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The Year For Chinese Pastries

Donny Tsang January 4, 2016

Are you familiar with Chinese bakeries? They're pretty rare outside of Chinatown. Chinese bakeries are awesome because they offer such a wide range of baked goods and pastries and it's also common to find some dim sum stuff there too. There are some old school bakeries that will mostly sell the basics (hot dog buns, roast pork buns, almond cookies, wife cake) while there are some fancy new ones that have included western pastries like eclairs and croissants. Wikipedia has a great list of baked goods that are common in Chinese bakeries while Serious Eats has a nice list that includes pictures. I had a thought last year. With all the people going crazy over cronuts and donuts and babkas and rugelachs and pies and cupcakes....where are all the excitement for Chinese pastries?! Do we need someone like Ansel to make it popular? Does it need to be updated? Re-invented? I have to say that the hot dog bun I had when I was a kid, taste the same as the one I had couple days ago. Maybe it is time to update it.

So here's a thought. What if I get all of you to just make something. I have put together a list of the most common pastries and baked goods I could find and included recipes from the internet to help y'all get started. I wasn't able to include ALL the pastries but you're welcome to make something else. It's up to you if you want to keep it traditional or make it your own. Keep it simple or go crazy. Let's make Chinese pastries popular, yeah?!

February 8th is Lunar New Year so I thought that would be a GREAT day for all of you to post (blog/tumblr/instagram) your results. And please tag your instagram post with #bakewithdonny

Hot Dog Bun GS3A4259-1 GS3A4281-1 Recipes: i am a food blog, The Woks of Life, Flavours of Asia (Video)

Roast Pork Bun GS3A4191-1 GS3A4280-1 Recipe: The Woks of Life, Thirsty for Tea, Chubby Hubby, Baking with Mi (Video)

Chicken Pie GS3A4171-1 GS3A4232-1 Recipes: Ivy Ngeow (Video), 號角月報加拿大 (Video), Day Day Cook (Video), The New Art of Baking

Egg Tart (Cookie Crust) GS3A4172-Edit-1 Recipes: The Woks of Life, Kitchen Tigress and video, China Sichuan Food

Egg Tart (Puff Pastry) GS3A4254-Edit-1 Recipes: Wantanmien (Video), Pop and Wok (Video)

Hot Dog Scallion Bun GS3A4176-1 Recipes: Fresh From the Oven, Awayofmind Bakery House

Pork Floss Bun GS3A4186-1 Recipes: Fresh From the Oven, Yin's Homemade

Pork Floss Roll GS3A4286-1 Recipes: Angie's Recipes, Corner Cafe

Pineapple Bun GS3A4188-1 Recipes: Lady and Pups and The Woks of Life

Roast Pork Pastry Puff GS3A4200-1 GS3A4225-1 Recipes: Dim Sum Central, The Tasty Bite Blog

Curry Beef Pastry Puff GS3A4203-1 GS3A4217-1 Recipes: Use Real Butter, Corner Cafe, Yu Chiang (Video)

Sponge Cake GS3A4205-1 GS3A4209-1GS3A4210-1 Recipes: Baking Mum, Nasi Lemak Lover, Siu Kitchen (Video)

Cream Buns GS3A4262-1 GS3A4290-1 Recipes: The Moonblush Baker, Siu Kitchen (Video)

Wife Cake GS3A4267-1 GS3A4287-1 Recipes: Siu Kitchen (Video), Guai Shu Shu

Cocktail Buns Recipes: Wantanmien (Video), The Woks of Life

Almond Cookie Recipes: China Sichuan Food, Table for Two, Chao Li Zhang (Video)

Swiss Rolls Recipes: Winse's Wee Wok, Mandy's Baking Journey, Siu Kitchen (Video)

In Food Tags 2016, chinese baked goods, chinese pastries, egg tart, pastries
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