Friendship is the recipe to luck at this unutilized Somerville bakery
At Maprang Bakery and Cafe, Thai muffins are the secret.
OTHERS AS. FLAVOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP ARE KEY INGREDIENTS AT MAPRANG BAKERY IN SOMERVILLE’S UNION SQUARE. MAPRANG IS A FRUIT FROM THAILAND, PILING JUNSANG. SHE AND HER FRIENDS, MANY OF THEM AMATEUR BAKERS, SPENT MANY NIGHTS TRYING OUT RECIPES ON EACH OTHER JUST FOR FUN. EVENTUALLY, THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A RISK AND SHARE THEIR CULINARY CREATIVITY WITH THE PUBLIC. THEY LOVE TO BAKE. THAT’S WHY WE DECIDED TO OPEN THIS BAKERY JUST FOR FUN. SO AT THE EVENING I COULD JUST COME AND HANG OUT WITH THEM, I COULD HAVE SOME DRINKS AND THEN HAVE DINNER AND LAUGH. THAT’S ALL RIGHT, JOHN TSANG TSAI CO-OWNS THE BUSINESS, BUT DOESN’T SPEND MUCH TIME IN THE KITCHEN. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO BAKE. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO COOK. IF YOU ASK ANY OF MY FRIENDS I KNOW, I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO. HOW TO CLEAN MARY OF TASTE. YOU CAN SAY THAT JOHN TSANG TSAI MOVED FROM THAILAND TO MASSACHUSETTS YEARS AGO TO STUDY COMPUTER ENGINEERING, AND IS NOW AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. ONE OF MY ROLE MODEL PROFESSORS IS THE ONE FROM THAILAND. WHEN I WAS A KID. I’M REALLY BAD IN THAI LANGUAGE. ONCE SHE COME AND TEACH ME FOR FREE DURING HER FREE TIME AND IT’S LIKE, OKAY, AND I CAN LEARN EVERYTHING WITHIN LIKE TWO HOURS. WE MAKE ME IMPRESSED. THAT’S ONE OF THE REASON I WANTED TO BE A TEACHER WHEN I TEACH, I FEEL GREAT. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THERE’S A NOD TO HER EXPERTISE, PROPPING UP THE PASTRY STANDS, BOOKS ON CODING, PROGRAMING AND WEB DEVELOPMENT ON TOP, CROISSANTS, COOKIES AND CINNAMON ROLLS. IT’S NOT ONLY SWEET, I THINK IT’S LIKE PERFECTLY SWEET IN THE COLD CASE. STRIKING AND SUBTLY SWEET DESSERTS THAT SHOWCASE TRADITIONAL THAI INGREDIENTS. THIS IS A LEAF RIGHT FROM SOUTHEAST ASIAN. SOME PEOPLE SAID IT SMELLED LIKE VANILLA. THE COCONUT PANDAN CAKE IS LAYERS OF SPONGE CAKE, A COCONUT TAPIOCA LIKE PUDDING TOPPED WITH WHIPPED CREAM. SO NOW WE TAKE THE THAI ICING, THE ORANGE, THE FAMOUS ONE, THE FAMOUS DRINK INTO THE CAKE FORM. THERE’S ALSO A THAI TEA AND MATCHA RED BEAN CAKES ALONGSIDE THE BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL MANGO YUZU MOUSSE. THE YUZU IS THE FRUIT. SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A CITRUS, RIGHT? TENDS TO BE LIKE A BIT MORE SOUR AND SWEET AND THAT’S WHEN YOU COMBINE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER FRUIT. IT’S GOING TO TASTE REALLY GOOD. DECADENT DESSERTS THAT WON’T OVERPOWER YOUR PALATE. WE FEEL PROUD THAT AT LEAST PEOPLE COULD TRY SOME OF OUR THAI DESSERT RIGHT? AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A TASTE OF HOME WHILE NURTURING A NEW COMMUNITY. WHAT’S MY FAVORITE PART? LAUGHING. THAT’S ALL WE CARE, RIGHT? IF WE DON’T HAVE FUN, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? IF YOU WANT TO COME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN. IT’S A GOOD PHILOSOPHY. IN ADDITION TO THE FRUIT ITSELF, THE MORE PRONGS LEAVE ARE EDIBLE, AS IS THE SEED. ALTHOUGH IT’S USUALLY DESCRIBED AS PRETTY BITTER TO THE TASTE, THE MORE FRUIT GOES BY. MANY NAMES THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA, WHERE IT GROWS IN THE US, IT’S REFERRED TO AS A MANGO, PLUM OR PLUM MANGO, AND THAT IS CHRONICLE FOR TONIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, EVERYONE. HAVE A GREAT EVENING A GREAT WEEKEND. HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.
Friendship is the recipe to luck at this unutilized Somerville bakery
At Maprang Bakery and Cafe, Thai muffins are the secret.
Up to date: 8:30 PM EDT Jun 7, 2024
Taste, a laugh and friendship are key substances at Maprang Bakery & Cafe in Somerville’s Union Sq.. Pilin Junsangsri and her buddies, lots of them newbie bakers, spent many nights testing recipes on each and every alternative — only for a laugh. Sooner or later, the crowd made up our minds to hurry a chance and proportion their culinary creativity with the people. They grant a mixture of conventional pastries like croissants, cookies and cinnamon rolls, after to hanging and subtly candy muffins that exhibit conventional Thai substances. Junsangsri and plenty of of her buddies from Thailand to Massachusetts.
Taste, a laugh and friendship are key substances at Maprang Bakery & Cafe in Somerville’s Union Sq.. Pilin Junsangsri and her buddies, lots of them newbie bakers, spent many nights testing recipes on each and every alternative — only for a laugh. Sooner or later, the crowd made up our minds to hurry a chance and proportion their culinary creativity with the people.
They grant a mixture of conventional pastries like croissants, cookies and cinnamon rolls, after to hanging and subtly candy muffins that exhibit conventional Thai substances. Junsangsri and plenty of of her buddies from Thailand to Massachusetts.
