So I have a question and I'm not sure if anyone can answer but googling didn't yield anything.
Why does bread in Asia taste like shit? I lived in Japan for 6 months and Korean for 2 years now, and nothing even comes close to bread I had in the UK/Europe/US.
It's always more dense, the crust is never crusty but chewy, it lacks flavour, doesn't toast well, and just generally awful.
Is it the flour? Is it the water? Does living in gookville change my palate in some way? What is it?
I've tried fast food, pizza, all the way up to expensive artisan bread and it doesn't compare.
>>7180699
Their bread culture comes from missionaries, tempura is the same batter recipe for Jesus wafers.
Also, I like their bread, it's thick and chewy. Good for making stuffed sandwiches, not good for much else.
>>7180699
way to generalize, cocksucker. Vietnamese bread is baller. I'd guess that most the Japanese/Korean is probably some bagged shit from a convience store.
It's probably because they haven't mastered the techniques that western culture has since we've been gnoshing on bread for thousands of years or sumthin
>>7180699
Asia is a rice continent you fucking dolt.
>>7180712
>Vietnamese bread is baller
Yeah, because it was taken over by the French.
>>7180718
It's because bread was not the grain of choice in Asian culture, that's why it's shit.
>>7180718
They had no bread becaus rice can't be made into bread until the 1700's
>>7180723
Wheat was introduced to Asia over 4 thousand years ago. They somehow mastered noodles but never cared for bread.
>>7180725
No that's the only reason, it's a regional thing, now they're used to that taste.
>>7180707
>Good for making stuffed sandwiches
This.
>>7180727
>now they're used to that taste.
Okay so what are they doing in the recipe to make the taste different?
>>7180725
They have access to any kind of flour they want these days and water wouldn't matter very much unless they add something seriously fucked up to it.
I think they just prefer their bread that way honestly
>>7180718
I don't know what East Asia means. Is that just Korea/Japan? I'll admit tho I haven't had many baked goods from there.
As I said, I'm sure it comes down to the techniques. You probably know the basics of how to make bread. I'm making assumptions but many people probably own either a small oven or possibly no oven. They have more of a convience culture, that's why they have the best bread machines. Making really good bread is an art and the techniques have to be learned, you can't just grab flour, yeast, and water and turn out bread. The only Asian country that's well known for good bread is Vietnam and that's coz the French influenced their cuisine so much.
>>7180699
It's the same reason that American chocolate tastes like shit to people in the uk.
It's cultural conditioning.
Why does rice in America taste like shit? I lived in Washington for 6 months and Utah for 2 years now, and nothing even comes close to rice I had in China/Vietnam/Japan.
It's always more dense, the grain is never fluffy but crusty, it lacks flavor, doesn't steam well, and just generally awful.
Is it the rice? Is it the water? Does living in whitebread change my palate in some way? What is it?
I've tried takeout, brown rice, all the way up to expensive artisan rice and it doesn't compare.
>>7180735
But rice is exactly the same idiot.
>>7180734
American chocolate tastes like shit to people in America too ;_;
There are a few exceptions though. Just like with cheese here, the vast majority is shit but a few small companies know what they're doing.
>>7180726
No they had Barley not wheat, wheat was in Russia, albeit eastern Russia.
>>7180735
American rice is top notch, the most common rice in Asia is CalRose rice which a special breed grown in California.
>>7180729
It's derived from flavorless Jesus crackers, the foundation is the problem.
>>7180747
>the most common rice in Asia is CalRose rice which a special breed grown in California.
Americans... lmafo
>>7180745
>east africa
>ass
>a country that eats ass so often its on a list
I mean I enjoy it occasionally but goddamn
>>7180745
No, they had wheat along the silk road and deep into China as early as 2500 BC. Barley and wheat were introduced at roughly the same time.
http://archaeobotanist.blogspot.com/2010/07/arrival-of-wheat-in-china.html
>>7180752
>Calrose is a much sought-after variety in parts of Asia, where it is considered exotic. There is even a black market for the variety and it was smuggled in large quantities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calrose_rice
>>7180755
those comments are crazy
>>7180756
>Calrose was once a much sought-after variety in parts of Asia, where it was considered exotic. There was even a black market for the variety and it was smuggled in large quantities.[3]
lmao, nice try
>>7180765
>Editing Wikipedia
That's pretty sad dude
>>7180767
anyone can check the edit log senpai ;)
Why is asian bread is soft anyway? Is it true they lack the enzymes to properly break down tougher, western-style bread?
