Bread Garden - Adelaide, South Australia

Bread Garden is a great new Asian bakery in Glynde. It's just across Payneham Road from one of our favourite Korean restaurants, Sushi Gallery.



Bread Garden is similar to Breadtop, but it's a one of a kind gourmet bakery and not a franchise. Because of its smaller scale, there's more love and attention to detail in the baked goods at Bread Garden.



The decor is eclectic and draws you in as soon as you walk through the door. There are comfy tables and chairs, which make "eating in" all the more enjoyable. To get started, you'll need to pick up a plastic tray and tongs to gather your selections.



At Bread Garden, everything is made with New Zealand butter and filtered water - no margarine, shortening or preservatives. It all looked so delicious - fluffy, shiny buns and loaves of all shapes, colours and sizes. I seriously wanted to buy one of everything. To make matters worse, this man was going around brushing the pastries with melted butter. Evil!



One of my favourite savoury options is this amazing Sausage and Lots Leaf Bread aka "The Leaf" ($3.20). It has slices of sausage, corn, cheese, tomato sauce and mayo inside. Absolutely irresistible!



There are also plenty of great sweets such as the Blueberry & Creamcheese bun ($2.40). As the name suggests, it's got plump blueberries and smooth cream cheese in the middle. The bun itself is ultra soft and moist.



One of the cutest buns has to be the Smile Custard Bun ($2.00). This one is sure to put a smile on your dial.



There's quite an extensive drinks menu as well, including coffees, teas, iced drinks, shakes, fruit ice crushers, and ice shavers. Darren had a coffee and said it was very good, smooth, high quality coffee. He was very impressed. Here's the small Latte ($3.30).



We couldn't resist taking a Chocolate Croissant ($2.00) for the road. Boy is this a bargain! We zapped it in the microwave for about 10 seconds and it was incredibly good. Perfect croissant pastry and a good amount of dark chocolate inside. Yes, please!



They sell made to order cakes as well. This one on display looked amazing! They've also got cake slices for sale.



Bread Garden is open 8:30am to 7pm (to 9pm on Friday), closed Tuesdays. This place is so good, we're already planning our next visit.

Sushi Gallery - Adelaide, South Australia

We've never actually tried the sushi from Sushi Gallery on Payneham Road (if you want sushi, you'll need to pre-order or go for lunch), but every dish we've ever eaten there has been fantastic. This little gem of a cafe is run by a Korean family who really care about the quality of the food they serve.



On a busy night you may have to wait up to 45 mins for your food to arrive, but you will be rewarded with a delicious, affordable and satisfying meal. Food comes with complimentary cold water and kimchi (pickled vegetables w/chili). The Bulgogi Donburi (front $10.90) & Japche (back $13.50) are pictured below. The noodles in the Japche are made of sweet potato...refreshingly different.



One of the better known Korean dishes is the Bibimbap. It's a bowl of white rice with sliced veggies and usually sliced beef and a fresh or fried egg on top. The Bibimbap at Sushi Gallery is the best we've tried. Here's one that comes in a hot stone pot, the Dolsot Bibimbap ($12.50).



Another recommended dish is the Ttukbaegi Bulgogi ($12.50) which I'm still trying to learn how to pronounce. It's seasoned beef with Korean sweet potato noodle and vegetables in a hot pot.



Yet another option is a Chicken, Pork or Fish Katsu ($11.50). From what I can tell, this is a Korean take on Western fried foods. Very tasty!



For dessert, I recommend a trip across the road to the Lucky Mart Korean shop for an ice cream or packaged dessert. (note: they close at 8pm) We usually go for the Melona ice cream but we recently tried the Corn ice cream and it was both strange and awesome at the same time!



Sushi Gallery for lunch or dinner (closed Sun) and Lucky Mart for dessert makes for an awesome Adelaide Korean meal combo.

Update 5 Feb 2012:
We've been back to Sushi Gallery a couple of times recently to try the sushi at lunch. It's the best sushi I've had in Adelaide and made fresh after you order. Delicious! A must try for all sushi lovers.


Avocado Shrimp Roll ($9.50)


Teriyaki Chicken Roll ($6.90)