Day 402: The Bakery

Whenever we take the family to Disneyland, we always stop by the Mission Tortilla Factory in the California Adventure Park. This is a working factory where you learn and see how tortillas are made. We always stop there at lunch time so that we can fill up on hot, freshly baked “free samples”. It is a lot cheaper than buying food at the park!

Anyway, today I was at the ANA base and I decided to drop by the bakery to see how they make their “naan” or flatbread. It is right behind the hospital, but up until today, I never had made it over there. As we approached the building the aroma quickly gave away that we were nearing the bakery--it smelled awesome! Once inside it was interesting to watch and see how they make their bread. As you can see in the pictures, one guy mixes the dough and then passes it on to others who roll it out and texture it. From there it is thrown into the oven to be cooked. The oven is interesting because it is like a large buried barrel. The dough is thrown up against the wall of the oven where it stays in place and is cooked. From there it is removed with some long prongs and whoalla, you have fresh, hot naan.

Of course, just like at Disneyland, I couldn’t leave without taking a free sample. It was pretty tasty.