4 ms·
Welcome to Asia, where most "bread" is what Europeans would consider pastries, only with mayonnaise, tuna, pork, seaweed etc on top: https://www.breadtalk.com.
by howlgarnish 6y ago
Welcome to Asia, where most "bread" is what Europeans would consider pastries, only with mayonnaise, tuna, pork, seaweed etc on top:
https://www.breadtalk.com.sg/products/bread/whats-new https://www.breadtalk.com.sg/products/bread/whats-new
Of course, in China even the bacon (肉干) and beans (豆沙) are sweet.
- tdeck 6y agoI've noticed this in Asian bakeries in the US. Everything is made with the same very sweet, fluffy pastry. That includes savory items like green onion buns or those ones with a cold hotdog in them. It's an interesting but somewhat unsettling combination of flavors.
- ptx 6y agoOf the various chains in China, I found Paris Baguette to have the most bread-like bread. Other chains mostly offered some kind of pastry/bread hybrid with sweet dough and various fillings, with perhaps 1–2 kinds of proper bread products hidden away somewhere. Apparently it's a Korean company: https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3092449/korean-family-behind-paris-baguette-chain-loses-billions-taking https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3092449/kore...