Bakery Cake Pastries

Chinese bakery products (Chinese: 中式糕点 ; pinyin: zhōng shì gāo diǎn ; literally "Chinese style cakes and snacks" or Chinese: 唐餅 ; pinyin: táng bǐng ; literally "Tang-style baked goods") consists of pastries, cakes, snacks, and desserts of largely Chinese origin, though some are derived from Western baked goods. Some of the most common Chinese bakery products include mooncakes, sun cakes, Egg tarts, and wife cakes.

The Chinese bakeries that produce these products are present in countries of Chinese nationality and across the world in Chinatowns. The establishments may also serve tea, coffee, and other drinks.

Bakery types

Although there are large overlaps in the products sold at Hong Kong-style and Taiwan-style baked goods, there nevertheless remains significant differences between the two types. For instance, Bread Cake and Pineapple tart was developed in Taiwan-style bakeries, while the Cocktail bun is a Hong Kong style product. Hong Kong bakeries have more western influence due to the 150 years of British rule that ended in 1997. There are also regional differences in overseas cities with large Chinese presences, particularly those in Asia like Penang, Ipoh, Jakarta, and Bangkok.

Eastern-origin pastry

  • Almond Biscuit: A golden, delicate cookie with a light almond taste.
  • Banana roll
  • Beef Bun
  • Cha Siu Baau: This bun can be steamed or baked and is filled with roast pork and onions.
  • Cocktail Bun: These are sweet and filled with shredded coconut.
  • Cream Bun
  • Curry Beef Triangle
  • Ham and Egg Bun
  • Lotus seed bun
  • Marry girl cake
  • Mooncake: The traditional variations are heavy lotus seed paste filled pastry, sometimes with 1-2 egg yolks in its centre. Modern variations have altered both the pastry crust and filling for more variety. These are served at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
  • Nuo Mi Zi: A sweet glutinous rice dumpling with different fillings such as red bean paste, black sesame paste, and peanuts.
  • Paper Wrapped Cake: Spongy and light, these are plain chiffon cakes wrapped in paper.
  • Peanut Butter Bun
  • Pineapple Bun: This bun does not contain pineapples, but derived its name from the 'pineapple-like' appearance of the top which is a tender crispy, sweet, golden crust. The pineapple bun can be filled with custard and red bean paste.
  • Pineapple tarts (鳳梨酥): A round or rectangular block shaped shortcrust pastry filled with pineapple jam.
  • Sausage Bun
  • Sachima
  • Sou
  • White Sugar Sponge Cake
  • Wife Cake: A round flaky pastry with a translucent white winter melon paste centre.
  • Zin Dou
  • Zong

Western-influenced pastry

  • Egg Tart: This is a delicate pastry tart with a lightly sweet golden egg custard filling.
  • Swiss Roll
  • Maxim cakes
  • Mexican bun
  • Napoleon

Drinks

  • Tea
  • Bubble Tea ( Boba ): Large tapioca pearls are served in tea with milk.
  • Milk tea: black tea sweetened with sweet evaporated milk.
  • Coffee: usually served with light cream.
  • Yuanyang: a blend of tea and coffee, popular in Hong Kong.

References

  1. ^ Hsiung, Deh-Ta. Simonds, Nina. Lowe, Jason. (2005). The food of China: a journey for food lovers. Bay Books. ISBN 978-0-681-02584-4. p24.
  2. ^ Chowtime. "Chowtime." Egg tart. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.

External links

  • Lee, Tara (2008-06-05). "Where east meets bakery sweets". Georgia Straight . http://www.straight.com/node/148329 . Retrieved 2009-03-20 .  
  • Ng, Irene (2008-03-05). "Egg Tarts and Beyond". Taste T.O. . http://www.tasteto.com/2008/03/05/egg-tarts-beyond/ . Retrieved 2009-03-20 .  

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