If you’re inclined, you can support me and see some behind-the-scenes through Patreon.This story contains a detailed account of a sexual assault. You can also see what is catching my attention in the food world on Twitter and Facebook. Make sure you’re able to pick up in the afternoon of your date selection and viola! You are supporting a small business and soon feeding yourself delicious breakfasts or snacks.įor more content about the Triangle, check out my Ultimate Guide to the Triangle.įollow my eating adventures and happenings on Instagram. When you order, please note the pickup date notated on the menu item! It’ll be listed in the item description. You can order online and Peanut has weekend pickups are currently at: And now here I am, spreading the word too! How do you get your own fluffy buns? He kept posting the fluffy buns on his social media and her clientele started to grow. Hence, Bad Oven.Įnter my amazing friend, Arturo. She said when her creations were not up to par, she blamed her oven. She shared her creations and frustrations on Instagram. She made her first sourdough during the pandemic after being seduced by the Instagram algorithm serving her countless photos of homemade sourdough. Peanut Dela Cruz is the giggly, humble, new business owner behind Bad Oven. Well, I’m here to shed some light on the mystery. Hardly two months old, you’ll only see an ordering option. If you go to her website to order buns and sweets. (Looking for portraits? See me at Curious Notions Photography.)
Ube White Chocolate Cookie But who is the baker behind Bad Oven?! And why is her business called Bad Oven? Peanut, the reluctant model, Photo by me. I’ve since also had her coffee buns, peppermint mocha coffee buns, and her ube white chocolate cookies. The more I sample, the more I want to tell you about Bad Oven. So I reached out to the owner, a Filipina-American woman named Peanut Dela Cruz. Consuming one bun (I shared the other with Sugarface), was enough to convince me that I’d love to champion this small business too. What I love about a lot of Asian bread is the sweetness is understated enough to tantalize you to take another bite. These ube pandesals had an ube filling that was creamy and complemented the fluffy bread so well. ( I did a tasting of these on Youtube with Sugarface.) You might have noticed a surge in popularity in White America when Trader Joes started carrying Ube Mochi Pancakes. Have you had ube before? It’s a mildly sweet yam that is often used for desserts in Asia. They came with printed instructions to toast them in the oven for 5 minutes at 375 degrees. Arturo’s generous heart responded to my inquiry by driving his last two ube pandesals to me and left it at my door. I knew Bad Oven didn’t have a storefront yet. Only mildly curious, I commented on a recent post of his asking how the pickups of these treats were handled.
If you don’t know, pandesal or pan de sal are bread rolls common in the Philippines. One of my best friends in North Carolina, Arturo, kept posting about these ube pandesals, on his Instagram. And coincidentally, Bad Oven’s origin can also be traced to social media. This is the story of Bad Oven in the Triangle.Īs with a lot of things in my life, the discovery of the new and humble business named Bad Oven happened first on social media. And then in a matter of a few months started a home bakery business, that as of this writing is barely 8 weeks old. How have you been spending your downtime during this wild pandemic year? Have you tried to make sourdough bread like so many during the first half of the pandemic? Have you started a new project? Start a new business? Well, by happenstance, I came across a home baker who made her first sourdough bread during the pandemic.
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