A surprise awaited me on the Sunday morning after the concert.
My H had made a breakfast appointment with a business friend and, kind of reluctantly, I went along. It was, after all, a bakery that we were meeting at!
The interior, boasting a high ceiling with painted murals, was quite impressive!
As were the shelves behind the counter, laden with freshly baked breads!
But what put the icing on the cake for me . . . was this huge window view into the kitchen.
Our friend, who had chosen the venue, had no idea how this would intrigue me! While I was gawking at the fun in that kitchen, he asked me what side of the table we'd want to sit at in reference to one he had picked a bit farther away. Smiling, I said, I want to sit right here in front of this window!
This kitchen is equipped with several machines that shape the buns.
On one side of the large table, large amounts of yeast dough get weighed out and shaped into,
what look like, large thick pizza shells.
On the other side of the table someone puts the tray into the machine.
It closes and jiggles for a few seconds
and the tray of buns are quickly removed.
It was amazing to see how this could be done! Having shaped buns by hand almost all my life =)
I've wondered how a machine would do it. The tray went back to the table, where another cook spread them out on large baking sheets, to rise and bake.
And back to what we came for . . . the coffee was great!
As was the French toast!
Driving away we talked about how we'd be coming back one day!
