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Pineapple bun

A pineapple bun also known as PoloBun (Chinese: 菠蘿包; Jyutping: bo1 lo4 baau1; Cantonese Yale: bōlòh bāau) is a kind of sweet bun predominantly popular in Hong Kong and also common in Chinatowns worldwide. Despite the name, it does not traditionally contain pineapple; rather, the name refers to the look of the characteristic topping (which resembles the…

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Other common variants

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History

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Composition

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Buttered variant

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Alternative names
bo lo baau
Main ingredients
Sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla and butter
Place of origin
Hong Kong
Type
Sweet bun

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Pineapple bun

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples37
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
Components1

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Pineapple bun

Top relations

related to history · 13
Pineapple bun → At, By, Hong Kong, However, It, Japan, Japanese, Mexico, Ng, Tai Tung Bakery, The, They, Tse Ching-yuen
related to Controversy · 6
Pineapple bun → Hong Kong, In January, In October, Japanese, Taiwan, Taiwanese
related to Composition · 5
Pineapple bun → Although, European, Hong Kong, It, The
related to Other common variants · 5
Pineapple bun → German, It, Japanese, Korean, The
related to Buttered variant · 4
Pineapple bun → Cantonese, Many Hong Kong, They, Typically
Alternative names · 1
Pineapple bun → bo lo baau
Main ingredients · 1
Pineapple bun → Sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla and butter
Place of origin · 1
Pineapple bun → Hong Kong
Type · 1
Pineapple bun → Sweet bun

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pineapple bun hong kong butter sweet bread japanese bakery buns known also common polobun eggs top used cantonese popular name

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pineapple bunAlternative namesbo lo baau1.00infobox
Pineapple bunMain ingredientsSugar, eggs, flour, vanilla and butter1.00infobox
Pineapple bunPlace of originHong Kong1.00infobox
Pineapple bunTypeSweet bun1.00infobox
Pineapple bunrelated to Buttered variantMany Hong Kong0.60section
Pineapple bunrelated to Buttered variantThey0.60section
Pineapple bunrelated to Buttered variantCantonese0.60section
Pineapple bunrelated to Buttered variantTypically0.60section
Pineapple bunrelated to CompositionThe0.60section
Pineapple bunrelated to CompositionIt0.60section
Pineapple bunrelated to CompositionHong Kong0.60section
Pineapple bunrelated to CompositionEuropean0.60section

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