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Honeycomb charcoal bread in Ho Chi Minh City

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The bread shaped like a honeycomb charcoal was made by a pastry shop in district 8.
The image of a honeycomb charcoal bread with the size of 10×10 cm has been shared by many young people online.

This is a product of a pastry shop on Cao Lo Street, District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. True to its name, the bread has the same color, shape and size as honeycomb charcoal. Many diners enjoy seeing this unique design. Photo: To Linh. Share with Zing Ms. To Linh Nghi, the owner of a bakery, said the finished product making process takes about 2 hours. The process of shaping the cake to bloom evenly and beautifully is difficult. There are no specialized cake molds on the market. “I have to make the iron bars to skew on the cake to create round holes like honeycomb charcoal”. With this type of cake, the shop has 2 types, black and yellow charcoal bread filled with cheese or salted egg cheese. “The black color of the cake is made from bamboo charcoal, the yellow color is made from toast,” said the shop owner. According to the owner, they sell about 100 units per day. Each cake costs 95,000-110,000 VND. “The yellow cake filled with delicious cheese. However, I can only eat one because I’m afraid of being fat,” said diner Phan Cuc, 25 years old (HCMC). “The restaurant has more tropical food for those who want to eat but fear being fat. The price is quite high,” said Minh Anh, 20 years old, (HCMC). This is not the first time a variation of a familiar bread has caused a stir. Before that, dragon fruit bread, “darkness” bread, Fatherland bread … also attracted the attention of many domestic and foreign diners.