Pronounced “Cha-baht-ta”, it is more popularly known as the ‘Italian-slipper Bread’. The name is a reference to the shape, which somewhat resembles a slipper.
I discovered this yesterday when I was looking for something light to eat for lunch. All the other bread at the bakery (yes, I am a roti fan!) seemed either too sweet or too complicated (stuffings that look like they don’t belong inside a bread. Urgh).
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While browsing through the bakery at Cold Storage, the Italian-slipper bread caught my eye. It looked simple, yet intriguing. I peeked at the label and saw the word ‘CIABATTA’.
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“Hmmmm….what’s this? Nama pun canggih sangat for a roti!” - I thought. Curiosity tickled, I picked up a loaf and headed to the counter to pay for it. RM 4.58 for a medium sized loaf. After the first bite, I just couldn’t stop and before I knew it, half the loaf was gone! Talk about gluttony, eh? Hehe…
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Go here to read more about it. There’s some cool recipes in there too. It seems there are several variations. The Romans add marjoram to it. Hmmm…maybe the Malaysians can add cili padi to it??? LOL
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Doubt I’ll be that adventurous and bake my own roti. Haven’t ventured into that arena yet. I’m still not done playing around with desserts (yes, I still have the cupcake fever. Hehe…)
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If you are a sandwich fan, check it out. It’s the perfect bread for sandwiches. It definitely scores high marks in the health-books and not as complicated as those multi-grain bread nor as dry as wheat or wholemeal bread. So, yeah … me recommend it high-high! 
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Roti, anyone?
Lillian posted about it some time back. Don’t remember much about it except that her son called it the CB bread
Can’t it be called by a better name? It sounds obscene in Hokkien here, by Sheryl or Lilian’s son.
I personally like the name ‘Italian slipper’.
well, well… it still sounds sexy… hahaha
Which one sounds sexy? CB?????
CB and Italian Slippers sounds intimate…
I just found Lillian’s post. She didn’t know how the word should be pronounced so it ended up sounding big CB in Hokkien hehehehehe
Lilian is often pleasantly and humorously vulgar. That could be one reason why her blog was over-subscribed like Sir Walter Raleigh’s classes at Oxford and she made money like running waters… hahaha.
I was abit taken aback when you discovered the bread’s name. Both Italian Slippers and CB are equally provocative in English and Hokkien respectively, sounding like a brand name for…,
If you reflect on Lilian who called a woman CCBNYY, you know who and what she meant and so were all her readers. If you are as naive as I for I am reallynaive, and do not know what she meant I trust she would oblige with an answer to your email…hahaha
Ok, so I am half-naive…cos I can only figure out what CCB is but not NYY… :\
I can always ask her when I meet her in church :p
Good, good… ask in church… ask and ye shalt be given… knock and the door shalt open…
Email her for an explanation of the other 50% since you know 3 alpha… quite a feat!…hahaha