Pineapple bun
| Alternative names | bo lo baau |
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| Type | Sweet bun |
| Place of origin | Hong Kong |
| Main ingredients | Sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla and butter |
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| Traditional Chinese | 菠蘿包 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 菠萝包 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | pineapple bun | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 王梨包 | ||||||||||||
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A pineapple bun (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 texture of a pineapple).