Lub San Jose bakery tau hloov nws cov khoom ci ua "mochi cake" tom qab Third Culture Bakery tau thov CA Bakehouse kom tsis txhob siv lo lus "mochi muffin."
CA Bakehouse, ib lub tsev noj mov me me uas tsev neeg khiav hauv San Jose, tau muag mochi muffins li ob xyoos thaum tsab ntawv tso tseg tuaj txog.
Tsab ntawv los ntawm Berkeley's Third Culture Bakery thov kom CA Bakehouse tsum tsis txhob siv lo lus "mochi muffin" tam sim ntawd lossis ntsib kev foob raws li txoj cai. Third Culture tau sau npe lo lus ua lub cim lag luam hauv xyoo 2018.
Kevin Lam, tus tswv ntawm CA Bakehouse, xav tsis thoob tias tsis yog nws raug kev hem thawj raws li txoj cai xwb tab sis cov lus zoo li no - kev piav qhia txog cov khoom noj txom ncauj uas muaj mov nplaum ci hauv lub lauj kaub muffin - tuaj yeem raug sau npe ua lag luam.
"Nws zoo li kev ua lag luam rau cov mov ci dawb lossis cov ncuav mog qab zib txiv tsawb," Lam hais. "Peb nyuam qhuav pib xwb, peb tsuas yog ib lub lag luam me me hauv tsev neeg piv rau lawv. Yog li ntawd, hmoov tsis zoo, peb tau hloov peb lub npe."
Txij li thaum Third Culture tau txais lub npe lag luam hauv tsoomfwv rau nws cov khoom lag luam tseem ceeb, cov khw muag khoom qab zib tau ua haujlwm ntsiag to kom tiv thaiv cov khw noj mov, cov neeg ua mov ci thiab cov neeg sau blog zaub mov thoob plaws lub tebchaws los ntawm kev siv lo lus mochi muffins. Lub khw Auckland ramen tau txais tsab ntawv tso tseg los ntawm Third Culture ob peb xyoos dhau los, tus tswv cuab Sam White tau hais. Ib nthwv dej ntawm cov lag luam kuj tau txais tsab ntawv los ntawm Third Culture thaum lub Plaub Hlis, suav nrog lub lag luam me me ua mov ci hauv tsev hauv Worcester, Massachusetts.
Yuav luag txhua tus neeg uas raug hu tau ua raws li sai sai thiab hloov lawv cov khoom lag luam - piv txwv li, CA Bakehouse tam sim no muag "mochi cakes," - ntshai tsam yuav sib tsoo nrog lub tuam txhab loj thiab muaj peev txheej zoo uas muag mochi muffins thoob plaws lub tebchaws. Lub tuam txhab tau pib ua tsov rog rau hom lag luam.
Nws tsa cov lus nug txog leej twg tuaj yeem yog tus tswv ntawm cov zaub mov ua noj, kev sib tham ntev thiab kub hauv lub ntiaj teb ntawm lub tsev noj mov thiab cov zaub mov txawv.
CA Bakehouse hauv San Jose tau hloov lub npe mus ua Mochi Muffins tom qab tau txais tsab ntawv tso tseg los ntawm Third Culture Bakery.
Wenter Shyu, tus tswv cuab ntawm Third Culture, tau hais tias nws paub thaum ntxov tias lub khw ci khoom noj yuav tsum tiv thaiv nws cov khoom lag luam thawj zaug thiab nrov tshaj plaws. Tam sim no Third Culture ntiav cov kws lij choj los saib xyuas cov cim lag luam.
"Peb tsis tau sim thov kom muaj ib qho tswv cuab ntawm lo lus mochi, mochiko lossis muffin," nws hais. "Nws yog hais txog cov khoom lag luam uas tau pib peb lub khw ci khoom qab zib thiab ua rau peb nto moo. Yog li ntawd peb them peb cov nqi thiab them peb cov neeg ua haujlwm. Yog tias muaj lwm tus ua ib lub mochi muffin uas zoo li peb li thiab (yog) muag nws, qhov ntawd yog qhov peb tab tom nrhiav."
Muaj ntau tus neeg ua mov ci thiab cov neeg sau blog txog zaub mov uas tau tiv tauj rau zaj dab neeg no tsis kam hais lus rau pej xeem, vim ntshai tias ua li ntawd yuav ua rau muaj kev foob los ntawm ib haiv neeg thib peb. Ib tug tswv lag luam hauv Bay Area uas muag mochi muffins tau hais tias nws tau ntxhov siab tos ntsoov tsab ntawv tau ntau xyoo. Thaum lub khw ci mov hauv San Diego sim tawm tsam xyoo 2019, Third Culture tau foob tus tswv rau kev ua txhaum cai ntawm cov cim lag luam.
Thaum cov xov xwm ntawm tsab ntawv tshaj tawm tsis pub ua noj ua haus tshiab tshaj plaws tau kis mus rau cov neeg ua mov ci zoo li lub network ntawm cov lus hais txog khoom qab zib, kev npau taws tau tshwm sim hauv pawg Facebook uas muaj 145,000 tus tswv cuab hu ua Subtle Asian Baking. Ntau tus ntawm nws cov tswv cuab yog cov neeg ua mov ci thiab cov neeg sau blog nrog lawv cov zaub mov txawv rau mochi muffins, thiab lawv txhawj xeeb txog qhov ua ntej ntawm cov khoom ci TM uas muaj cov khoom xyaw, hmoov nplej glutinous, uas tau muaj txij li thawj peb haiv neeg ua ntej.
