Coconut Milk Buns~ 奶皇包

My cravings for chinese buns are still on the go and so I tried out another recipe..

These buns are called 奶皇包 meaning coconut milk buns. The filling is made up of custard and coconut milk and the bun is just a plain easy-to-make bun. 

I love the fact that they turned out so round and fluffy! equivalent to a small fluff-ball I'd say :P

These buns turned out really well for a first time although the filling was a bit too sweet for me and my family :S

Will try these again and hopefully make some changes to the amount of sugar..to prevent another sugar hype. :)

Pineapple buns (:

Last week, I spent the day making pineapple buns - also known as 菠蘿包 in chinese. It is a type of chinese bun, quite sweet and pastry like at the top. Unbelievably, they don't have any pineapples in them! I think the reason of them being called a 'pineapple bun' is because of its lovely golden crusty pastry at the top.

 The process includes making the bread first, allowing that to rise, and then make the pastry, slap it onto the bread and THEN bake it..quite a story!!~

All in all, I got to treat myself with a warm pineapple bun on the couch :D

叉燒包 - Char Siu Buns!! :D

I had a first attempt to try making 叉燒包/bbq pork buns from a chinese cook book. I made the actual bun, while my mum (a very good cook!) made the pork. 

 They turned out great but the bun looked ugly ><

Anyway, at least they tasted alright! ahaaa...