If you have a Bangalore based grandmother or mother who bakes, you are no stranger to Adams! This almost century-old store established in 1920 specializes in bake-ware, bakery equipment, hospitality needs, crockery and cutlery among other things. Located amidst the chaos of a typical wholesale market place, close to Russel Market, tucked away is this shop. I have been here long ago, but never really had an opportunity to go with my camera in hand and some time to browse in relative leisure!
It can be quite a task to find parking space on the lane opposite to Richards Square. If you choose to go you go on a Friday, even tough! Richards Square has little shops selling old fashioned charcoal grillls and other metal and plastic stuff. I always stop to take a look at the grills and wish I had the space to accommodate one. The shop right ahead is the shop you are looking for!
The store has two
levels and before you proceed upstairs, you may want to stop to check
some ramekins.
Haven't some of us been looking for these since ages? They come in quite a few sizes and shapes, from 1/4 cup (60 ml approx) to 1 cup (240 ml) and much bigger ones too. I got a few 60 ml ones in white as I thought they are just the right serving size for my pots de creme or creme brulee. If they do not have the size you want, you can request them to get them for you.
You can get blowtorches (some 850 Rs for a basic low-tech one, wow!!), double boilers, silicon mats, cake stencils, pasta machines too, told the sales person. So do absolutely try for these here.
Ceramic ware for your scalloped potatoes, casseroles and au gratins...
Glassware for your trifles, puddings, microwave cakes and desserts.
While you are here, take a look at the spatulas and the silcion brishes and pick up some longish wooden skewers too. Handy for using as a cake tester for tall cakes. And some more beauties in white for your food pictures.
Moving upstairs, we have a whole lot of baking tins! Reasonably priced heavy duty square pans (about 200 Rs for the 8'' and 9'' square ones), mini decorative (not exactly bundt shape) cup cake tray, regular and non- sticks loaf pans (they may not be standard size, do measure), pie tins, mini pie /tart tins, little metal molds (for mini cakes, muffins), brioche moulds and springform tins.
Swiss roll tins / jelly roll pans. ( Darn! I forgot to measure what size fits in my oven or find out the standard size for these!)
Wooden pizza serving platter... loved this find! Pizza lifters too...
This huge wire whisk can be really useful for mixing chiffon cake batter, mixing large quantities of muffin, brownie batters ..till we get our Kitchen Aid mixers ladies!
Dessert rings on the right, the ones on the left...don't recall! Can you tell me?
For frosting and decorating your cakes
Other supplies
- Blow torches
- Silicon mats
- Double boilers
- Pasta machines
- Ice cream cone shaping forms (make you own ice-cream cones!)
- Silicon ware
- Cake lifter
- Palette knife
- Serrated knifes
- Offset spatulas
- Chocolate moulds
- Ice cube molds
- Pastry tongs
- Egg separators
- Acrylic rolling pins
- Savarin molds
- Dough scrapers (metal and plastic)
- Turntables
- Cake combs
- Pastry bags
- Nozzles
- Cake pillars
- Fondant modelling tools
- Cake servers
- Pastry tongs
- Spatulas
- Silicon brushes
- Cookie cutters
- Measuring cups and spoons
They have some stylish storage glassware, copper serving kadhais and more! So do go at leisure and browse.
They home-deliver and also try to procure most metal bake-ware according to specifications...this I think is fantastic!! They have a lot more products listed on their website. The salespeople say they have or can get all the things listed there. I was again in a rush to come back before my kids arrived, so I could not stop to browse more.
You can reach Shivajinagar Bus terminus and ask for Richards Square.
Address:
Adams & Company
#19, Richards Square
Near Russel Market
Bangalore - 560051
Phone: 25596144
email : adams@adamsindia.com
Website : http://adamsindia.com/