>>7180788
Weak jaws
Bread in Asia seems to be considered a dessert type thing. Rice and noodles are the staple foods, not bread and potatoes. There's no place for bread in savoury dishes because of this, so bread just became a popular sweet snack instead, like a cake.
The other annoying thing is that even though they like sweet baked things, they almost never put chocolate with them. It's always red bean paste or dried fruit. Not much jam either.
The attitude to bread is really different. I remember seeing someone eating what appeared to be a plain loaf of bread and wondering why he was bread with nothing on it. Later on I tried some of that kind of bread and realised that it's sweet enough not to require anything with it. Still a pretty bland snack though.
In some bakeries you can find freshly made baguettes. Those are pretty much the only 'normal' bread I managed to find myself. Supermarkets appear to only have sweet bread.
You should try pandesal from the philippines. They toast well. Great for sliders too.
There are some nations in Asia with good bread but they're either located in SW Asia (Syria etc...) or have a strong colonial influence (Vietnam).
Tangzhong process.
>>7180735
Is this funposting or blatant retardation?
>>7180747
Filipino detected
>A baozi or simply known as bao, bau, humbow, nunu, bakpao, bausak, pow, pau or pao is a type of steamed, filled, bun or bread-like item
>bread-like
Does this count? Because this shit is great.
>>7181321
Yes. That particular type of dumpling dough is the most like bread in terms of texture.
>>7180699
>not making your own bread for pennies
cmon OP, you aren't even trying
>>7181421
>cheap asian apartments
>ovens
ho ho ho, I have 2 gas rings which are so close together you can only fit 1 pan on at a time senpai, it's a cooking nigtnare
>>7181460
Make some frybread then. Easy as pie then.
>>7180754
HEHE BOI
>>7180699
paris baguettes are all over korea
they suck
they slap whipped cream on a hotdog bun and call it "pastry"
>>7180712
>Vietnamese bread is baller
lmao
>>7183186
>paris baguettes in korea
paris baguette and tour les jours (whatever the fucking name is) are some of the worst places for bread.
The little ajumma run bakeries are okay though if you want asian style stuff. Most of the stuff is fried though. Korea has a weird fascination with fried dough though like churros, doughnuts, etc
Also croquettes.. they butcher the hell out of them by putting fish cake into them.
The asia clade is known to have lower saliva production than the anglo clade or the nigger clade. Due to their drier mouths they prefer softer, moister, goopier textures when consuming food.
This also serves to explain why many Japanese pornography often utilizes ring gags. They are stimulated by the concept of a moist, overflowing with saliva orifice which appears exotic in their eyes.
>>7180699
Korea a shit
simple as that
>>7180728
damn, i'll have to keep that in mind when i buy bread for sando.
>>7180699
If you're such a bread connoisseur, why don't you make bread yourself there and see if there is a difference?
>>7184274
haha yes with that little bakery I have in my one room apartment! epic epic for the win!
>>7181321
>baozi instead of mantou
>>7184279
>Nobody bakes because nobody owns an oven
>Why do they suck at baking
Why are you even complaining
>>7184285
Bakeries have ovens you fucking moron. They must follow recipes so the question is why they deliberately make it shit
>>7180712
>Vietnamese bread is baller
Yeap.. because the place we call Vietnam now was a colony of the French..
My wife is Vietnamese and she loves Kings Hawaiian rolls because they are --very-- similar in taste to Vietnamese bread.
>>7180699
They didn't have a culture of bread early on so they didn't develop it to the sophistication found in Europe and the Near East. Maybe they didn't have wheat early on in their development so they didn't brew beer with it so they didn't find out about starters so they didn't find out about gluten.
>>7185804
They may not have bread culture but they have dough culture
The Japanese prefer a moister, chewier bread. In Yakitate Japan they attribute this to differences in saliva production but personally I think it's because the preference is for bread more like rice and mochi.
I actually love all the buns at my local ching chong shop, red bean paste is great, but poppy filling, and even cheese buns are delicious. Steamed stuff like poak buns are great too, but not strictly speaking bread alone.
