Reader question: Is there a Dutch bakery in Bangkok?

I dare not say a Dutch baker. There is a very good bakery in the food court of Siam Paragon, with wholemeal breads that are very similar to ours.

They also have good brown bread at FOODLAND, but you have to get there early, because later they are quickly sold out.

Not a Dutch bakery, but tasty and various types of bread. in the basement of Central Rama9 shopping center (corner of Rama 9 and road to Ratchada) near Tops supermarket. MRT (subway) stop at the mall.

To Cees,

Suppose you take a bread maker to Thailand, where do you get the ingredients on the local Thai market?
Never seen a pack of wholemeal flour.

Yesterday I baked a delicious whole wheat sourdough bread of 3 kg. I'm probably the only one in Thailand who uses that recipe? For people who are willing to roll up their sleeves, the recipe follows below.
1kg wholemeal flour{or variation of availability or preference: 300gr pumpernickel-700gr. folk.m.,of dark rye floor, bran(wheat germ)}
100 gr oats, 100 gr wheat, 100 gr barley, 100 gr rye. These ingredients are not always available. for oats you can also use the oat flakes (Tops), Wheat grains from Australia are often available in wholesale for the bakery, as well as various types of flour. Every city has one or more of those things.
4 tablespoons of linseed
2 tablespoons of sesame seeds
2 tablespoons of sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons of syrup (if available?), or 1 tablespoon of honey.
Coffee spoon of salt
2 eggs
750 cc lukewarm water
End (sourdough) 250 grams. You need a little bit for the sourdough. you can create yourself the first time. Put some flour in a bowl, add some water and stir. Let it stand in a warm place for 1 day, repeat this a few times (add flour) and after a few days you have sourdough. you can store in the freezer and let it thaw 1 day before use and add some flour and water and stir well, add oxygen necessary for the development of the acid bacteria.

Put the bread tin in the oven, 50 degrees and add some butter to melt it.
Bring the grains just covered with water to the boil and continue to cook gently for about 15 minutes. all the water should then be in the grains. You can already add the salt to the grains, the salt flavor is then in the grain and does not slow down the fermentation of the bread dough. Let it cool down for a while.
Mix the flour with sesame seeds, linseeds, sunflower seeds and possibly oatmeal flakes. dry mixing is easy!
Add the grains, mixing well with a large heavy spoon in a large bowl.
Make a pit in the dough, add the end, eggs and part of the lukewarm water, mix well again with a large spoon, adding a little water at a time until the dough turns into a firm paste.
Remove the bread tin from the oven and rub the melted butter into the tin.
Now take a new end of about 250 gr (for 1,5 kg. of bread) and fill the bread tin with the dough, up to about 2,5 cm below the edge.
Let the dough rise, about 6 hours, can also be longer or shorter depending on whether the bread has risen, in a warm place, ideally 29 degrees Celsius, use the residual heat of the oven if necessary.
Baking time is, depending on the quantity or size of the bread, 1 hour, 165 gr. Celsius or a little more. If you bake too long or the temperature is too high, the bread will become too hard and too dry.
Take the bread out of the mold and let it dry for 15 minutes in the still warm oven.

The more the bread has risen, the fluffier it will be. You need a sharp serrated bread knife to cut the bread. Cutting by hand takes some effort to get the right feeling. Can also be done with a "sturdy" cutting machine.

If you are in favor of a slightly lighter bread, you can add fewer grains, and/or add 250 g of white flour per kg of flour.
If you prefer a harder grain in the bread, cook the grains a little shorter, or longer for a soft grain.
Variations according to preference: add raisins, or nuts or add 2 large onions, chopped and fresh or cooked bacon, 200 gr per kg of flour, hmmm!
Also look on the internet for baking your own bread for other variations. Be aware that the above recipe is more or less unique!
If you are interested in a Thai translation of this recipe, please call +66870522818.

Good luck with it!

Good luck