Cardamom Buns and Fusion Pastries at Chai Guys Bakehouse in London

well hello there lovely people we are here chai guys Bak house and I'm with the lovely Gabriel one of the co-founders who is going to show us around today if you don't know Cho's bake house is on London's very famous PTO Bell Road uh nice quiet Monday here but guys if you're coming at the weekend you better be ready this place gets crazy we're going to eat some stuff we're going to make them some things plan we're going to make some we're going to eat some things and we're also going to drink a lovely warming cup of chai so outside let's go like an old

smell so here we are inside chai guys Bak house and the smell of chai and all those lovely spices is absolutely like enveloping my entire being it smells incredible in here so obviously is the thing but what can people expect to find here at this particular branch cuz this is your only Bak house right only bake house so essentially we are a fusion Bakery we take inspiration from quite a few culinary cultures and a lot of these pastries have a mix of chai spices in them one of my personal favorite ones is actually this Masala panu it's got a chai Custard in it chocolate and then it's got a lovely caramelized top another really cool one which I actually thought would uh go viral but never has

is this one it's called the samoson so it's a mixture of I tried it you tried the okay yes was it good it was amazing and it should go viral the Sant that's a saone so that one's got a spiced and warming Samosa filling uh that you would expect from a samosa mixed with the layers and butteriness and crispiness of a baked Quant D I actually can't wait to show you guys that at the end because I'm definitely going to get one of those and the last time I had one when I was here chef's kiss it's a spicy one it's a spicy one you're going to feel that one in your entire body essentially when you have it all this chat about this Sant making me hungry you guys are here for the sweet stuff right so we are

going to be focusing today on the cardamon bun I'm going to see how it's made it somewhat inspired this uh this whole concept there was a bakery in Denmark and the US called La Cabra um shout out to them they make an incredible cardamon bun it's pillowy it's soft it's got the right level of sweetness and I thought I want to do something like this put my own spin on it and just enhance it I mean I could not claim to have perfected it's the guys in the kitchen who make it what it is but it looks simple but there's a lot that goes behind uh you know that thing and we're going to go take a look at all the different steps I'm excited it what it is get me an apron let's go uh hang on guys massive part of the picture here that we're walking past and that is the

chai of the chai guys yep the chai Why Chai this country deserves a place that does it like true to authenticity my co-founder and I actually um both have Indian Roots I grew up in Delhi um he's from Leicester but his family is from India and both of us were working in the city and we couldn't get a truly authentic chai on our way to work the whole concept was about basically bringing the best of chai from India to London and just doing it in the right way respecting the process respecting like the ingredients using the best ingredients that we could get and just providing an alternative to Coffee essentially is this four different kinds of chai or is this just because you need

a lad of chai because always drinking it four different kinds four different kinds so we've got some that are more spiced and warming so our Masala has like fresh ginger pepper you feel that one in the back of your throat for me that's a daily Drinker then we have one that's a little bit more sweet and then we have one with oat milk which is similar to the Masala one so a bit more spiced and then we have one that's actually Savory and salty that's a bit of a wild card one it's definitely not the most popular one and it makes people make faces when they try it if you like it you love it one like M yeah I'm very excited about having a chai I will try that later but first of all let's get good yeah let's

go well we are here in the open kitchen I don't know if you noticed but the bakery has an open kitchen so if you're nosy like me you can get up to that window and be like what are they doing in there this is ctil hi she runs this side of things she's going to show me the process of making one of these famous delicious fluffy pillow soft cardamon buns the dough is a bit special because we use a Japanese technique so it's Japanese milk bread dough and we make it with something called the tanon it allows the dough to stay really soft and bit more flexible and then the bunes you'll see later they stay soft longer I mix the dough I let it rest overnight so that it proves a bit what makes it

really nice as well is that we use our own cardamom to make the caraman butter that goes inside we use french butter of course you need the best I'm French that's why I'm oh you haven't noticed so you just spread it around so you take one side and then again and then we twist now we take it down to the final thickness so we cut again in the middle like this so you just take stretch slightly and then you're going to go on the opposite side until you get something like this so the important bit is that you make sure you tuck this bit in it's going to

be the middle one yeah just to make sure it's fully tucked in and then you go around and you tuck the tail under and there you have it oh you made it look so easy but I'm sure I'm going to make mess this up no I'm sure it'll be fine I've never done this before but and I've often wondered how it happens this kind of twist it looks more complicated than it actually is I think it looks really cool when someone else is making it and it actually is very simple we've done some delightful shaping yes these presumably have to have a second proof so these will go on the tray and then I will put them on the prover so the pro will be cold up until maybe a couple of hours before I come in

