Melonpan

, also called melon bun or melon bread, is a Japanese sweetbun covered in a layer of crispy cookie dough. The texture resembles that of a melon, such as a cantaloupe. It is not traditionally melon-flavored. Melonpan and pineapple bun from Hong Kong are very similar. By comparison, the Japanese style is lighter in weight and taste, slightly drier, and has a firmer outer layer (including top cookie crust) that resists flaking, unlike its Hong Kong counterpart, whose top cookie crust tends to flake easily. The Hong Kong version is also moister and is generally soft on the outside and inside, with a stronger butter flavor.

, also called melon bun or melon bread, is a Japanese sweetbun covered in a layer of crispy cookie dough. The texture resembles that of a melon, such as a cantaloupe. It is not traditionally melon-flavored. Melonpan and pineapple bun from Hong Kong are very similar. By comparison, the Japanese style is lighter in weight and taste, slightly drier, and has a firmer outer layer (including top cookie crust) that resists flaking, unlike its Hong Kong counterpart, whose top cookie crust tends to flake easily. The Hong Kong version is also moister and is generally soft on the outside and inside, with a stronger butter flavor. ==Variations== Many variations of melonpan exist. Though not originally melon-flavored, it has become popular for manufacturers to actually add melon flavoring to melonpan. They can be baked with caramel or chocolate, and filled or covered with cream or custard. Some contain chocolate chips between the cookie and bread layer. In the case of such variations, the name may drop the word "melon", instead replacing it with the name of the contents (such as "maple pan" for a maple syrup flavored bread) or may keep it despite the lack of melon flavor (such as "chocolate melon pan"). In parts of the Kansai, Chūgoku, and Shikoku regions, a variation with a radiating line pattern is called "sunrise", and many residents of these regions call even the cross-hatched melon pan "sunrise". Melon pan & iced coffee.jpg|Regular Melonpan.jpg|Regular Chocochips melonpan.jpg|With chocolate chips メロンパンアイス 大阪 2016 (31278900614).jpg|With cream Melon bread and green tea melon bread.jpg|Regular and green tea flavor Melonpan Kure.JPG 親亀 子亀 (8489689014).jpg 美容と健康に メロンパン (2823488097).jpg ==See also== Concha Pineapple bun Soboro-ppang List of buns ==References== ==External links== Melon Pan Recipe

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