicy or very spicy) – £8
Prawn and pork summer rolls – 2 for £5
Thai fish soup with a hunk of bread £5
Additional bao £1.50 per pair
Looking forward to sea-ing you there…
Tom.
Trying new recipes!
I realised I pretty much only own Jamie Oliver recipe books, so I bought a few new ones* to try which have been gathering dust on the shelf since last year! I thought it would be good to share my adventures in cooking with you guys, so if you’re interested – stay tuned!
*Now I’m looking at them, I recognise they’re mostly centred around sweet baked goods! You’ll be surprised to find out I hardly ever ‘bake’ (I’m lucky enough to work at Loaf after all!) but I would like to. Plus I have a huge sweet tooth…
Ovenly by Agatha Kulaga & Erin Patinkin ( Harlequin Press 2014)
I found these guys through Instagram, and bought the book immediately when I saw them on Chefs night out.
Named after their bakery in Brooklyn, New York; this recipe book is filled with All-American style sweet baked goods made with a twist; a style for which they’re now famous.
Aquavit by Marcus Samuelsson (Houghton Mifflin Co 2003)
‘The new Scandinavian cuisine’ as created by Marcus Samuelsson, Executive chef at NYC Scandinavian style fine dining restaurant Aquavit; the book is a comprehensive tome of all things Scandi and fine!
I found this through the food blog Outside Oslo, which I regularly mine for sweet jewels to drool over.
I got my copy off Amazon – second hand – so you might find this one difficult to get hold of (sorry guys!)
Plenty more by Yotam Ottolenghi (Ebury Press 2014)
Like most people, I got this for Christmas! The sequel to Plenty.
What excited me most was that the recipes call for things that I already buy and already try to eat, so with a few tweaks here and there I can rustle up some Ottolenghi vegi-liciousness!
Nordic Bakery Cookbook by Miisa Mink (Ryland Peters & Small 2013)
Norwegian buns are pretty much the reason why I bought this book. I spent a little time in Bergen and left my heart there. I’m hoping that recreating some of their baking staples over here in Stirchley will help fill the void.
Note: the writer is Finnish NOT Norwegian, so the recipes lean a little to the East..
And last but certainly not least…
Fika by Ikea (Ikea 2012)
‘Fika, a break for coffee and a bite to eat, is a cornerstone of Swedish food culture.’
I know that a lot of people might put their nose up to this one, but as I’ve made abundantly clear, I’m into Scandi cooking; and this book offers up all the best of Scandi basics that will get me started… that’s Ikea all over really!
You’ll find it in the IKEA food hall.
Watch this space…
Jordan
Easter Opening Hours
We will be open as usual on Good Friday (12-6.30pm) and on Saturday (8.15am-1pm) but we will then shut until Wednesday 8th April so our bakers can enjoy a break on Monday.
You can pre-order Hot Cross Buns for collection on Friday or Saturday but as demand has been high we’ll ask you to pre-pay for them (£1 each). You can pop into the shop to place your order or we can take card payments over the phone.
Happy Easter!
Dosa Course 31st March!
We’ve got a dosa course coming up with this wonderful man, Haseen George, on the 31st March, 6.30pm-9.30pm. For once it still has some availability, book online here: http://www.loafonline.co.uk/shop/dosa/.
Stirchley-on-Sea Three! April 1st, 7-9.30pm
We’re going stateside for this one, check out the menu below:
Two new Flavour Geography courses
We’re really excited about seeing the Flavour Geography courses expand in the future, the idea is that experts in regional cuisine from around the world come in and share their experience and teach the basic rules of the cuisine as well as some classic dishes from that region. We kicked off the series with a Flavour Geography: Japan course in January which got a great write up in the Birmingham Mail. The Japan course is taught by expert in Asian cuisine (amongst others) Lap-fai Lee. Lap will also be doing the next two courses which will both be happening in April – Flavour Geography: Sichuan and Flavour Geography: Chinese Bao and Dumplings. In the pipeline we have a Kerelan Thali course taught by Haseen George who also teaches our Dosa course, and hopefully an exploration of Italian cuisine too! Feel free to add ideas in the comments section for other regional cuisines and we’ll see if we can find the right tutor for the job. See below for details of the Sichuan and Bao and Dumplings courses. Hope to see you there!
Brand new Viennoiserie and Sweet Breads course
On Saturday we held our first Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie course, which by all accounts was a roaring success. I was super nervous about the first one as it’s the first new bread course that I’ve introduced for a couple of years and I didn’t have any jokes lined up about laminating. I needn’t have worried as we had a great room-full of people who were chatty, interested, and by the end of the day, very talented! I just wanted to share a few pictures of the day and encourage you to book on our May dates which still have spaces (14th and 23rd May). The above picture was kindly sent in by Chris Wordsworth when he got home and spread out everything that he’d taken home from the course. The rest are some photos taken on my phone during the day! You can find out more about the course and book online here. TB.
This weeks menu is here!
We’re recruiting!
We’re currently looking for a full time co-op member who can bake real bread and be a good member of our small team. We’re looking for someone with professional baking experience, and who shares the values of Loaf. You can see the whole job advert on our jobs page (click here!) and download the job description. Application deadline is 5pm on Monday 16th February. Good luck!
We’re recruiting!
We’re currently looking for a full time co-op member who can bake real bread and be a good member of our small team. We’re looking for someone with professional baking experience, and who shares the values of Loaf. You can see the whole job advert on our jobs page (click here!) and download the job description. Application deadline is 5pm on Monday 16th February. Good luck!
Eat well, keep warm.
Good morning!
Here’s this weeks lunch menu!
We look forward to seeing you!
Stirchley-on-Sea part deux, 28th January, 7-9.30pm
After the success of our first Stirchley-on-Sea event in November, we’re at it again at the end of January, taking a distinctly North Atlantic theme this time with some great Scandiwegian dishes on offer. As before it’ll be casual eat-in at the bakery, or takeaway if you prefer (but why not come and enjoy the atmosphere?!). You can bring a bottle too, we recommend Stirchley Wines and Spirits just down the road. Check out the menu below, please feel free to share widely. Thanks once again to Kerry Leslie for a top notch flyer.
