Tuna bun

Tuna bun
Alternative namesTuna fish bun
Place of originHong Kong
Main ingredientsflour, tuna
Tuna bun
Traditional Chinese吞拿魚包
Simplified Chinese吞拿鱼包
Jyutpingtan1 naa4 jyu4 baau1
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingtan1 naa4 jyu4 baau1

Tuna bun, Tuna fish bun (Chinese: 吞拿魚包; Jyutping: tan1 naa4 jyu4 baau1) is a Hong Kong-style fish bun.[1] It is a bun that contains tuna paste. It is commonly found in Hong Kong.[2]

Due to the high price of a whole tuna, almost all bakeries in Hong Kong use canned tuna to make tuna buns.[3][4]

  • A tuna bun filled with canned tuna
    A tuna bun filled with canned tuna

See also

References

  1. ^ Qiu, Yongling (2011). 港麵包 港味道 (Popular bread in Hong Kong). 萬里機構 (Wan Li Book). p. 92. ISBN 9789621446473.
  2. ^ "Local Bakery". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Consumers urged to choose wisely amidst rise in bread prices". Choice # 377 (March 14, 2008). Consumer Council. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Flavor of the city". China Daily. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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