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	\|keywords=Pineapple Bun,菠萝包,bolo bao,Hong Kong Food		\|keywords=Pineapple Bun,菠萝包,bolo bao,菠萝油,Hong Kong Food,cha chaan teng
	\|description=Pineapple bun is a Hong Kong sweet bun with a crackly sugary topping; it usually contains no pineapple.		\|description=Pineapple bun is a Hong Kong sweet bun with a crackly sugary topping; the classic usually contains no pineapple.
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	\| alternate_name = Bolo bao; 菠萝包; ~~Hong Kong pineapple bun~~		\| alternate_name = Bolo bao; bo lo baau; 菠萝包; 菠蘿包
	\| pinyin = Bōluó bāo		\| pinyin = Bōluó bāo
	\| type = Sweet bun		\| type = Sweet bun
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	'''Pineapple Bun''' (Simplified Chinese: 菠萝包; Traditional Chinese: 菠蘿包; Pinyin: ''Bōluó bāo''; Cantonese: ''bo lo ~~bao~~'') is a sweet yeast bun topped with a crisp, sugary crust whose crackled pattern resembles pineapple skin. Despite the name, the classic bun usually contains no pineapple filling.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_bun English Wikipedia]</ref>		'''Pineapple Bun''' (Simplified Chinese: 菠萝包; Traditional Chinese: 菠蘿包; Pinyin: ''Bōluó bāo''; Cantonese: ''bo lo baau'') is a sweet yeast bun topped with a crisp, sugary crust whose crackled pattern resembles pineapple skin. Despite the name, the classic bun usually contains no pineapple filling or flavoring—the "pineapple" is visual.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_bun English Wikipedia: Pineapple bun]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	Soft, ~~slightly~~ sweet bread contrasts with a crunchy, cookie-like top. A ~~popular variant~~ is ~~served~~ hot, split ~~with~~ a slab ~~of butter~~ (~~菠萝油~~).		Soft, mildly sweet milk-bread-like crumb contrasts with a crunchy, cookie-like top that shatters as you bite. Bakeries bake the topping dough onto the risen bun so expansion cracks the surface into the familiar mosaic. A signature café service is pineapple bun with butter (菠萝油 / ''bo lo yau''): the hot bun split around a cold butter slab so fat melts into the crumb—often ordered with [[Hong Kong Milk Tea]].<ref name="wp" /><ref name="afw">[https://www.afoodieworld.com/blog/2022/05/18/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-pineapple-bun/ A Foodie World: pineapple bun overview]</ref>

			Filled bakery variants (custard, coconut, red bean, even savory meats) exist, but the plain topped bun and the buttered ''cha chaan teng'' plate remain the cultural defaults.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	Yeast dough (flour, sugar, ~~milk or water~~, fat) plus a separate sugary topping dough that cracks in the oven. Butter is optional for ~~the filled-style~~ service.		Yeast dough (flour, sugar, liquid, fat) plus a separate sugary topping dough (traditionally lard-leaning, now often butter) that cracks in the oven. Butter is optional for table service. Overview only.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	The bun is ~~closely~~ identified with Hong Kong bakery and cha chaan teng culture and ~~is also found~~ in ~~Cantonese bakeries abroad~~. ~~It is~~ a ~~casual everyday snack~~ rather than a ~~festival~~-~~only food~~.		The bun is tightly identified with twentieth-century Hong Kong bakery and ''cha chaan teng'' culture and travels widely through Cantonese diaspora shops. Secondary accounts place early documented HK bakery production in the mid-century decades; Japanese ''melonpan'' and Mexican ''concha'' are sometimes noted as visual cousins with crackly sweet tops—parallels of technique family, not proof of a single ancestry.<ref name="wp" />

			In June 2014, pineapple-bun making technique was included in Hong Kong's inventory of intangible cultural heritage, a soft official craft recognition rather than a patent on any one shop's recipe.<ref name="wp" /><ref name="afw" /> Pop-culture nods (including local animation) further fixed the bun as an everyday city symbol.

			As bakery craft, the hard part is timing: the topping must crack into a pineapple-like mosaic without burning, while the crumb stays soft. Home bakers and culinary writers often compare the topping dough to a simple cookie paste laid over enriched bread—an analogy for texture, not a claim that the bun is identical to Japanese melonpan or Mexican concha, which remain separate national bakery classics.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	~~Eaten plain~~ or ~~as pineapple bun with butter, often~~ with [[~~Hong Kong Milk Tea~~]]~~. See~~ [[Hong Kong Food]] ~~and~~ [[~~Chinese Snack~~]].		Plain from bakeries; buttered hot with milk tea in cafés; occasional filled sweet or savory spins. Pair culturally with [[Egg Tart]] on the same bakery tray and with [[Hong Kong Food]] café breakfast sets. Keep distinct from steamed [[Baozi]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Chinese Snack]]		* [[Chinese Snack]]
	* [[Egg Tart]]		* [[Egg Tart]]
			* [[Char Siu Bao]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

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|description=Pineapple bun is a Hong Kong sweet bun with a crackly sugary topping; it usually contains no pineapple.
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{{Infobox chinese food
| image = Pineapple Bun.jpg
| caption = Pineapple Bun
| alternate_name = Bolo bao; 菠萝包; Hong Kong pineapple bun
| pinyin = Bōluó bāo
| type = Sweet bun
| course = Snack / breakfast
| country = China
| region = Hong Kong / Guangdong
| other = Cha chaan teng classic; often with butter
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'''Pineapple Bun''' (Simplified Chinese: 菠萝包; Traditional Chinese: 菠蘿包; Pinyin: ''Bōluó bāo''; Cantonese: ''bo lo bao'') is a sweet yeast bun topped with a crisp, sugary crust whose crackled pattern resembles pineapple skin. Despite the name, the classic bun usually contains no pineapple filling.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_bun English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Soft, slightly sweet bread contrasts with a crunchy, cookie-like top. A popular variant is served hot, split with a slab of butter (菠萝油).

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Yeast dough (flour, sugar, milk or water, fat) plus a separate sugary topping dough that cracks in the oven. Butter is optional for the filled-style service.

== History and culture ==

The bun is closely identified with Hong Kong bakery and cha chaan teng culture and is also found in Cantonese bakeries abroad. It is a casual everyday snack rather than a festival-only food.

== Serving and variations ==

Eaten plain or as pineapple bun with butter, often with [[Hong Kong Milk Tea]]. See [[Hong Kong Food]] and [[Chinese Snack]].

== See also ==

* [[Hong Kong Food]]
* [[Hong Kong Milk Tea]]
* [[Chinese Snack]]
* [[Egg Tart]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==

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