A basement bakery in PJ promoting chewy sourdough doughnuts with surprising flavour pairings

Hidden out of plain sight, this humble bakery positioned within the basement of Seventall Mall, Petaling Jaya, serves soughdough items. The picture conjured in your thoughts is likely a slice of thick sourdough bread, proper? At Basket Break Bakehouse, they do greater than that. 

Whereas they do supply sourdough rolls and sandwich loaves, they’re recognized for his or her sourdonuts and sourdough cookies. They undertake a hole-in-the-wall idea, the place clients order from a counter, select their sweets, and go. You may see the spacious kitchen from the surface, with bakers making ready extra scrumptious treats inside.

The founding father of this place is none aside from Daphne Ng, a millennial who managed to do what many can solely dream of— she give up her workplace job to open a bakery. Previous to being a full time entrepreneur and baker, Daphne spent 5 years in media and digital advertising and marketing. 

The thought of sourdough doughnuts was intriguing sufficient, however wanting on the flavours accessible piqued my curiosity much more. After I arrived at 2pm, many of the doughnuts had been already offered out. Even sadder, the client in entrance of me within the queue managed to safe the final Twice Baked S’mores Sourdonut. Gah!

What I attempted at Basket Break Bakehouse

It’s vital for me to say that I solely consumed these doughnuts hours after buy as I used to be fasting, which can not have been one of the simplest ways to attempt these out for the primary time. A number of baked items are finest consumed recent, and these doughnuts probably fall inside that class. 

Trying on the cross-section of the sourdonuts, 2 of them look deflated. This may very well be attributed to some issues. First, after all, is the period of time between buy and consumption. Second is my poor knife abilities, which resulted in me including an excessive amount of strain on the doughnuts. Third, I believe that the burden of the fillings weighed them down just a little. 

With that out of the best way, right here’s how they tasted.

The primary doughnut I attempted was their Pink Guava Vanilla Sourdonut (RM12). I had by no means tried this flavour mixture, so I used to be excited to take a chunk. I used to be anticipating the sweetness of pink guava and aromatic vanilla to blow my thoughts as a result of in principle, it sounds superb. Nonetheless, I couldn’t style the pink guava nor the vanilla. In actual fact, there wasn’t a particular style in any respect. 

Out of the three flavours I attempted, this was the one I favored the least.

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The dough itself had that good chewy texture that makes sourdough stand out from different forms of bread. I used to be pleasantly shocked to search out that they had been nonetheless gentle, even in any case these hours simply sitting within the field. It’s totally different from the everyday fluffy doughnut texture you get from chain retailers, which I extremely loved.

Basket Break Bakehouse’s sourdonuts are made in small batches to ensure top quality bakes each time. By way of this, the bakers are in a position to focus their consideration on permitting the dough to correctly ferment and rise. Not together with the time taken to organize fillings or toppings, the method of constructing their sourdonuts takes as much as 3 days to finish.

Subsequent is the Peach Rosemary Sourdonut (RM12). The peach filling was lower into tiny cubes, permitting for juicy and fruity bites. To my delight, the 2 parts paired effectively with one another and didn’t conflict. They managed to create stability between the peach and rosemary— the components had been in a position to shine individually and collectively. 

The ultimate flavour I attempted was their Peanut Butter + Jam Sourdonut (RM10), which occurred to be their final PB&J piece of the day. The way in which I felt about this doughnut trusted the chunk. Some bites had been nice, with the proper jam to peanut butter ratio, whereas some bites had been overwhelmingly jam dominant.

Alone, the berry compote was too bitter for my liking; these bites made my face scrunch up. The peanut butter aided in mellowing the sourness of the jam, producing a balanced candy and tart filling. Collectively, the opposing textures of the chunky peanut butter and easy berry compote made for a hefty and satisfying sourdonut nice for followers of this basic mixture.

Closing ideas

All in all, these three sourdonuts had quantity of sweetness to them. Not like different doughnut retailers, they weren’t overwhelmingly candy within the slightest, I can see these sourdonuts being one thing you’d deliver to a household occasion.

I do really feel like my expertise would’ve been even higher if I had eaten them immediately. Alas, it was out of my management. If I ate them recent, they positively would’ve nonetheless been ethereal, and the outer coating of sugar wouldn’t have melted because of humidity. 

I’d like to attempt these once more sometime, however as of now, I don’t see myself dashing to get one other field.

Anticipated harm: RM7.50 – RM22 per pax

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