Last updated by indi on 11 August 2012
Visited the new BreadTalk on 33 Park Road. The place is spiffy and nice but has precious little actual baked goods in it, but that may just be for now. This is just a review of one item, the Rs. 390 Green Tea Bread, which sucks.
The best bread in Sri Lanka is paan or roast paan, which costs about Rs. 55 these days. Cannot be beat. With pol sambol and purippu it is a meal fit for kings. Besides that, there really is no posh bakery that actually produces something worth more money. Sen Saal, meh, and now BreadTalk. Whereas Sen Saal is okay, BreadTalk is actively bad, IMHO.
Take this Green Tea Bread. It looks very cool and people want to try it. The only problem is that it tastes quite bad. It's neither sweet nor savory, teetering unsatisfactorily between both. The texture also leaves much to be desired.
So far not impressed with BreadTalk at all. Looking to check out Paan Paan as a competitor.
Yes that green tea bread looks quite odd, knowing how bitter tea can be I avoided it.
Some of their sweet breads are nice.
their sweet breads are actually quite nice. there's one with cream cheese and raisins which is my absolute favourite. you should try it. they have a few other items that are quite good. don't purchase the fried stuff, as they tend to be really oily and not so yummy.
As you have said, nothing like roast paan with pol sambol…I like green chilli pol sambol more than the other…
Paan Paan is quite good i thought!
especially the chocolate muffins.
I think you guys should view the more upper class establishments with a different lens.
BreadTalk provides food that isn't available in other bakeries in Sri Lanka, and this is much more than just the Green Tea Bread. I doubt that the idea of BreadTalk is to sell bread loafs or to sell traditional malupaan (a common complaint I hear). It's to get things like their garlic bread and fire floss buns which are unlike anything you get elsewhere in this country.
These products may or may not be better than our local roast paan, pol roti or whatever. But you must understand they are catering to people who want something different. And their food is pretty good and worth the price if you think of it that way.
If you go to BreadTalk expecting to get a better roast paan or a malupaan then you're in for a shock when you see the price, because that isn't what they are trying to sell.
Also note that the Park Street branch is new, so maybe they have less of the variety available in the Deans Road branch.
PS: I love pol roti and malu paan and especially roast paan (with butter and sugar on top :). But when I want something different I go to BreadTalk, Delifrance, or wherever. Also, I don't go to Sri Lankan restaurants in hotels, because that is pointless when the bath kade gives equally good or better good for cheaper. Variety is key.
Good place, but never go there after 9, you'll be the food cleaner! Tip: always ask what's inside the unknown bread products names. Some products bad, and the funny name could have pork as well inside.
Agree with LB. I enjoyed what I ordered there. The only thing that mildly annoyed me was the waiter who kept shouting 'Welcome to BreadTalk' every 5 minutes.
