Breadtalk VS Panaderia- Cranberry Cheese

With the sprout of so many bakeries around, they compete in different ways. For the neighbourhood bakeries, it's a series of price wars. As for the "branded" bakeries, it's about innovation.

Actually i always thought that Panaderia has better quality breads than Breadtalk. However, Bella seems to prefer Breadtalk's cranberry bread. It's hard to compare unless u eat them together. But who on earth will go and buy and eat two similar breads at one go? So Bella and I decided to do a taste test. We bought 1 cranberry bread from Breadtalk and Panaderia, splitted into half and carried out the taste test during Breakfast.

Left(Breadtalk); Right (Panaderia)

Below is my verdict:


Okie.. i know yr verdict is "Joyce is a lousy photographer". Other food bloggers took pictures which made readers drool but mine turns off the appetite right? I don't have the time to adjust and set up "studio lighting effect" for it and usually i don't have the patience to take the picture... can't wait to bite them.

The bread on the left is from Breadtalk and the bread on the right is from Panaderia. Seems like Breadtalk's one is more yummy, with thick chunks of cheese; whereas for Panaderia, it seems like u could hardly see any cheese but bread skin.

As i always say, do not judge a food by it's cover. My verdict will still goes to PANADERIA! Why?? Because that chuck of cheese u saw from Breadtalk is the only chunk of cheese in that whole bread!! (Maybe Bella didn't split it properly and the cheese cubes are in the other half). As for Panaderia, the cheese are spread over the bread so u don't see chunks of it. The taste of the cheese is more even out. For Breadtalk, i have to squeeze and cut and press the one and only cube of cheese to spread over the empty bread.

As i'm not an expert in cheese, i couldn't tell the type of cheese they used. But i do find Panaderia's one tastier and saltier... if i'm not wrong, it's cream cheese, whereas Breadtalk's one is cheddar cheese?

In terms of the amount of cranberries, as u can see from the pictures, Panaderia's contains like 3times more than Breadtalk's. As for price, i can't remember Breadtalk's pricing.. should be around $1.30-$1.40; Panaderia's one costs $1.15, definitely cheaper than Breadtalk in anyway.

Hence, other than the looks of it, Panadaeria win hands down!!! =)

Cupcakes Fever 2- My own cupcakes

Ain't they pretty(left pic)?? I was so amazed and quite satisfied with the result. Why?? Just look at my 1st trial (right pic). What a big difference!!!

But don't judge a cake by it's look. Although those on the left are much prettier, they were actually unbaked and dry. The ugly ones on the other hand, is chocolaty and moist... thanks to Betty Crocker (i used the pre-mix flour).

I wanna start an online cupcakes shop!! (Dear friends who are reading this, i'm counting on u for sustainability) With the current standard, i can only give it out for free. I have just signed up for this cupcakes baking workshop with Shermay's cooking school. It's $110++!!! Wow, that's the investment i need to make (free cupcakes for friends and baking workshop). This workshop is so popular that the available 5 classes were all snatched up and i have to be put on the waitlist.

Why cupcakes and not cookies or whole cake? Cupcakes are easier to bake as compared to whole cake (which mine often turn out to be volcano shape due to uneven heat), they are pretty and small. Friends can buy them for different occasions such as Valentine's, Christmas, friendship day, birthdays and even during normal days...

I'm going to invest my salary on some cupcakes decor... hopefully this biz idea won't be like my past ones (which evaporate into the air within a few months). I have recruited Gene as the logo and website designer; Esther/ Xinjie as the photographer; Bella as the... erm.. she volunteered to be the cleaner- help to clean up my kitchen?; Jas also the cleaner but help to clean up my cupcakes into her stomach... Hopefully this dream can realli spin off into a successful biz =)