08 October 2010

Not very sweet, but chewy.

To begin with, two famous cakes:

Lemon:
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Pineapple:
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Both are chewier and less sweet than what I'm used to for dessert. The former tastes a lot like lemon shortcake, the latter like nothing I've had in North America. Both are pleasant and accessible flavours and textures to my palette.

Another Taiwanese speciality? Frozen condensed milk with fruit piled on top. The fruit is much sweeter than the milk, the juices all run into it and the whole thing is refreshing and lovely.

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Then we have the bizarre interpretations of American favourites.

An oddly dry and not sweet donut pastry with two different types of jam going on the inside of each tube. What?

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These cupcakes were purchased at an upscale department store attempting Western desserts. The pastry here sucks. Again, dry, unsweet, and filled with gushy jam stuff. But damn, they look gorgeous.

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At a Hong Kongese restaurant they served us cream soda with milk - apparently a favourite. Again, the milk makes the cream soda less sweet. But the whole thing gave me a tummyache.

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Finally, we just have the inexplicable:

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Got boobs?

5 comments:

  1. WHA- ?? What are these boobs ? XD

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  2. The fruit over condensed milk looks fabulous. The doughnut and packaged pineapple cake not so much.

    And the boobs...well they look like the kind of novelty hen-party items that the British are so fond of. You'd serve them alongside drinks with straws shaped like penises.

    I might make some cupcakes tomorrow. But they will be luscious and moist and topped with smooth buttercream. I'll eat an extra one for you in honour of the disappointment you suffered at the hands of those pretty looking ones.

    Hugs to you my love xx

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  3. The pineapple cake was amazing and made fresh at the bakery it came from - the culture here seems to be fairly interested in packaging and good design. I think the better desserts here look, the worse they taste. But isn't that often true when it comes to home baking as well?

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  4. I'm right with you on the chewy. Oh my god chewy things!!!

    Anyways, I'm thinking those "freshly" wrapped pineapple cakes are boss. Pack those around like energy bars.

    I'm totally a-ok with adding milk to things. That's too bad about the tummy situation, though.

    Boobcakes. XD

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  5. I am currently experiencing a syndrome Freud called mango envy. Why do your mangoes look juicier than mine?

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