Puff Pastry at Hearsch Bakery Mumbai

Puff pastry dough is useful, isn’t it? Everyone needs it once in a while for baking! For example, they can be used to make pigs in blankets. What I love about it is that they help create an easy snack especially for kids parties.

I have been hearing about this “puff pastry shop” (Hearsch Bakery) on Hill Road from different expats. Unfortunately, no expats really knew the name and how to explain where it was located.

Then one day one of my friend’s gave me more detailed directions which I listed below. Since it sounded like an easy way to find, I gave myself a try. Discovering a new place recommended by my friends is always fun!

A landmark my friend gave me was Holy Family Hospital. When I passed Holy Family Hospital sign on Hill Road which looked like this in the photo below, I asked the driver to stop the car.

Things To Remember When You Look For Hearsch Bakery

1. NO SIGN for the pastry shop available that you can see from Hill Road. (Great. I have to smell it out.)

2. GO through a GATE to find the pastry shop. (A gate? Sounds intimidating…)

3. The GATE is on the HILL ROAD next to the HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL gate.

4. Once you are inside the gate, you’ll have to walk towards the BACK and the shop looks like a house.

Having gotten off the car, there I stood with the view like in the photo below for 15 seconds. Suddenly I spotted a few people with white plastic bags coming out of the black gate with “no parking” sign.

“Bingo!”

Then I crossed the street and walked into the gate that looked like below.

Having passed the building, I came to the open space where I saw a house looking building that kind of looked like a store.

Ta da!

Hearsch Bakery was packed full of customers. There were probably 20 people squeezed in this tiny space and people kept streaming in.

Hearsch Bakery

I purchased 1/2 kg (500 g) of puff pastry dough at Hearsch Bakery. The dough costs 140 Rupees (US$2.5) per kg, so I only paid 70 Rupees (US$1.20) at Hearsch Bakery for the puff pastry dough! Score!

Try their fluffy delicious white bread as well. The white bread if fluffy and has slight sweet taste. My kids love Hearsch Bakery white bread toasts with butter. They eat them everyday.

An apple pie is on the list to make next time I get the puff pastry.

What would you make with puff pastry?

日本の食パンのようなパンをムンバイでお探しですか？ハーシュ・ベーカリーの食パンがお勧めです。日本で買えるような、ほのかな甘みのあるミルクパンのようなハーシュの食パンは、日本の食パンを思わせます。トーストにするとまた美味しいんですよ。うちの子供たちは、この食パンを焼いてバターを付けたトーストが大好きな毎日の朝食です。

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Hearsch Bakery / J. Hearsch & Co.

Door No. 90/ A
Hill Road, Bandra West, Mumbai – 400050
*Near Holy Family Hospital
PHONE:022 2643 5361

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