Off the Beaten Plate: Dirty Bread

Bakeries across Beijing are selling Dirty Bread. And no, we don’t mean bread that’s dirty (though surely some bakeries are selling that, too). Dirty Bread is a chocolate pastry dusted with chocolate powder, and now selfies of people eating it, their mouths dirtied from all the icing and sugar, are taking Weibo by storm. 

Olympic swimmer Sun Yang also went viral after he said his recent tan had some of his fans telling him he looked like Dirty Bread. You can buy Dirty Bread in stores across China, and while Paris Baguette labels theirs in English as ‘Chocolate Pastry,’ make no mistake – this bread is dirty. 

RMB16, Paris Baguette