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Dusty foodie adventures pao7/14/2023 ![]() The ratio of filling to bread is just right and I really love the texture of this bread with its thin crispy crust and dense crumb. It's a toss up between which one I like better but I think the mortadella with melted cheese is simple perfection. I'm so used to the thick sourdough crust I'm thinking there's no way that a plastic knife can cut through the bread but it slices easily. She brings out the mortadella sandwich with a plastic knife. I also try the mortadella roll that Sabrina also recommended. It's such a nice change to sourdough, which I like, and I realise how much I miss these breads from South America and Portugal with their dense, even crumb. The texture of the bread is soft, thick and wonderfully fresh. Bina brings this out freshly warmed with such a generous amount of chorizo and melted cheese. Since I'm having a Portuguese sandwich I go for the Portuguese bread. The Brazilian bread is more like a short baguette while the Portuguese bread is slightly shorter and fatter. ![]() The dough rests for 16 hours and often Sabrina will dust them in polenta for flavour and texture or sometimes polenta or rye is baked into the loaf itself.įor the lunch sandwiches there are two breads you can choose from: a Portuguese bread (Papo Secos) or a Brazilian bread (Pao Frances). ![]() All of her breads come from the same dough but produce different results based on how they are baked. When they first conceived of the idea of Baked at Bina's, Brian wanted to ensure that the bakery had wide appeal not just for their Brazilian Portuguese customers. She was a head chef at Glick's bagels and then went onto get her pastry chef credentials in 2016. While she had never worked in food in Brazil she started her career in food here working in various food companies learning all about baking and food. Sabrina moved to Australia 22 years ago and met Brian. Sabrina Dias (aka Bina, her nickname) is Brazilian Italian and her husband Brian is Portuguese Australia (named after Brian Henderson the news reader). I ask her what she recommends and she recommends a few things to me. It's Bina and she is super friendly, sweet and helpful. ![]() There are a few indoor tables as well as a couple of outdoor tables.Īs I'm looking up at the board trying to decide what to eat, a voice pipes up from behind the counter. Baked at Bina's bakery is simple - there's a glass fronted display featuring a range of their sonhos or donuts as well as more traditional Aussie staples like pineapple donuts. She had bought some pasteis de Nata or Portuguese custard tarts for dinner and we decided to go back to explore the menu a bit more. Valentina's friend Daniela first told her about Baked At Bina's. For lunch there are filled sandwiches made fresh to order and a display of sweets from sonhos donuts to the ever popular pasteis de nata or Portuguese custard tarts. There is a huge range of breads like Bolo do Caco, soft pao de leite or milk bread or pao de milho (cornbread). Baked At Bina's is a Brazilian and Portuguese bakery located in Earlwood. ![]()
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