and then when I come in they're usually ready to bake so I egg wash and then I put them in the oven for maybe 20 minutes and then with syrup at the end and then they're ready to be enjoyed well I've got my little spot on the bench outside it is a bit on the chilly side but that's okay cuz I've got a lovely warm cup of chai in my hands and it is absolutely delish we better start eating these because I've got a lot to get through and it is pretty cold so I'm going to start with the cardamon bun I'm going to just purch it on my knee here they very kindly warmed up for me and if you want that too you can get that M oh my goodness okay so when you bite into this you do get this like little crunch from the out from the outside

mini crunch but then Inside So Soft so pillowy the cardamon flavor is so pure obviously it's got butter and sugar in it but it feels very unadulterated and very I don't know true cardamom I don't think I've really ever tasted card quite like it my favorite bit in any bun like this is the little chubby tum bit in middle it's like a little belly butn we did start at the Cardman bun but I feel like we should go back to Savory so that then we can have cting afterward the oene I think it was a kind of a Pand sweet but not but Savory and it's got Conte cheese in it B outside of it also because I've got a delicious cheese skirt oozing out the side so I'm going to I'm just going to nibble that I don't

know about you but the bit of cheese that escapes the toasty or the Vaped good is the best bit cuz it's all sort of slightly burn and caramelize oh did you hear that crunch M it's a little bit spicy everybody friendly spice let's say crispy but very nice sort of stretchy laminated dough and that filling getting warmer in my mouth I like a slow build spice that's delicious and the other SA item which I don't know if you noticed but at the beginning I was very excited about and it is the soon to be viral Sant Samosa with Cante right genius oh my gosh can you hear it crisping this one has a bit more of a spicy hum to it than the other one it's it's actually quite spicy but still within my range I think delicious potatoey filling beautiful color I love

a samosa because the fillings are always really delicious but the outside of them can be a bit heavy and this is so light and Flaky it's just I could probably eat about four of these maybe I will just come and get one right we've had our saies it's definitely pudding time let's start somewhere familiar I love a pan chocolate delicious now I don't know if you watched the last video I did of this but I was surrounded by pigeons despite the fact that I'm making crumbs all over the pavement I still haven't attracted any Wildlife problem you're the local there isn't too much chocolate in which I like this chocolate is so intense it tastes like a single origin number like it's really Tangy really bright and I think if you have more of

it in there you'd actually be a bit over it would be a bit much and this way you can taste all the lovely Quant dough I mean this is definitely one you need to take yourself a little portable vacuum cleaner just hi you up after yourself oh hello that's a lot of kurd passion fruit CD so good so buttery and so fragrant with that passion fruit what an amazing texture M this is very passion fruity which is great silky smooth which means you can stuff an entire queen of mom bit and it is fine one of the things that is the best about aamon is all that caramelization that goes M yeah this is where the butter really shines because it's really super buttery but it's also like almost caramelized and con like that brown butter flavor so

it's enveloping this whole thing with this delicious like caramelizing Flavor which is just completely delish salt Sal y I'm sold whatever she was saying caramelizing flavor I am sold get yourself a passion for you cleaner on that's what I'm saying I'm getting one right now last but not least Masala pan sweets well it is the last one it's okay I have actually got more in there but I just thought this might be a bit overwhelming for you all if I H it all on camera the Masala panu with the Masala custard inside and chocolate m it's so crispy on top M ooh yeah that's such a nice combination Masala spices in the chocolate that's really delicious the pan sweet is it's not chalk full of chalk full chalk

full of um of the pastry cream cuz it kind of bakes out a little bit but actually you don't need that because the flavor is quite intense and we do want to like celebrate the dough oh this is just so good guys I forgot the most important bit of advice I was given in the shop which is to dip one of these delicious bakes into my chy so it's a little bit on the lukewarm side but I think we still get the idea so here we go mhm forget your giant quason dipped in a cappuccino that is for like people of yester years this is what I'm talking about a delicately spiced perfectly put together panu dumped in my Masala chai I mean I feel quite Chic right now I have really enjoyed sharing this Bakery with you it's one of the places I

came to last year and I just thought you would love this place please do come and visit they do have a number of locations but this is the only baked house baked house this is the only bit house and the only place you can get all of these delicious beautiful pastries make sure you give them a follow on Instagram make sure you support them please help to make this blooming samoson viral guys like come here get yourself one of those put it on your Tik toks and your Instagrams please support this Bakery because they're working so hard to do something different and I really believe that they are achieving it and I love this place I do wish I had this at the end of my road I'll be back soon

maybe with another Bakery tour maybe with a other thing I think they call them recipes I will see you again soon thanks for joining me let me know if you've been here as well and let me know if you're coming or you want to come um start the chat love you guys bye bit more of this I me and then just be quiet will you TR to ding in but this is really I forgot what it's called oh my gosh just munching instant coffee just neck it straight okay oh flying away come back you need to tell me if it's over my or around my face I can't even speak it's too cold everything is so loud that was crispy oh Nikki's getting covered in crumbs right now just blowing just blowing right at you right the pigeon's finally

come hey dude how's it going