Tiger bread- Don't worry if your a vegetarian (Asda Tiger Bread)

Member Name: lionelblairite

Product:	Asda Tiger Bread
Date:	13/04/09 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: Unique taste, cheap, lovely fresh bread!

Disadvantages: May be an acquired taste, availability

Tiger bread is'nt exclusive to Asda, but it seems to stock it more often than the other major supermarkets and i think Asda's version is probably the tastiest.

Tiger bread is usually only found in the in-store bakery section, it just wouldnt work if it was pre-packaged. Recently i purchased two 400g loaves for £1 in Asda, a great deal considering their freshness and superiority over the mass produced stuff. The joy of this bread is in it's freshness you see, theres nothing quite like warm fresh bread. But tiger bread is'nt your standard fresh white loaf, it's different.

The crust of a tiger loaf is infact somewhat tiger like! This is to say that it is stripy in a way, and darker in some patches than others. The overall appearence is probably more comparible to a cracked effect. I believe this pattern is created using some form of sesame paste before baking, which explains the breads unique taste. The inside of the loaf remains lovely and soft and tastes exactly as fresh bread should.

The taste itself is fairly different for a loaf of white bread. It seems more savoury and flavour-some than a standard load, and this is probably due to the aforementioned sesame oil. This also gives it a rather distinctive savoury smell.

Summary: A lovely slightly different fresh loaf of bread