Pan De Red
When I was young, I would point to this bread through the glass shelf rather than call it by name when I wanted to buy some. Never knew what it was called. When I would have our house help get them for me, I would say, “… ‘yung may violet sa gitna…” - the bread that has violet-colored filling.
On this visit to the Philippines, I found it hard to find good offerings of this bread. I had been disappointed a few times and had given up recapturing the memory of enjoying this purple baked product. (To this day, I don’t know what is in that filling - anyone out there help me out? Its slightly sweet and creamy.)
Then, I found these at an SM Hypermarket bakery. Not only were they fresh from the oven when I got them and as good as I remembered— I found out its name!
July 19th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I tried googling it and your blog came up! How funny is that. Good luck finding out. It looks delish!!
July 20th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
OMG this is my favorite! Even the corner bakeshop (bakeshop sa mga kanto hehehe) would have the best ones, for 1 peso (I think, 2 pesos na ngayon)…
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:44 am
I tried the bakeshop corner of R. Papa and some alley- not so good, Val. They don’t make them like they used to. Had some monay (rolls) today and they are not the same, either— still fresh-baked in the afternoon but much smaller and had become round-shaped.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
pan de red pero violet nga yung loob nya di ba? pero sa amin sa kanto, may pan de red na kulay red talaga yung loob, kaya lang mas masarap talaga yung violet ang loob kasi ube yata flavor nun kasi yung red parang matamis lang, ganun.
July 26th, 2008 at 8:03 am
is it really called pan de red?! hahaha! sounds so sossy!
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Pan de regla we called it then. Not very appealing as a name! But we feasted on these breads anyway. Thanks for the memory trip!