The bread in China for the most part is sweet. We have found it hard to find bread that we foreign teachers (the English variety) would enjoy with our breakfast. Bread is plentiful, and has many varieties but the plain old bread (white or wholemeal) is hard to find. We have found "French Bread Sticks" but they are not to our liking. Some have been very "thick" with an outer crust that one needs an axe to get through.
Bakeries are common here - and the variety of breads and cakes are tremendous and we do enjoy SOME of them. But we'd like to ask the Chinese bakers to delete some of the sugar and make a savoury variety.
It has been a point of great discussion and excitement if someone thinks that they can find a bread to please us.
Chinese bakeries are a feast on the eyes too - with the most exotic desserts and cakes that you can imagine. We've found a French bakery in Hangzhou which has great croissants and bread, but it is a long way to go to get our daily bread.
We now have an exotic bakery on the school campus - it used to sell a limited range of cakes and buns for the students, but recently and quite suprisingly without any fanfare the range increased dramatically and they also have a range of breads. One is OK - not as sweet as others, but has some sultanas in it.
Baked beans on toast with sultana bread? Odd, but it is the best I've found as yet.
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