Chinese Bakery Products - Eastern-origin Pastry

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
  • Dowry cake
  • Ham and egg bun
  • Hopia
  • Jin deui
  • Lotus seed bun
  • 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.
  • Nuomici: 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. Sometimes simply called spong cake.
  • 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
  • Sou
  • Sweet & sour croissants
  • White sugar sponge cake
  • Wife cake: A round flaky pastry with a translucent white winter melon paste centre.
  • Zongzi

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