Healthy Bamboo Charcoal Bread

Bamboo charcoal bread seems to be a new phenomenon that has hit the culinary world.

Bamboo Charcoal Bread

Take a stroll through the major bakery chains at your local supermarket and you will spot these jet black breads on offer. There are people who find it to be a real turn off due to its color but they are definitely starting to get attention.

Well, black squid ink pasta didn't exactly take long to become a mainstream pasta, in spite of the pungent fishy smell.

For instance, Stacks burger in Penang uses these jet black bamboo charcoal buns for their burgers.

The benefits of bamboo charcoal are many and it is only natural that they be added to food as well. After all, we all take charcoal tablets during cases of food poisoning. Charcoal binds the toxins in our body and helps expel them from our system. Thus consuming more charcoal infused food will logically help us detox.

A piece of charcoal placed inside a refrigerator helps to eliminate odor. Place a piece of charcoal anywhere in your home and it will purify the air. And get this, it is a somewhat "intelligent" element in that, when it encounters humid air, the charcoal will absorb the moisture, thus leaving you with dry air and when it encounters dry air, the charcoal will release moisture instead.

A friend once said that guys wanting to impress their girlfriends should just buy them a piece of charcoal instead of splurging on a 5 carat diamond. This is because charcoal has the same properties as diamond - pure carbon.

I haven't heard from said friend since, so I'm not sure about that piece of advice. Anyway, back to the topic at hand.

Bamboo charcoal is made bamboo plants that are at least 5 years or older which are burned inside an oven at over 120°C

In order to put them into food, use a spice grinder to grind them up into fine powder before adding them into your cake or bread batter.

And don't worry, other than the color, you will not find any hint of the bamboo charcoal affecting the smell or taste of your baking.

However, it seems that other than in Asian countries, bamboo charcoal products have not really penetrated the Western market. Browsing through a few food blogs from the West, it seems that it is not easy for them to find bamboo charcoal products, much less bamboo charcoal itself in their supermarkets.

We are lucky as the trend has caught on here and most bakeries and confection shops now offer bamboo charcoal products. Let's hope they get more creative so that we can have more varieties of products made with the healthy bamboo charcoal.

FAVOLA- HOME OF GIANT PIZZA

If I was given a choice, I’d say size does matter…when it comes to Pizza. A regular size of goodness is insufficient to satisfy my humongous, constant cravings. God must have heard my plight and decided to send me a pleasant Italian restaurant in Le Meridian Kuala Lumpur that manages to satisfy my pangs for Italian delicacy.

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Favola is one of a kind that serves the finest Italian dish in Kuala Lumpur. The name Favola indicates Fable in Italian. The walls are adorned with grandeur, mystical masks that take you on a stroll to a part of Renaissance century. Being completely baffled by the beauty of the restaurant, I can’t wait to taste the much anticipated gargantuan pizza that has been a talk of the town lately.

We were hit with the fragrance of hot bread once we settled down, and it tastes absolutely delicious! This is a must try in Favola, and make sure you don’t miss it. I began to swallow my saliva’s with my built up anticipation and I must say that my anticipation has been served well, really well. The entrance of Favola pizza was so glorious, leaving me breathless with sight of its size as well as the magnanimous toppings! This was indeed the finest pizza that I have ever seen! Without further ado, my friends and I started to help ourselves with the large servings. Each mouthful was absolutely blissful; each bite was a delightful surprise. Our pizza measuring 50cm in diameter and is split to three different flavors, namely Venetian seafood (lobster, scallop and prawn), Manzo (salami, pepperoni and lamb sausage) and Vegetariano (mushrooms and assorted vegetables). To add on a kick of gastrorgasmic fest, gooey cheese is stuffed into the crust. Mm.. Mamamia! I enjoyed every bite of my scrumptious pizza, every last one.

To end the night with style, don’t forget to try one of Chef Antoine’s signature desserts- Illy Coffee Inspired Tiramisu which is wonderfully sloppy, with chocolate shavings, but pleasantly light and satisfying. Don’t forget to head to Favola at Le’ Meridian to enjoy the mighty scrumptious pizza and other tasty food yourself today!

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