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Just the bread, it's so good!
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How do they do that?
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So for those who don't know, bakery culture is really huge in Taiwan.
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And I was fortunate enough to live in the area where a lot of these Taiwanese bakeries found their way to where I live in California.
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So I decided to take some of my favorite pastries and to share them with my co-workers.
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So the first one that I have is a 藍莓麵包, that basically just means blueberry bun.
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It usually has a really delicious cream cheese blueberry filling.
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I usually don't get this just because it's so dense, but I'm really excited to share this with one of my friends.
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I can't compare it to anything.
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Doesn't this make me feel like a happy Asian baby?
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Mmm Hmm.
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So this is a 熱狗起司麵包.
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It literally just means a hot-dog-cheese bread.
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This is good.
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Yeah I would definitely have to like work out If I eat that everyday, which I probably wouldn't have the problem with if I could have that, like I would work out and then I would eat it.
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It would defeat the whole purpose of working out, but I would still feel better about my life.
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You used to eat this when you were a kid?
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Yeah, all the time.
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Cool, so when is the next time you're going home?
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So this is called a 紅豆麵包, that means red bean bun.
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I grew up eating American food like McDonald's, so the idea of having beans involved in a dessert sweet thing was absolutely revolting to me in the beginning.
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But I've really grown to love it.
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Hmmm.
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I'm so concerned whenever I bring people to eat this stuff.
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They might think it's gross or the texture is kind of weird?
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Red beans has it going on.
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Was there ever a point where you first saw it and you were like, hmm I don't know about this...
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I don't think so, cuz at least in dim sum it's fried so...you know, we're American and anything that's fried, like it's going down.
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Okay, last but certainly not least, a 菠蘿包.
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Kind of translates into a pineapple bun but they kind of call it that simply because the diamonds and the ridges on here actually looks like a pineapple.
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Hmmm, that was good.
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This actually tastes a lot like a sticky bun you get in England but like, they usually have icing on top.
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I'm not sure it's between like sweet bread and like a croissant almost?
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That's kind of how I tried to explain it to people sometimes like I called it a danish almost.
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Yeah.
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I'm glad you like it.
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Thank you for showing me it.
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Thanks, Stasia.
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Well, thank you.
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I'm glad you shared this with me.
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Let's just get this out there, Asian bakeries are the best bakeries.
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- Yes they are! - Right?
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Interns, you want a bite?
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You're a different man, aren't you?
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Yeah.