The Black Magic of Binchotan Bread

Kishu-Binchotan is white charcoal made from a specific kind of oak tree. It is a local specialty of the Kishu area and is known as the finest charcoal above all else. Ancient Chinese medicine suggests powdered Binchotan as a remedy for stomach troubles.

Today, charcoal's ability to adsorb and discharge harmful substances in the body is attracting attention everywhere, so we decided to create the first Binchotan Baquette in the island (or maybe even anywhere else !) which you can find as one of the choices of sandwiches at The Corner Cafe, Dijon – Kuta Poleng, Bali.

Feedback so far ? Funny looking bread with great smoky aroma and taste, perfect with anything grilled and smoked !

Who said you can’t have both health and pleasure at the same time ? 

BAPAK IN THE BAKERY

By balitourisminfo

Sugiharto Sachid was little more than a boy when he graduated from BPLP College in Bandung and headed for his first job in Stokcholm. Lucky for him many of his professors had been Swiss and therefore the culture shock was diminished somewhat.

The journey has taken him around the world and then lead him back to Indonesia and to Bali where he started his own bakery eleven years ago with some financial backing and is now boss of the well known Bapak Bakery.

Chances are you have eaten the bread. Cakes, excellent all butter croissants and pastries from Bapak, as he supplies many of the island’s leading restaurants, hotels, delis and supermarkets. Bapak Bakery trucks now are a common sight and yet, SUgiharto runs the bakery much as he always has and many of his staff have been with him since the day he opened his roller doors.

“I didn’t find it scary going overseas at an early age, mostly it was funny,” says Sugharto, or Anto as many of his colleagues know him. “I arrived in Europe with good knowledge of the recipes but then found the ingredients had different names it was confusing but mostly we had fun.”

After working in Europe he then headed to Australia and landed in Alice Springs. He jokes that it was there that he found the language almost impossible to understand. “Strine, you know!” He laughs.

He then moved on to Melbourne before being offered a job at Hilton in Bali and then at Radisson in Sanur. There he met the backers who offered to set him up in business. The rest is local culinary history.

“There days the bakery is going very well and I am also asked to do consulting for kitchen design and staff training. Things have changed a lot in this business. I now tell my customers they can order anything they like. I go on the internet and there is the recipe,” he says.

He does orders big and small, including special cakes. Every year he makes a 1 meter birthday cake for Double Six night club, gingerbread houses for Dijon and Christmas, special German sourdough breads and his famous baguettes. He has grown into his name in these years and now surely deserves the moniker; he is the Bapak of the local bakery business.

For orders or enquires contact Bapak Bakery on Jl. Merta Agung gg. Made Sari no 76, Kerobokan, Phone : +62- 0361 735330

(Article is taken from : “Taste” Magazine, Jakarta & Bali Culinary Professional Newsletter, Edition Jan-Feb 2010 (www.balichefs.com))

HOST COMMENTS : There is limited good Bakers who serve Western quality standards in Bali. Lucky, “Bapak” is one of them. Try what’s hot from his kitchen! 

Our New Home Made Jam

We are one of the only producer of fresh homemade jam from all kind of tropical fruits available in the island, starting from mixed fruit jam recipes, easy marmalade recipes to fruit compotes. Name your choice and we will surprise your taste buds  !

New Creation of the Month; Homemade Potato based Pie

Available in beef, chicken, mushroom and vegetables, we created a new recipe using potato as the main ingredient instead flour which proven to be much more than just carbohydrates and calories.

Not only it gives our pie a smoother taste, but now our pie also last longer than flour-based pie. Its definitely worth the try !

Available at Gourmet Garage in Jimbaran, Bali and Canggu Deli at Canggu, Bali.