Updated: 2/22/21 If you have ever visited a Taiwanese or Japanese bakery, you will always find a loaf of white bread packed in a clear plastic bag with a twisty tie on top. Shokupan (食パン) is the Japanese term for this bakery staple and it literally means “eating bread”. The bread is characterized by a…
Category: Breads
Walnut Raisin Whole Wheat Mantou(堅果全麥饅頭)
Mantou (饅頭）is essentially a type of Chinese “bread” that is finished by steaming as opposed to baking. Along with bing and wheat noodles, it is eaten as the carbohydrate staple in Northern China where wheat instead of rice is grown. In Taiwan where I grew up, mantou is a common breakfast staple. Ways to eat…
