Drive-by Eating: Lim's Hot Bread, Eastwood

You know those days when you just have to grab food on the run? Where you're walking while you're eating, trying not to spill random bits of a sandwich down your shirt? Those are the days that I call Drive-by eating, where the ol' grab-and-run is the order of the day.

I find that Vietnamese pork rolls are one of the best options for this: it's compact, flavourful, filling, and served in a paper bag that catches all the errant sandwich fall-outs.

Which is why I always find myself at my local bakery, en route to my weekly grocery shop.

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Bread-ucation!!

Bread is one of those things - you're not guaranteed a result even if you are given the recipe. It takes technique, with the right recipe and the right conditions, to achieve the fluffy interior and crusty exterior that is the holy grail of white bread.

I've dabbled with bread on and off over the years, but I knew that I would absolutely get back to figuring this culinary puzzle out if it was the last thing I did!!

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Leonard's Bakery, Hawaii

You're walking down Hawaii's eat street - Kapahulu Avenue - after a full dinner. The night life is bustling, and people are spilling onto the street. At the end of the road, a neon sign beckons you, like the neon signs of Vegas calls to gamblers in the wee hours of the night.

"Come," it says, "I have doughnuts."
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