Thursday, December 10, 2009

Weird things you can find at a Chinese bakery

My newest find:
Mochi, red bean paste, pork sung (dried, shredded, cooked pork), and salty duck egg yolks inside a flaky pastry topped with sesame seeds.  This must be the weirdest thing I've seen yet.  Strangely, it works for me because I like the mixture of sweet & salty.

Other delicious items you can find:
Potato salad buns - buns with a slit down the middle that are filled with potato salad.

Cream buns - Buns with a slit down the middle filled with a rich, buttery cream topping.

Hot dog buns - Buns with either a whole hot dog baked in (ends peeking out) or slices of hot dog baked in but only slightly covered by the bun.

Ham & cheese buns - Buns baked with slices of ham and cheese completely inside the bun.

Taro bread - Loaves of bread baked with taro paste swirled into the dough.

Coconut raisin bread - Bread baked with raisins and sweetened shredded coconut flakes.

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