84 Lorensz Road, Colombo 4
Open 7 am to 7 pm, Monday thru Saturday
Paan Paan is an excellent bread shop off Duplication Road. They've got superb takes on European loaves and pastries.
Paan Paan is in the big leagues of Colombo's bakeries for good reason. They do great bread which you're bound to love.
Paan Paan is a new bread shop off Duplication Road. They make good bread.
தமிழ் அண்மையில் டூப்ளிகேஷன் வீதியில் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள பாண் கடையின் பெயர் "பாண் பாண்". பாணா என்று நீங்கள் குறைத்து எடைபோடவேண்டாம். நல்ல பாண் கடையை கொழும்பில் கண்டுபிடிப்பதே கஷ்டமல்லவா?
Open 7 am to 7 pm, Monday thru Saturday
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5/5
It is one of the best restaurants i have ever been to i love this amazing place. They have a really nice range of breads and savories and are delicious. It is worth it for the money and the quality is awsome.
Thanks for the tip, must try it out.
Let me let you in on a little secret behind roast paan and traditional kade paan. The secret ingredient is the oil in which the bread pans are coated.
They use coconut oil which gives off a delicious aroma and imparts a nice taste to the bread. The only problem is that the bread must be eaten fresh.
The oil tends to turn rancid so the bread does not keep well, so best consumed within a couple of hours of baking.
We need to get zoom working on that map. It's on Lorensz Road, so go down Duplication past Dickman's then turn up (left) at the Hindu College turn. It's past Hindu College, just before Layard's Road.
CHB sounds delish. I'll be there when next in Colombo, you have made me a very happy girl.
Also not all kade bread is the same. Some bakeries try to get away with a lower standard by using more coconut oil, which means that it goes off faster.
Royal Bakery in Welawatte and Torrington Bakery in Thimbirigasaya used to do excellent bread.
Another type of loaf you should try is Jungle Bread, so called because it keeps and was a staple on my grandfather's trips. Perera & Sons still do it, but only to order. You can place an order at the Thurston Road outlet.
If you have not tried it before, do so, even if only for the completeness of your research. It is delicious.
Paan Paan is fantastic - thanks for highlighting it. A long loaf - wholemeal? - was a little lacking in taste but the big rounded bloomer-style multigrain loaf is the best bread I have found in Colombo. It is so fresh and good that it can still be comfortably eaten as bread - rather than toast - after a couple of days. I agree that the orange & poppyseed and blueberry muffins are good; when I was in there yesterday they also produced a batch of multi-grain, possibly bran, muffins straight from the oven which were excellent and less sweet. I have yet to try the chocolate muffins or the ciabatta/foccacia or various other breads on display. Go there. (By the way, if you are looking for white, oily, crusty bread, Torrington Bakery, which Jack mentions, is good - it's on Thimbirigasyaya Road near Thimb. junction.)
Bread is made using wheat flour. We import billion of dollars of wheat of the US and make bread and eat. What's the big deal??? We are a rice eating nation. We should not be eating bread. Bread is also not good for your health. Normal wheat based bread has high glycemic index, meaning it is high in sugar and you can get diabetes and also cholesterol (sugar turned to cholesterol). Wheat bread also has gluten, which is also bad for you health. If you are a Sri Lankan and eat bread, you should be ashamed of yourself. Importing wheat from the US and making bread and eating here, making the US rich when we have millions of tons of rice wasted is a crime.
Manik, your comments remind me of a minister - was it Wimal Weerawansa - who said bread makers and wheat importers in Sri Lanka were "terrorists" (sic). On the evidence of my 3+ years here, you are also a wheat-eating nation. What nation on earth does not import some of its foodstuffs? Live and let live. Sure, wheat products may not be the healthiest, but then, are coconut products? If we all ate only 100% healthy foods then we might live longer but dietary and food choice would become very dreary. You saying "you should be ashamed of yourself" is just silly.
All the stuff at Paan Paan are good, I usually go for the multi seed and whole wheat breads and buns which are healthy and tastes great, the quality is also pretty good as the bread taste decent after a couple of days, hope they open a branch on marine drive in wellawatta so that it will be easy to stop on the way home
Rubbish. Yamu seems to be in Paan Paan's payroll. How much do you guys get paid for these rubbish reviews and nonsensical analysis?
Manik P, rice too is imported most of the time. tons of rice produced in SL are not "wasted." kinda sad that you are Sri Lankan and don't know what you are talking about. .
Rubbish. The baguette was hard and they were out of cheese. Who runs a sandwich shop with out cheese?!? Taste was mediocre at best.
This place is definitely overrated by Yamu. Tried some of their snacks and it was mediocre at best. Even a small bakery does a much better job than Paan Paan and is much cheaper.
Awesome service . The lady in the rajagiriya outlet is very friendly and she talks to every customer to get feedback.
Manik P I eat bread. I love bread and sandwiches. I am so ashamed…(hides face in shame) I am a vegetarian tho…I don't eat animals…do u?
Paan Paan not only has great breads and friendly staff, at their Alfred House Rd outlet they also have the best barrista who makes the best latte and cappuccino in town!
I love Paan Paan, but they're inconsistent. Used to pig out on their subs until I hit a hot spicy chicken that was neither hot nor spicy nor particularly tasty.
Visited this place today after a very long time and saw their new building.
The servers were morose & rude. The contents of the sub too was minute compared to before.
I hope this is a random occurrence.
SO I've been a frequent customer with these guys because their melts are brilliant.
They're enormous in size and filling so I consider it a good deal for Rs. 420.
We ordered in for lunch today and BAM the sandwiches were miniscule. INCREDIBLY disappointing. 0/5 for this sudden change and betrayal.
5/5
D.Somapala
It is one of the best restaurants i have ever been to i love this amazing place. They have a really nice range of breads and savories and are delicious. It is worth it for the money and the quality is awsome.
1/5
J YAMU STAFF
Rated 1/5