Cakes and Kuswar Galore at Vas and Sons Bakery-Bendore

Cakes and Kuswar Galore at Vas and Sons Bakery-Bendore

” If people didn’t have bread, let them eat cakes” – that’s right !. It is to the credit of Vas Bakery that it offers both bread and cakes among the vast range of bakery products from the low-end common bread to the high-end multi-flavoured cakes and cashew-based macaroons. Also it offers custom-made, intricately-decorated cakes for weddings and other celebrations.

Mangaluru: It’s once again that time of the year when Vas and Sons Bakery Bendoor owned by Bryan Vas, gears up for the Christmas festivity, stocking up the shelves and display units with Christmas delicacies, cakes, home-made kuswar and what not…?, and owner Bryan Vas who’s all excited and overwhelmed says, ” Although Mangalorean have faced the brunt of demonetization by PM Modi, but business has been quite brisk for the last couple of days. People are in the real mood for the feast. We have been stormed with huge orders for Christmas cakes and kuswar, and our bakers have been toiling hard and even working overtime to fulfill customers demand. I am hoping for a better Christmas sale this year”

Vas and Sons Bakery now operating at Bendoor, near St. Agnes College – backed up by attached manufacturing facilities, including traditional and modern ovens is owned by Bryan, one of the four sons of Sebastian Vas. Emmanuel Vas aka ” Monam”, the grandfather of Bryan had started his own petty bakery in a rented room on Balmatta Road in 1905. With grit and hard work,” Monam ” developed the business and in 1930 he constructed a modern bakery which by the time of his death on June 10, 1941, had established a reputation as a leading quality baker in the district. Surviving for a century, it is now considered the oldest bakery in Mangaluru.

Started in 1972, Vas and Sons Bakery located near St. Agnes College, Bendoor has been catering its loyal customers with wide variety of food items ranging from hot dogs to donuts, muffins, pastries, meat/veg puffs, desserts, bakery products, ice cream and much more. And with Christmas just around the corner, the bakery is fully stocked up with Christmas cakes in variety of shapes, designs and flavours, home-made Mangalorean style Kuswar, and other Christmas delicacies. During lunch time and evening hours, the bakery is packed with ” food loving” customers, because they simply love this store for its ambiance, food quality and variety, and also reasonable prices. Vas and Sons ( Vas Bakery ) one of the leading bakery houses in Mangaluru has been a name synonymous with quality and the old world style and taste. Fresh breads, cakes, pastries, sweets, meat puffs/variety of puffs, Macaroons, Muffins, traditional homemade products etc… Vas bakery offers you many a sumptuous product to tingle your palate.

Vas Bakery had its humble beginning way back in the year 1930, when Emmanuel Vas started a full-fledged bakery. And after his death, his only son among six daughters, Sebastian Vas continued the family business.The aroma from the arsenal of cakes, bread, pastries, savouries and sweets, Vas Bakery has won the hearts of young and old alike. The magic hands of Sebastian Vas who was also a disciplinarian who adhered to quality, hygienic norms and punctuality in delivering the goods played a sterling role in moulding the business.

The business has now grown in leaps and bounds. The common man as well as the rich became the loyal clients of Vas bakery. Thus a legend came into being. Sebastian excelled in founding many a cakes, like special plum and rum cakes, special breads, rusks etc are some of them, which were later imbibed by other bakeries. And now, son Bryan has carried on his dad’s legacy in reaching the business to greater heights, giving much priorities to quality and customers satisfaction.

Vas Bakery has created a line of specialty cakes, each offering a profusion of visual expressions and invigorating taste sensations. All their cakes are baked using only the finest ingredients. The freshest flavors and tastes are captured in every slice of cake, and they add new items to their menu continually. They also offer a large selection of gourmet cakes in stock every day for pickup, delivery or special order – Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Birthdays, Baby Showers, Bridal Showers, Anniversaries, Congratulations, Job Well Done, Office Party, Corporate, Weddings, Groom’s Cakes, or just because you wanted to have an happy occasion.

Vas and Sons Bakery Bendoor has a reputation for exceptional quality, and while celebrating the ” sweet life” for decades, it invites you to discover the remarkable taste of their bakery products. And you can special order cakes, pastries and delicacies of your liking. ” We love our customers, and we look forward to you becoming one of them !” says Bryan Vas. So, stop by at this bakery and see what’s stored in for you -it’ll be worth your visit!

VAS AND SONS-VAS BAKERY, ” VAS MAHAL”, NEAR ST. AGNES COLLEGE, BENDOOR, MANGALORE-575002 PHONE: 0824-2443846/ 2443682

HISTORY OF VAS BAKERY:

Born of humble parents and with no education, ” Monam’s” lifetime motto was “A satisfied customer is the best advertisement”. Through dint of honesty, skill and perseverance he earned the confidence of a large circle of customers. In 1930 he constructed a modern bakery which established a reputation as the leading bakeries in the district. He always insisted on supervising the work in the bakery personally and is said to have never failed to attend work a single day during the 36 years of his business career. Monam died leaving behind his widow, an only son, Sebastian, and six daughters.

Old-timers recall that Monam was a strong, energetic, well disciplined, daring yet a pleasant person — sporting a bushy moustache. People used to come to the original bakery at Balmatta to eat and take away his tasty products like bread, biscuits, cakes and buns. He was honest in his business dealings which attracted people from far distances to purchase his eats. He made bulk supplies of bread to institutions like Wenlock Hospital, Lady Goschen Hospital, Kankanady Hospital, Basel Mission and German and Swiss residents of Balmatta Hill, also called the Mission Compound.

Monam’s only son among seven daughters, Sebastian, popularly called “Bostab “, got involved in the bakery business in his early 20s and continued till his death on April 29, 1983. Sebastian had married Rose in 1945, daughter of a leading tile manufacturer, Henry J Lobo (Cascia / Bejai ). Bostab was an aggressive builder and business consolidator. To cope with the increasing demand for his products, he set up a modern, fully-automatic, mechanized factory with imported production lines at Maroli-Kulshekar on a 2.5-acre campus.

The factory was inaugurated on a grand scale by the then Bishop of Mangalore, Basil D’Souza, on October 22, 1967. It was the most advanced bakery production line in Mangaluru for making and packing products under hygienic conditions. Bostab built a number of bungalows and commercial buildings. The bakery has a large institutional roaster of bulk customers. Due to lack of persons from the family to manage the show, the Maroli factory ceased to function and was disposed off in 1974. Some retail outlets were closed in favour of concentrating on just two establishments – the original Vas Bakery at Balmatta and a second one at Bendore, with two third generation brothers carrying forward the century-old heritage of offering quality bakery products to Mangaloreans.