{"id":91247,"date":"2026-10-08T13:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91247"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:51:10","slug":"did-portuguese-breads-and-pastries-shape-hong-kongs-most-iconic-baked-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91247","title":{"rendered":"Did Portuguese breads and pastries shape Hong Kong\u2019s most iconic baked goods?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/07\/31c06c1d-4015-45da-bc9c-794b11b9ce87_3d3619e9.jpg?itok=mwZtdZ5O&amp;v=1791373327\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWhen I ate the pineapple bun, I immediately thought of the <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">pao de deus<\/em>,\u201d he says, referring to a popular Portuguese baked treat he has eaten since childhood.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Translated as \u201cbread of God\u201d, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">pao de deus<\/em> is a brioche found in pastry shops across Portugal. It is generously slathered with sugar and coconut before baking to create a golden, crumbly topping that bears an uncanny resemblance to the buttery crust on a pineapple bun. However, the flavour calls to mind the filling of another <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">famous Hong Kong baked good<\/span> \u2013 the cocktail bun.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Oliveira was motivated by these similarities to include <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">pao de deus<\/em> alongside Santa Nata\u2019s signature <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">pastel de nata<\/em> as a launch product at the London-based brand\u2019s first Hong Kong store, located in the Central neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3370023\/did-portuguese-breads-and-pastries-shape-hong-kongs-most-iconic-baked-goods?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen I ate the pineapple bun, I immediately thought of the pao de deus,\u201d he says, referring to a popular Portuguese baked treat he has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2930,31285,4072,3569,6541,5010,9619,13874,8728],"class_list":["post-91247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-baked","tag-breads","tag-goods","tag-hong","tag-iconic","tag-kongs","tag-pastries","tag-portuguese","tag-shape","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}