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)
***Loaf will be closed on 29th April - Tuesday next week!***
We will be closed next week on Tuesday 29th April to enable us to run the interviews for our new hires. Apologies for any inconveniences that may cause!
This week is your last chance to get our Hot Cross Buns until next Eastern! You can pre-order here!
Sweets this week
Lemon & Poppyseed Bundt
Orange Polenta Cake
Hot Cross Bun Pudding
Chocolate Chip Cookies (vegan)
The Saturday sourdough specials are:
Fig & Fennel
Rye Linseed Porridge
No reservations - first come first served.
Learn how to make Ramen/Noodles on our evening cookery course with tutor Lap-fai Lee at Loaf.
Join Loaf and expert cookery tutor Lap-fai Lee to learn how to make alkali noodles from scratch and use them in two classic Asian noodle dishes; Chinese dandanmian and Japanese ramen.
Dandanmian is a Sichuanese street-food staple, quick and easy to prepare. The dish is traditionally made with beef mince, chillies, Sichuan pepper and sesame paste. The combination of numbing and spicy ma-la flavours epitomises Sichuan cuisine and is highly addictive.
Tonkotsu ramen is the slow simmered pork bone broth originating in the south of Japan and is now beloved globally. We’ll make all the usual accompaniments, the braised pork belly, marinated egg and black garlic oil. Greater than the sum of its parts, tonkotsu is not just a great noodle dish but one of the World’s great dishes.
Our next course takes place on Wednesday 30th April from 6.30pm-9.30pm. You can get more information and book on our course website.
Birmingham Bike Foundry can take you on an adventure and prepare you for more!
Are you looking to take your cycling skills into the great outdoors and embark on multi-day trips? Want to understand how to route plan and pack for such an adventure, and deal with difficult roadside repairs miles from the nearest bike shop? All of this and more will be covered on Birmingham Bike Foundry’s Adventure Riding course.
The course which takes place from the 24-25th May will cover an entire weekend with three lessons in classroom, roadside and campsite settings, and the price includes food, pitch costs, and travel to Derbyshire for a the led ride section. You will be staying at a beautiful spot in rural Belper, which has toilet facilities but is otherwise a wild camping experience.
We think that sounds lovely and wanted to share that with the bike lovers under our customers.
Finally! This Saturday! Ceilidh co-op fundraiser
Stirchley Co-operative Development (SCD) and ARTEFACT will run the first of our Construction Parties. All the money raised will go toward communal spaces like laundries, gardens, and halls.
Details:
📯 The Pied Piper Band will be leading through the ceilidh dances
🍻 Drinks will be available all night
🪩 A selection of DJs will keep the party going long after the ceilidh wraps up (dancing till late!)
🫶 And of course, many opportunities to support our beloved SCD — so come ready to celebrate and show some love!
🗓️ 26th April Saturday
🏫 Old Print Works, Balsall Heath
🎟️ Solidarity tickets: £8 / £15 / £20
Doors open at 7pm
This week's lunches
Tuesday
Tarka Daal w/ Sourdough (Ve)
Wednesday
Ciabatta Sandwich: Heritage Tomatoes, Olive Tapenade & Spinach on Ciabatta (Ve) optional with Feta (V)
Thursday
Focaccia Sandwich: Roasted Bell Peppers & Aubergines, Lettuce and Tomato Salsa on Oregano + Sea Salt Focaccia (Ve)
Friday
Curry: New potato, Kale & Chickpeas w/ sourdough (Ve)
Salt Beef /w pickles + mustard on challah
Tue - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Potato, Garlicky Mushrooms, Basil, Ricotta & Mozzarella on Tomato Sauce Base (V)
Wed - Fri
Ham and cheese croissant
Vegetarian croissant (V)
Wed – Sat:
Sausage rolls
Vegetable rolls (V)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays from 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 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
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 14th May
Ramen: Weds 30th April
Dumplings: Tues 29th April
Knife Skills: Tues 13th May
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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