Saturday, 16 February 2013

Pineapple bun

Chinese pineapple bun
Sweet bun from Southern China
What: Chinese pineapple bun

Source: Wonderful Patisserie
45 Gerard Street, London W1 (Chinatown)

Appearance: Massive. The surface of the bun is covered in some kind of slightly crunchy-but-not-very-as-it-comes-wrapped-in-plastic sugar mixture. Inside the crumb is light and loose.

Flavour: The first taste is firmly in sugar overload territory. It's sweet. It's very sweet. The inside tastes fairly briochey. Contains no pineapple whatsover (presumably someone thought the sugar-cracklelature on top looked kinda like a pineapple). Would go down well with a cup of thick coffee.

Price: £0.80

Overall: 6/10 fills a hole, but nothing more.

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