Bun is a food with a long history. There are various legends about its origins. One of the most well-known is: Buns are dedicated to the God as a sacrifice instead of human’s skull.
The shape of buns looks like a flat hemispherical. It has a flat bottom and a curved top. A small pit which looks like a navel locates in the middle of the top of the buns, several folds evenly distributed around the navel. These traces are made by chef’s handwork. Excellent cook, not only focus on the buns taste, but also pay continuous attention to the beautiful appearance of the buns, even the number and the location of these folds.
The different buns contain different stuffing. For example, red bean paste, vegetables, pork, beefs. So their tastes are different.
Generally delicious buns should have a light skin with the smell of flour. The fillings should highlight the characteristics of the ingredients.
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The vegetables will add a little the lard to increase flavor, but the lard shouldn’t destroy the vegetables’ property of sweet and crisp.
The meat should balance the proportion of fat and lean meat, to keep the fresh and tender and avoid greasy.
The bean paste must control the sugar content in order to avoid too sweet.
Buns are usual food, not something to eat just for a specific holidays or occasion. In fact, if you like, you could eat them every day, every meal. Chinese people usually eat buns, drink tea or soy milk for breakfast, just as the picture shows, or have supper with buns, porridge, and other simple dishes. Besides, people also can carry around some buns to satisfy their hunger in time.
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