Fresh from the oven

‘Puff N Paastry’, a little eatery located just off Sarjapur Road in Kaikondrahalli, is proof that sometimes the best food can come from the least expected places.

This deceptively small joint is equipped with a large kitchen behind it, which churns our fresh bread, cookies, biscuits, cakes, pastries, puffs and pizzas almost every day.
Aptly nicknamed ‘the one-stop shop for great bakes’, ‘Puff N Paastry’ seems to serve it all.

Dilip, who has been cooking here since it was established five years ago, says that the freshness of the food is a huge priority for the eatery.

He bakes a variety of puffs, and claims that he learnt the art of preparing the perfect puff from a colleague at a prior job.

The dough for all the puffs are made from scratch, and several different fillings are available. Vegetarians can opt for the vegetable puff, which is stuffed with carrots, beans, cabbage and a thick masala.

Mushroom puffs, made from a mixture of chopped mushrooms and onions, as well as a puffs stuffed with scrambled eggs, onions and masala are also available.

The dough of the puffs are also reshaped and baked into crisp pieces called ‘Bombay Salts’.‘Puff N Paastry’, which is owned by Anne Rosemary Martis, also offers its customers an array of biscuits and cookies.

These include two different kinds of coconut biscuits: one with fresh, grated coconut and the other made from the dried variety, chocolate cookies and butter biscuits.

Khara biscuits, which are a savoury snack made with chilli, coriander and salt, as well as cashew biscuits, which are liberally sprinkled with cashews as well as shaped like large cashew nuts are also available.

Another interesting option is the salt biscuit, which is a  small, light biscuit flavoured with salt.  When it comes to cakes, ‘Puff N Paastry’ is undeniably extravagant.

The menu reads a list of exotic, fresh fruit cakes, including confections made with pineapple, strawberry, mango and orange.

Cakes flavoured with honey or pista are also available, and the eatery serves three different varieties of chocolate cake: chocolate, dark chocolate and chocolate marble.

The Lemon Vanilla Confection, which is a delicately lemon flavoured sponge cake layered with vanilla cream, Mandarin Cake made with sweet orange segments and sponge cake and the White Forest Cake, which is layered with cream and grated white chocolate are also popular options.

These are available in moulds of one and two kilos, and can be ordered for special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries.

For those looking for a quick bite, the eatery serves fresh cream pastries, which are sold in single pieces.

Apart from the fruity flavours like alphonso mango and sweet orange, these pastries are available in vanilla, butterscotch, black forest and rich coffee.

 Seasonal fruit pastries include sponge cake bases, flavoured with strawberry, leechi and kiwi and layered with fresh vanilla cream. For details, call 9945560875.