We’re taking a well-earned rest between Christmas and New Year and you can see the hours for the last few days up to Christmas below. We’d like to thank everyone for your continued support throughout 2015 as we’ve continued to grow and feel even more part of the local community. Have a great Christmas everyone and a wonderful start to 2016. See you on the other side!

We’re kicking off a three night collaborative Thai extravaganza here at Loaf HQ this Thursday, 12th November. Dom Clarke from Peel and Stone and Lap-fai Lee are joining us to bring you some authentic and delicious dishes –  if you caught our sold-out Thai Stirchley on Sea, you’ll know what we’re talking about. There is no need to book ahead for this event, doors open at 7pm and you can just turn up and place your order. You can take away or eat in, we have soft drinks on sale but BYOB!

Here is the menu for the evening:

Kaeng Hung Leh
Burmese-style pork belly curry
£7

Som Tam Thai
Green papaya salad
£5

Laab fish
Raw fish of the day, lime, chilli, herbs and rice powder
£3

Tom Saep Nuea
Hot and sour beef and offal soup
£6

Coconut rice
£2

And don’t forget there are two more events to catch at Quarter Horse Coffee Roastery on Friday and Saturday night!

Did you make a new years resolution for 2015 that you haven’t yet followed through on? Was that resolution to improve your skills in the kitchen? Well allow us to give you the opportunity to cross it off your list before 2016!

We have places available on some great courses in the last two (OMG) months of 2015:

Seafood Two: Shellfish with Lap-fai Lee is running on 2nd December. Learn how to prepare delicacies like crab, lobster and razor clams at home, as well as how to (and where in Birmingham to) buy good quality seafood in the first place. If you want to impress family and friends with a showstopper meal, this is the course for you.             Knife Skills and Maintenance, also with Lap is running on 3rd December. Everyone knows serious cooks are serious about their knives. If you have a set of quality knives on your Christmas list, come along to this course and learn how to take care of them properly and how to use them to their full potential. You will also prepare some tasty and visually inspiring recipes to enjoy on the night. With a bit of practice, you could be doing this:

  A video posted by Lap-fai Lee (@oishinboy) on Sep 28, 2015 at 3:37pm PDT

To book, visit our shop or get in touch with any questions.

The middle night of our Thai triple header with Peel and Stone and Lap-fai Lee is coming up next Friday and it’s the only event you do need to book for, so we’re publishing the whole menu here and the booking details. Check out the menu and email domjclarke@gmail.com to book your place on either the 7pm or 9pm sitting. Don’t delay there’s very limited places! We’ll let you know the menu for the Thursday and the Saturday night’s very soon!

Autumn is my favourite.  It’s probably most people’s favourite.  The colours, the utter JOY of autumn sunshine, crisp walks in the park, inappropriately cold picnics, and flavours.

Pumpkin Cake

250g Caster Sugar
320g Canola/Rapeseed/sunflower oil
3 x Large Eggs
380g Plain Flour
1.5 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Cinnamon
1tsp Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Salt
1 can pumpkin puree

1.  Mix sugar and oil thoroughly
2.  Add eggs one at a time and mix
3.  Add dry ingredients and mix
4.  Add pumpkin puree and mix

Bake at 180 degrees for about an hour, and a skewer comes out clean.

Enjoy!

Sarah x

We love working with Lap, aka @oishinboy, aka The Foodist, aka lover. However he’s normally banned from the bakery – bread is about the only thing Lap can’t do and we’d rather it stayed that way, for the safety of all of our future food careers.

Next week though he’s part of the bakery family – he’s going to be banging out loads of his signature macarons, as well as a stack of his favourite sweet delights. You can read all about Laps love-affair with macarons on his foodist blog. The full menu is looking like this:

We look forward to seeing you!

Hello!

We will be closed next week! (August 24th – 31st)  So this is a note to say, PANIC BUY BREAD.

We will be closed for the week to do a bit of DIY and recipe development.

Some bread experiments will be happening in the week – which means SOME bread will be available in the afternoons…. your best bet is to look through the window, if you see bread – knock the door!  Or have a look at twitter (@loafonline) – we will tweet if bread is coming!

We will be open as usual on September 1st at 12noon ready for lunch and to replenish your bread needs.

Sorry for any inconviennce.

The Loaf Team x

This Thursday, 20th August, come down to Loaf for some fishy Thai treats! See poster for details, today (Tuesday) is your last day for Lobster reservations!

Unfortunately due to ill-health, this Thursday ‘s (23rd July) Stirchley-on-Sea is postponed until the 20th August.

We’ll have the same or a very simlar menu then!

Sorry for any inconvenience, T.

***Postponed until 20th August due to ill health***

It’s time for Stirchley-on-Sea #6, and this time we’re heading to Thailand for some fishy treats. Hope to sea you there…