"Hong Kong pineapple bun" was called Taiwanese food by Japanese netizens, and netizens were dissatisfied: apologize quickly! Too disrespectful to Hong Kong's food culture

Source: Global Times

【Global Times Comprehensive Report】Pineapple buns and pineapple oil are authentic foods in Hong Kong and have become popular in Japan in recent years. However, many shops mistakenly call them Taiwanese cuisine, which is considered to be very disrespectful to Hong Kong.

According to Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily Network reported on the 14th, pineapple buns and pineapple oil have become popular dishes in Japan in recent years after entering Taiwan, but some Japanese seem to misunderstand that they come from Taiwan. Some Japanese netizens uploaded photos called "Taiwan pineapple oil" on the discussion forum, which caused heated discussion among Japanese netizens. Someone asked "Is butter cheap in Taiwan?" Such a large chunk", someone said, "I have seen it in Taiwan, but the local area seems to be named after Hong Kong". According to the report, some bakeries even directly call it "Taiwan pineapple buns", such as the high-end bakery "Non-Knowledge" in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan, which launched a limited "Taiwan pineapple bun" in October last year, although it mentioned that it originated in Hong Kong, but the publicity was "Taiwan's famous product". Another bakery in Osaka, Yamabiko Bread, has also launched Taiwanese bread, including pineapple buns named after Taiwan.

Some netizens corrected on Twitter that "people who say that Hong Kong's pineapple oil is Taiwanese people are about to apologize to Hong Kong, which is too rude to people's food culture", and some people say, "Although pineapple buns will also be seen in Taiwan's night markets, they are not the mainstream food in Taiwan, which is like introducing Taiwanese bubble tea to Japanese food."

Originating in Hong Kong, pineapple buns are named after the golden yellow, bumpy skin that resembles pineapple after baking. Pineapple oil is a food developed from pineapple buns, which are cut horizontally and sandwiched with a thick piece of cream, which is served in many tea restaurants in Hong Kong, usually accompanied by milk tea for afternoon tea or breakfast. It is understood that pineapple buns appeared in Hong Kong around the 1960s, one theory is that in the early years, Hong Kong people were not satisfied with the original bread, thinking that the taste was not enough, so they added sweet fillings such as sugar to the bread, and the crispy skin on the outer surface of the pineapple bun was generally baked from sugar, eggs, flour and lard; another theory is that it developed from the Russian round bread, but the Hong Kong people added puff pastry to this bread to become a pineapple bun. (Yang Weimin)