Melonpan
what is melonpan?
A Japanese sweet bun with a crisp cookie crust. Ours is a tiramisu melonpan, posted across the UK.
Melonpan is a soft, sweet bun baked under a thin layer of cookie dough, so the top is crisp and the inside stays soft.
It is one of the best known sweet breads in Japan, sold in bakeries and convenience shops across the country.
The cookie layer is scored in a criss-cross before it goes in the oven. As it bakes it sets into a crackled crust with a little crunch, over a light, soft bun.
why is it called melonpan?
Pan is the Japanese word for bread. The melon part is about looks: the domed, scored crust looks like the skin of a melon.
So the name comes from the crust, not the flavour. Ours tastes of tiramisu.
our tiramisu melonpan
It keeps the soft bun and the crisp, criss-crossed crust, with a tiramisu filling inside. We bake them in our kitchen in the North West of England.
Four come in the maaï box, with two tiramisu brownies and locally roasted speciality coffee to make alongside. Add a message in your bag and we write it out by hand.
Contains gluten, eggs, milk and soya. May contain sesame. Made in a kitchen that handles nuts.
how it arrives
- Step 1
posted on your day
We dispatch on Tuesdays and Fridays. You pick the date when you order.
- Step 2
tracked 24 delivery
Anywhere in the UK for £4.50, or free on orders over £40. A tracking link arrives by email once it is on its way.
melonpan questions
Melonpan (also written melon pan, and sometimes called melon bread or melon bun) is a Japanese sweet bun baked under a thin layer of cookie dough. The cookie layer sets into a crisp, crackled crust over a soft bun.
The name comes from how it looks, not how it tastes. The scored, domed crust looks like the skin of a melon. Ours is a tiramisu melonpan, with a tiramisu filling.
Yes. We bake tiramisu melonpan in the North West of England and post them anywhere in the UK. Four come in the maaï box, £32.00.
Dispatched on Tuesdays and Fridays. You choose the dispatch date when you order, and it travels by Tracked 24 delivery: £4.50, or free on orders over £40.
Keep it out of the fridge and eat it within 2 days.
It contains gluten, eggs, milk and soya, may contain sesame, and is made in a kitchen that handles nuts.
Yes. Add a message in your bag and we write it out by hand and tuck it in the box.
the maaï box - tiramisu edition
Four tiramisu melonpan, two tiramisu brownies and locally roasted speciality coffee, with your message written out by hand.
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