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Default Any good bakery shop?


KY wrote:
> I am from Hong Kong, I would like to know if there's any famous bread
> shop in your country , which kind of bread is the most famous one?


There are two answers to your question.
The *best* bread is available in some of the major cities,
especially New York City and San Francisco, which have authentic
bakeries which produce relatively small amounts of delicious fresh
bread every day. They use Italian recipes, and often the best bakers
are of Italian descent, or were taught how to make bread by Italian
bakers. (There are other bakeries there which produce breads from
French recipes in the same manner.)
The *most famous* American bread is cheap and convenient, it is
the bread which is factory-produced in enormous quantities using heavy
machinery, baked in assembly-line style ovens, packaged by machine, and
distributed from bread factories to mass-market food stores. This
bread is rather flavorless, spongy, but stays soft because it contains
a several chemicals which preserve it in a relatively edible state for
about a week. Interestingly, it is an adequate starchy food, although
it lacks flavor and freshness. This kind of bread can be delicious
when produced in small quantities in a home kitchen.
You may want to taste different kinds of bread until you find one
you would like to duplicate. The many bread machines on the market
simplify the baking of bread.