A Trip Down Memory Lane...
We had a very late lunch earlier. So despite the fact that we were seated at Green Tomato in Shangri-la Edsa and have already ordered, I asked H to buy me something, anything(!) to munch on while waiting for our food to be served.
![Red and purple bread - the blue kitchen](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6862097717_189f4da476.jpg)
Just a few steps away from Green Tomato is the Blue Kitchen. H bought this, the stuff of his childhood memories (and mine as well). Can you guess what it is?
Find out after the jump!
![red and purple bread](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6862090277_bdc5cf6307.jpg)
Named by The Blue Kitchen as the Red and Purple Bread.
More than a score ago, back in the province, where mass-produced goodies in shiny packaging scarcely come by, I loved to snack on locally made breads and biscuits. There was a biscuit we called Dalunggan, cebuano term for ears, because it was shaped like a human ear. There was another buscuit called Dalagang Bukid which literally translates to "maiden from the boondoks/hills". I don't know why it was called such. I also loved Bahaw breads, another Cebuano term that means stale or day-old. It got the name because it re-used the day-old breads, mashed together, sweetened and colored (I supposed because it had a red-violet color) as filling for the new bread. At least that was what I told. Other childhood breads I liked were the coconut bread, spanish bread (haha! Not what I'd imagine as something coming from Spain now), Sputnik (hard to bite into at times), Monay which looks like a letter B, and the squarish bread whose name escapes me now.
And then you get something very similar to the above with a more cupcake consistency for a filling. It came in red and yellow. I couldn't really recall having it in purple. It was more expensive than the other treats I've mentioned though I do recall that a pack containing 4 slices only set me back PhP 2.50.
Those were the times then. No preservatives so the breads only kepts for about 3 days. These were in clear plastic containers and sealed with a knot. The bread guy came every morning in his bike (later on motorbike) to restock the sari-sari stores (your mini version of a convenience shop, family-run, which is ubiquitous in the provinces). Now the above still came in a clear plastic, tho already machine sealed, complete with a blue tiffany-ish branding. It has also increased more than tenfold since.
The Blue Kitchen is located at the 6th floor of Shangri-la Plaza.
![Red and purple bread - the blue kitchen](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6862097717_189f4da476.jpg)
Just a few steps away from Green Tomato is the Blue Kitchen. H bought this, the stuff of his childhood memories (and mine as well). Can you guess what it is?
Find out after the jump!
![red and purple bread](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6862090277_bdc5cf6307.jpg)
Named by The Blue Kitchen as the Red and Purple Bread.
More than a score ago, back in the province, where mass-produced goodies in shiny packaging scarcely come by, I loved to snack on locally made breads and biscuits. There was a biscuit we called Dalunggan, cebuano term for ears, because it was shaped like a human ear. There was another buscuit called Dalagang Bukid which literally translates to "maiden from the boondoks/hills". I don't know why it was called such. I also loved Bahaw breads, another Cebuano term that means stale or day-old. It got the name because it re-used the day-old breads, mashed together, sweetened and colored (I supposed because it had a red-violet color) as filling for the new bread. At least that was what I told. Other childhood breads I liked were the coconut bread, spanish bread (haha! Not what I'd imagine as something coming from Spain now), Sputnik (hard to bite into at times), Monay which looks like a letter B, and the squarish bread whose name escapes me now.
![Red and purple bread](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6862094877_1c8917d887.jpg)
And then you get something very similar to the above with a more cupcake consistency for a filling. It came in red and yellow. I couldn't really recall having it in purple. It was more expensive than the other treats I've mentioned though I do recall that a pack containing 4 slices only set me back PhP 2.50.
Those were the times then. No preservatives so the breads only kepts for about 3 days. These were in clear plastic containers and sealed with a knot. The bread guy came every morning in his bike (later on motorbike) to restock the sari-sari stores (your mini version of a convenience shop, family-run, which is ubiquitous in the provinces). Now the above still came in a clear plastic, tho already machine sealed, complete with a blue tiffany-ish branding. It has also increased more than tenfold since.
The Blue Kitchen is located at the 6th floor of Shangri-la Plaza.
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