Mantou
Mantou ( Chinese 饅頭 / 馒头 , Pinyin mántou ) is a specialty of Chinese cuisine .
It is a soft, whitish steamed bread made from wheat flour, water and yeast, which is preferably eaten in northern China and Taiwan . The consistency is reminiscent of steamed noodles .
Legend
According to legend, the word Mantou is said to have originally been written using the characters ( 蠻 頭 / 蛮 头 , mántóu - "barbarian head"), which have the same pronunciation.
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