Now Viewing: melon_breadTag type: General Melonpan (メロンパン meronpan), also known as Melon pan, Melon buns or Melon bread, are sweet bakery products from Japan, but also popular in Taiwan and China. They are made from an enriched dough covered in a thin layer of crispy cookie dough. Their appearance resembles a melon, such as a rock melon (cantaloupe). They are not traditionally melon flavored, but in recent times it has become popular for manufacturers to add melon to melon bread. Variations exist, including some with a few chocolate chips between the cookie layer and the enriched dough layer, and non-melon versions flavored with caramel, maple syrup, chocolate, or other flavors, sometimes with syrup, whipped or flavored cream, or custard as a filling. In the case of such variations, the name may drop the word "melon" ("maple pan") or may keep it despite the lack of melon flavor ("chocolate melon pan"). The name has a bilingual etymology, since melon is a loan word from English, while pan is from the Portuguese word for bread. *Preferred snack food of Shana and any other character voiced by Rie Kugimiya.* Other Wiki Information Last updated: 04/11/11 7:45 PM by jedi1357 This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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