Breadworks, the boulangerie

Cobbled streets. Potent espressos. And, everywhere in the a.m., the aroma of freshly baked bread. Ah Paris, mon amour!

Boulevards and bistros, alas, are a ticket away. But with Breadworks, Bangalore’s first ever boulangerie, crusty baguettes, hand-braided challahs and Italian ciabattas have come home. Baked fresh everyday according to the specifics of English master baker Maurice Chaplais, they overturn the old theory that woman can’t live by bread alone.

Begin the day with a hunk of apple walnut loaf and a shaving of tangy parmesan. For lunch, partner a bowl of chilled pumpkin soup with a warm, buttery garlic roll. Mop up the sauces at dinner with hearty multigrain bread, speckled with fennel and caraway seeds.

Our Trendy Foodie recommends the Danish pastry with your evening cuppa. Or a crimson, gooey strawberry slice to tickle your sweet tooth. Get half-way to heaven as you sink your teeth into a crumbly blueberry muffin.

Perfectly portioned — grand sizes for big hands and petit ones for littler ones — they are bliss, a bite away.

Breadworks. T10, 3rd floor, Esteem Mall, Bellary Road, Bangalore 24. Tel: 23621318 and S-24, Ground Floor, Raheja Arcade, Koramangala Industrial Layout, Bangalore 95. Coming soon at 37, 7 th Cross, Lavelle Road, Bangalore 1; Samrathi Super Market, Adarsha Palm Meadows, Whitefield Road, Bangalore 66. Prices: Rs 35 onward.

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