From French croissants to Indian roti, English sweet dough and German pretzels, bread is by far a bakery’s bestselling item, and it can be modified to create a myriad of new recipes. Here are tips on how to elevate these versatile, everyday bread with a delicious dipping sauce.
Create a unique pandan or kaya dip
Here in Thailand, you really can’t go wrong by creating a dip using these much-beloved ingredients. For example, try creating a pandan kaya, pandan-flavoured condensed milk, Thai tea-flavoured kaya, or a banana-flavoured kaya dip. You can also make uniquely-flavoured custard or kaya out of Thai ingredients such as pumpkin, purple sweet potato, mangosteen and coconut.
Create a promotional combo
After choosing a Thai dip you like, start promoting it alongside your bread as a combo deal. Offering a Thai-style dip and Western-style bread can be your unique selling point. You can even offer savoury options such as Indian roti with a Thai green curry dip, or German pretzels with Thai-style pumpkin curry dip. See the dips below for more inspiration.
Apart from adding flavour and charm to your simple bread, dipping sauce can be a part of your business strategy either as part of a combo or a la carte, creating more choices for consumers. Many of the above Thai dips are easy to make and add a great twist to a simple menu. All you need is the right type of bread and some creative inspiration. Who knows? Your dessert cafe may just lead dipping trends in the future.
