If you’ve read my last few posts you’ll notice a growing frustration at my inability to make a crusty loaf of bread. The secret of course is to do the research, improve my techniques and experiment until I get it right. But that all sounds like hard work so instead I’ve been looking around for a toy which promises a quick fix.
So whilst most guys dream of owning a Porshe, a plasma screen or a moderately successful Swedish model, well I’m caught up in a fantasy of a baking stone.
A baking stone is really just a baking tray made from some ceramic material. It becomes scaldingly hot inside your cooker and provides a similar intense heat to that which you would get inside a professional brick oven.
I’ve been calling around the various baking shops in Singapore and no none seem to stock the fecking things. But then I hit some luck when I called a small, local baking store in the housing estates called Gim Hin Lee.
Kneadyguy: “Hi. Do you by any chance sell baking stones?”
Owner: “Yes.”
Kneadyguy: “Oh my God! Thank you. I love you. I’ll be at the shop in twenty minutes”.
20 minutes later
Kneadyguy: “Hi, its me from the phone. The baking stone guy.”
Owner: “” (Retreating slightly from the counter.)
Kneadyguy: “So, where is it?”
Owner: “…..” (Staring me in the eye.)
Kneadyguy: “Am, WHERE is the baking stone?”
Owner: “Ah, baking store.” (smiling)
Kneadyguy: “Yes, it’s very nice but the baking stone?”
Owner: “Yes, baking store!”
Kneadyguy: “I’ll definitely have a look around but first of all could you show me the…. “
