This is the weekly-ish bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.
🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐
We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.
Our opening hours are:
Tue - Fri: 12-6
Saturday: 8-1
Visit us at 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL (map)
Special things this week
Special sweet things this week include:
Vegan cookies
Rhubarb custard bread pudding
Apple crumble cake
Orange almond & semolina cake
Vegan brownies
Crumble Jack
Marshmallow Brownie
The Saturday sourdough specials are:
Walnut & pumpkin seed
Dark chocolate & poppy seed
No reservations - first come first served.
SCD Topping-out Ceremony
Our new premises moved a step closer to becoming reality with the Stirchley Cooperative Development hosting a ‘topping-out’ ceremony on 28th February to mark the building reaching its full height. Neil and Dorit got to have a look around Loaf’s new space, which we’re hoping to move in to in the Autumn! We are very excited :)
Tom Baker at Culture Club in Can Eat
Birmingham based WeChef hosts food and drink events across the Midlands with a focus on creativity, sharing knowledge and having fun! One of these events is the monthly food meet with guest speakers who talk about fermenting, brining and preserving. It’s called Culture Club and hosted by Can Eat just down the road.
This week Loaf founder Tom Baker will be their guest speaker. You can book tickets for the event on Thursday evening here.
Next month the topic is Kombucha.
Thaali Course with Haseen at Loaf
Haseen has been bringing fantastic street food from Kerala in the south west of India to the streets of Birmingham for several years now. Starting from a home-cafe in Kings Heath, to guest appearances at markets and takeovers of cafes and pub restaurants, Pop Up Dosa is an integral part of the grassroots food landscape in Birmingham, and for good reason.
Thaali is a meal made up of a selection of vegetarian dishes served on a platter. In Kerala it is known as Sadhya (banquet), traditionally served on a banana leaf, often in large quantities; for weddings and other special festivals and celebrations.
The next class with Haseem at Loaf is scheduled for Wednesday 19th March and you can look up more details here. It’s a very hands-on workshop and we will be feasting on all the dishes we make family style, so arrive hungry if you decide to book the class!
This week's lunches
Tuesday
Tarka Daal with sourdough (Ve)
Wednesday
Soup: Leek & potato w/ red onion focaccia (Ve)
Thursday
Soup: Roasted mushroom and rocket w/ sourdough (Ve)
Friday
Curry: New potato, cashew, spinach & chickpea curry w/ sourdough (Ve)
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Red onion, roast garlic, rosemary breadcrumbs, goats cheese & Mozzarella (V)
Ham and cheese croissant
Vegetarian croissant (V)
Wed – Sat:
Sausage rolls
Vegetable rolls (V)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays for 12 noon.
Our menu for the week — with ingredients and allergens — is on the website.
Cookery school classes
The following classes have just been released!
Loaf’s all-day classes:
Bread — Back to Basics: Sat April 12th, Sat 10th May
Simply Sourdough: Sat May 17th
Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 24th May
Baking with Heritage Grains Sold out at the moment. More dates will be released soon.
Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: Sat 31th May, Sat 6th September
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s all-day classes:
Sausage & Charcuterie: More dates will be released soon.
Seafood Masterclass: Sat 26th April
Lap’s evening classes:
Thai: Weds 2nd April.
Ramen: Weds 30th April
Dumplings: Weds 26th March, Tues 29th April
Knife Skills: Tues 1st April
We run classes throughout the year (except August and December) and schedule new dates as soon as possible. You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Give the gift of learning!
If you think of gifting one class but you are not sure which one would be preferred you could buy a gift voucher instead.
Our vouchers can be purchased in any value you like for redemption against future bookings. Vouchers purchased online will give you a downloadable pdf which can be emailed to the recipient directly, or to you for printing and giving to them by hand. Alternatively you can come to us and buy vouchers in the shop.
Thanks for all your continued support.
See you soon!
Neil, Mina, Rach, Martha, Pete, Dave, Dorit, Molly, Michael, Andy, Kate, Lee & Zahrah
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
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