Happy Tummy: Panaderya ni Tita Anda Singapore (Pandesal)

One of the positive outcomes of the Circuit breaker in Singapore is the popping up of small home business and the comeback of the pandesal in the bakery industry.

Pandesal or pan de sal (Filipino and Spanish for "salt bread"), is a common bread roll in the Philippines. It is made of flour, eggs, yeast, sugar, and salt.

I grew up having pandesal for breakfast, we wake up early to go to the nearest bakery to buy the hot pandesal. You could say that its a staple for any Filipino household.

Do I crave for pandesal during my 20 years of stay here in Singapore? I would occasionally miss it.

I am glad that pandesal has now evolved to flavored pandesal with fillings that are sweet and remind me of a doughnut filling.

Panaderya ni Tita Anda Filipino home bakery in Singapore. My first time ordering from them was not planned, I just saw their IG post and tried to place an order even when I know that they have closed taking order for the weekend.

And lucky me, they still have a slot.

I got the Bundesal which comes in 12 pcs for $14sgd + $ 6-10sgd delivery depending on your location., you could pick and choose the flavor that you wanted. In this case, I got ube, red velvet, chocolate, pandan, and plain.

Guess, this is the part where you could say that I loved the pandesal that I ordered again the following week. But choose my favorites which are ube, red velvet, and pandan.

Ube Pandesal with Cheese and ube halaya filling. The ube is a purple yam originally from the Philippines. It's essentially a bright purple sweet potato with an even sweeter, more mellow taste than its orange relative with a slightly nutty, vanilla taste. It's popularly used in desserts in Filipino cuisine, often boiled and then mashed with condensed milk.

Pandan Pandesal with Yema filling.

Yema is a sweet, caramelly custard made with egg yolks, milk, butter, and sugar.

Red Velvet Pandesal with Cream Cheese Filling

I could say that these are the 3 flavors that I love the most, it goes perfectly well with my iced coffee either during breakfast or during my afternoon break.

You could eat it right away, but I will suggest that you give it a toast so that you will be able to get the gooey filling and crispy crust. Pandesals are supposed to be eaten hot.

So what is our verdict on the pandesal from Panaderya ni Tita Anda?

It's 5 happy tummy stars!!

I was able to try all the flavors that they have to offer, being 3 flavors are my favorite is not bad, as it comes down to your personal liking. The pandesal is subtly sweet and the crust has a light golden brown color with a slight crunch after toasting. Their fillings are generous enough that you could taste it in every bite. Hubbyness did say that it's kinda sweet but for me, it was just nice to my liking.

Customer service, they do answer their messages (Instagram) promptly and they do inform you about the time range of expected delivery.