{"id":27163,"date":"2024-06-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4439770_CN39770_0"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:00:00","slug":"mantou-outside-china-call-me-chinese-sugar-free-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=27163","title":{"rendered":"Mantou: Outside China, call me Chinese sugar-free bread!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">June 14, 2024<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A news report from&nbsp;China.org.cn on Chinese gourmet foods:<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\" align=\"center\">\n<p title=\"Mantou: Outside China, call me Chinese sugar-free bread!\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BRZyDqTh6HE\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><br \/><span>Mantou: Outside China, call me Chinese sugar-free bread!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Welcome to China Mosaic! Not long ago, Mantou (Mantao) entered the French Bread Festival (la fete du pain), as a representative of Chinese flour foods, and garnered attention from all around the globe. Today, we are honored to have Mantou on our program.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Hello! I&#8217;m Mantou, and in <span class=\"xn-location\">France<\/span>, they call me Mantao. I&#8217;m a Chinese home-grown flour food, and my specialty is my wholesomeness and good taste. Please, give me a show of hands!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Mantou.<\/p>\n<p>At this bread festival, although the organizer described it as Chinese sugar-free bread, mantou is in many ways different from bread. To start with, rather than baked at a high temperature, mantou is steamed \u2014&nbsp;that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s also called steamed bun, which also gives it its white color and the slightly moist texture.<\/p>\n<p>As a traditional Chinese gourmet food, mantou also harbors rich cultural significance. About 2,000 years ago, mantou was primarily used as sacrifice \u2014&nbsp;with mince inside, mantou was not so affordable for ordinary people back then. Today, on some special occasions, sending mantou to those you care for remains a custom in northern <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> rural areas: People make mantou in various shapes, giving it auspicious meanings as a symbol of best wishes.<\/p>\n<p>After centuries of evolving, mantou has now become one of the major staple foods for the Chinese. Moreover, it not only holds a special position in Chinese cuisine but has also become popular in many countries other than <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Besides mantou, the kaleidoscope of Chinese flour foods has been a genuine crowd-pleaser. In <span class=\"xn-location\">Rome, Italy<\/span>, a Suzhou-style noodle restaurant &quot;Xin Noodles&quot; has been a great hype. The moment it&#8217;s open for business every day, a vacant table is nearly impossible to find. Like many other flour foods in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, Changshu noodles with fried toppings are nutritious and cooked with many particularities. First, &quot;no noodles without current seasonal ingredients.&quot; The restaurant will brand different toppings according to different seasons, such as bamboo shoots in winter, and Chinese mitten crabs in autumn; secondly, the restaurant is known for &quot;tailoring its taste,&quot; frying each order of topping uniquely to give each bowl of noodles the customized flavors; thirdly, it upholds localization, serving more than 20 toppings based on the preferences of local consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it&#8217;s nothing rare for Chinese gourmet foods to go global. Huoguo (hotpot) and malatang among other Chinese cuisines have become a favorite for food lovers globally. Outside the offshore branches of Chinese tea beverages Mixue Bingcheng (Mixue Ice cream&amp;Tea) and Chagee, long lines of eager consumers can often be seen. According to projections, in 2026, the volume of the offshore Chinese food and beverage market is likely to exceed <span class=\"xn-money\">400 billion USD<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Mantou&#8217;s business trip in <span class=\"xn-location\">France<\/span>, brought more tasty, appealing, and nutritious traditional Chinese gourmet foods onto the radar of global foodies, arousing their appetites as well as building a bridge between different cultures.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>China Mosaic<br \/><\/i><\/b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/node_7230027.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/node_7230027.htm<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Mantou: Outside China, call me Chinese sugar-free bread!<br \/><\/i><\/b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/2024-06\/14\/content_117253809.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/2024-06\/14\/content_117253809.htm<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, June 14, 2024 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A news report from&nbsp;China.org.cn on Chinese gourmet foods: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;Mantou: Outside China, call me Chinese sugar-free bread! 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