[Pastry trends / 甜點趨勢觀察] My take on Asian pastries in Paris / 從「亞洲甜點在巴黎」思考何謂台灣味(for English, click "see more")
首先,我承認原本只是想和大家介紹巴黎新開的麻糬專賣店La Maison du Mochi 😅,但是想著順便提一下巴黎最近的亞洲甜點風潮好了 ,結果就一路寫到反思台灣甜點人如何找到自己的定位、台灣味究竟又是什麼。
過去十數年,我大部分的時間都生活在歐洲,經常遇到需要自我定義的時刻。從「台灣人究竟吃甚麼」到「什麼代表台灣」、「台灣人如何定義自己的飲食文化」,這些問題從來沒有離開過我的心頭。這篇文章其實醞釀了很長的時間,雖然篇幅也不短,但仍然只是一個開端。未來我會持續思索這個主題、並提出我的看法,也希望能帶起更多的討論。
另外,在長時間的思考過後,未來在和大家介紹巴黎甜點相關新聞、分享我的巴黎生活之外,我希望將長篇文章的寫作方向逐漸聚焦於「趨勢觀察與評析」、並為大家補充甜點相關的歷史與產業脈絡,希望能帶大家更深入地了解「甜點界」、以及法式甜點的發展與文化意義。
最後要跟大家預告,為了回饋你們長久以來的支持,明後天將會有驚喜帶給大家,千萬別錯過了!
In recent years, pastry chefs in Paris have seen a rising popularity of using Asian ingredients, such as matcha, yuzu, and black sesame. Some Asian pastries even gained a presence in Parisians' daily lives while they think of enjoying something sweet. Japanese pastry chefs continue to make a great contribution and have gradually made themselves and their work known by a greater audience in France.
While writing on this phenomenon and thinking of the fact that Japan, Korea, and China could actually stand out from the umbrella of "Asia" by securing a clear cultural identification of themselves, I asked myself, so what about Taiwan, Taiwanese pastries, and Taiwanese pastry chefs? How do we define ourselves? Click the following link to read more on this topic (post in Chinese).