Some delicious foreign pastry in old Shanghai

Western-style desserts are now the main force of all afternoon teas in Shanghai. In a sunny afternoon, a dessert cake, a cup of coffee or a cup of tea, enjoying the free time, is a kind of unspeakable comfort and unspeakable comfort.

In Shanghai, when did afternoon tea start? I really can't find any data to verify it. But in Hong Kong, afternoon tea is a very important meal. Whenever at 3 pm, people always stop what they are doing, buy a cup of milk tea or coffee, and enjoy their own time with a pineapple oil or egg tart.

People always talk about Shanghai flavor. What exactly is Shanghai flavor? In fact, it is very simple to explain it literally, that is, the taste of Shanghai.

Shanghai is an immigrant city, which brings together people from all over the country. Naturally, food comes from all over the country. However, no matter where it comes from, when it comes to Shanghai, it is bound to make some changes and improvements to make it more suitable for Shanghai people's tastes, and then it will take root here and become the flavor of Shanghai style.

In addition to the unique Shanghai-style western food, Shanghai actually has Shanghai-style West Point. These delicious West Points were introduced from abroad, and after continuous improvement and modification, they finally became unique West Points in Shanghai, including some West Points invented by Shanghainese themselves.

Chestnut Cake

Before liberation, there was no low-gluten flour in Shanghai. Without low-gluten flour, there was no way to make cake embryos, so Shanghainese came up with something else to replace the traditional cake embryos, that is, chestnuts, which were mashed, seasoned, made into a cake, and buttered on it, and a chestnut cake was made. Dig a spoonful with a thick chestnut fragrance and.

Where is the most famous chestnut cake? Of course, it is Kaisili bakery, which is their signature product. Many old Shanghainese come from far away to taste this chestnut cake. Even many old Shanghainese who have settled abroad will come here every time they return to China to have a good taste of this delicious West Point, ranging from snacks to big ones.

compared with the traditional cake blank, the chestnut core is more fragrant, but it is also more full. Don't overeat, or it will be easy to eat.

Now Commander Kay has also introduced Nestle Chestnut Cake, which is a chestnut cake with cocoa butter. It tastes more delicious, and this is also my favorite.

Butterfly Crisp

I believe everyone will be familiar with the Peace Hotel on Nanjing West Road, but when it comes to fame, his bakery seems to be more remembered than the hotel. Why? It is because a kind of western pastry, Butterfly Crisp, produced by the bakery of Peace Hotel has penetrated into the hearts of Shanghainese.

Butterfly Crisp was spread to Shanghai from France, and it was called Ear Cake in France. After it was spread to Shanghai, Shanghainese named it "Butterfly Crisp" because its shape resembled a butterfly.

As one of the representatives of pastry, butterfly pastry tastes crisp and full of butter. In order to cater to the tastes of Shanghai people, Peace Hotel has removed the sugar originally sprinkled on it. This taste is not so sweet and greasy, which meets the requirements of people who pay attention to light taste now. You should really be careful when eating butterfly pastry. You must put your hand under your mouth and swallow it in one bite, and the crispy butterfly pastry will fall off. If you don't care.

However, the butterfly cakes in Peace Hotel are not easy to buy. There are too many people waiting in line, so friends who want to taste them should be mentally prepared.

Fresh Milk Cube

As the signboard of the British West Point brand Ruby, the fame and taste of Fresh Milk Cube have really firmly occupied the hearts of every Shanghainese.

I remember that in 1998, I was working on Nanjing West Road. Every evening at 5 o'clock, there was always a sea of people at the entrance of the ruby shop at Wujiang Road. Because the cake in the ruby was on sale after 5 o'clock, many people came to buy it, and almost all of them got off work at this time, so it was naturally crowded.

A fresh milk cube is a fresh milk cake cut into small pieces. Ruby's fresh milk cube is delicate in fresh cream, not very sweet in taste, just right. The cake blank below is soft and delicious, and it will never make you feel tired of eating it. When we were young, this fresh milk cube was a luxury, and we could boast about eating it for a week.

curry dumplings

don't think that all western pastry is sweet, but Laodachang's authentic time-honored western pastry is really "salty".

The crispy pastry wrapped the curry beef stuffing inside. When it just came out of the oven, it smelled fragrant. When you bite it down, it was full of curry beef flavor, full of fresh fragrance, and the whole mouth was full of meat, which really made the roots smell fragrant.

Different from Thai curry and Indian curry outside now, curry beef in curry dumplings is authentic old Shanghainese taste, which is the same taste as curry potatoes cooked at home when we were young, especially nostalgic.

This delicious West Point was once closed for some reasons, but it was later re-launched by Laodachang. After the citizens learned the news, many old Shanghainese queued up to buy it, and the scene was very hot.

don't be jealous

I'm afraid many young people have no idea what it means now. When you say this name, many people will ask you, what is it?

it's no wonder that this west point is rarely sold outside now, and only some time-honored bakeries can buy it.

so, what exactly is this taboo?

In fact, it is a kind of western pastry baked with sliced bread coated with cream. It tastes very crispy, and it has a strong creamy smell and yellow oil smell when bitten. Whether it is used with coffee, tea or as a snack at ordinary times, it is very suitable.

Where are the most famous other taboos? Of course, they are the old Shanghai brand bakery and Jing 'an bakery, which are enduring for a long time. Even the toothless grandfathers and grandmothers often buy some and have a good time.

Hadou

The name is probably more puzzling, isn't it, Hadou? What is this?

If you explain it straightforwardly, Hadou is the general name of puffing products outside now. If you explain it this way, I believe many people will understand.

In the old Shanghai population, the Hadou basically refers to the West Point with a layer of chocolate sauce and cream in it. This is really my favorite. When I was a child, I would beg my parents to buy one for me as long as I passed Commander Kai or Laodachang. Perhaps children have no resistance to chocolate. The entrance of the Hadou is soft, and the chocolate on it, the cream in the middle and the taste of the Hadou itself are simply satisfying.

Compared with the puffs made by many shops now, Hadou is sweet but not greasy, and its taste is excellent. Sure enough, "Ginger is still old and spicy".

If time can go backwards, I would like to sit on the second floor of Commander Kai on Nanjing West Road in the afternoon, order a cup of iced coffee with cream, a chestnut cake with a bucket and a cigarette, and enjoy the afternoon tea of Shanghai style like an old Keller.