"Peb yog ib lub zej zog ntawm cov neeg nyiam ua mov ci Es Xias. Peb nyiam cov mochi ci," Kat Lieu, tus tsim ntawm Subtle Asian Baking hais. "Yuav ua li cas yog tias muaj ib hnub peb ntshai ua mov ci txiv tsawb lossis miso ncuav qab zib? Peb puas yuav tsum saib rov qab thiab ntshai nres thiab nres, lossis peb puas tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv muaj tswv yim thiab ywj pheej?"
Cov ncuav mog qab zib Mochi tsis tuaj yeem sib cais los ntawm zaj dab neeg ntawm kab lis kev cai thib peb. Tus tswv cuab Sam Butarbutar tau pib muag nws cov ncuav mog qab zib Indonesian-style rau cov khw kas fes Bay Area hauv xyoo 2014. Lawv tau nrov heev uas nws thiab nws tus txiv Shyu tau qhib lub khw ci hauv Berkeley hauv xyoo 2017. Lawv tau nthuav dav mus rau Colorado (ob qhov chaw tam sim no kaw) thiab Walnut Creek, nrog rau kev npaj yuav qhib ob lub khw ci hauv San Francisco. Ntau tus neeg sau blog zaub mov muaj cov zaub mov mochi muffin uas tau tshoov siab los ntawm kab lis kev cai thib peb.
Cov ncuav muffins tau ua ntau yam los ua lub cim ntawm lub npe kab lis kev cai thib peb: ib lub tuam txhab uas suav nrog txhua tus khiav los ntawm ob niam txiv Indonesian thiab Taiwanese uas ua cov khoom qab zib uas tau tshoov siab los ntawm lawv tus kheej kab lis kev cai thib peb. Nws kuj yog tus kheej heev: Lub tuam txhab tau tsim los ntawm Butarbutar thiab nws niam, uas ua cov khoom qab zib, uas nws txiav kev sib raug zoo tom qab nws tawm los rau nws tsev neeg.
Rau Third Culture, mochi muffins "tsis yog ntau tshaj li ib lub ncuav mog qab zib," lawv tsab ntawv tso tseg thiab tso tseg nyeem. "Peb cov khw muag khoom yog qhov chaw uas muaj ntau qhov kev sib tshuam ntawm kab lis kev cai thiab tus kheej muaj thiab vam meej."
Tab sis nws kuj tau dhau los ua ib yam khoom uas neeg khib. Raws li Shyu hais, Third Culture tau muag cov mochi muffins lag luam wholesale rau cov tuam txhab uas tom qab ntawd yuav tsim lawv cov khoom ci.
"Thaum pib, peb xav tias xis nyob dua, muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab ruaj ntseg dua nrog lub logo," Shyu hais. "Hauv ntiaj teb khoom noj, yog tias koj pom lub tswv yim zoo, koj khiav nws hauv online. Tab sis ... tsis muaj credit."
Hauv ib lub khw me me hauv San Jose, CA Bakehouse muag ntau pua lub ncuav mog qab zib mochi ib hnub hauv cov saj zoo li guava thiab txiv tsawb. Tus tswv yuav tsum tau hloov lub npe ntawm cov khoom qab zib ntawm cov paib, cov ntawv qhia thiab lub vev xaib ntawm lub khw ci khoom qab zib - txawm tias daim ntawv qhia zaub mov tau nyob hauv tsev txij li Lam yog ib tug tub hluas. Cov ntawv tshaj tawm hauv social media piav qhia nws raws li lawv txoj kev hloov pauv ntawm lub ncuav mog qab zib hmoov nplej Nyab Laj bánh bò. Nws niam, uas tau ua haujlwm hauv kev lag luam ci khoom qab zib hauv Bay Area tau ntau tshaj 20 xyoo, tau xav tsis thoob los ntawm lub tswv yim tias lub tuam txhab tuaj yeem ua lag luam rau qee yam uas pom ntau heev, nws hais.
Tsev neeg Lim nkag siab txog lub siab xav tiv thaiv cov haujlwm qub. Lawv hais tias lawv yog thawj lub lag luam Asmeskas uas muag cov waffles South Asian uas muaj pandan ntawm Le Monde, lub tsev neeg lub khw ci yav dhau los hauv San Jose, uas tau qhib rau xyoo 1990. CA Bakehouse tso nws tus kheej ua "tus tsim cov waffle ntsuab qub."
"Peb tau siv nws tau 20 xyoo, tab sis peb yeej tsis tau xav txog kev sau npe ua lag luam vim nws yog ib lo lus uas siv ntau," Lam hais.
Txog tam sim no, tsuas muaj ib lub lag luam xwb uas zoo li tau sim tawm tsam lub cim lag luam. Stella + Mochi tau ua daim ntawv thov thaum kawg ntawm xyoo 2019 kom tshem tawm lub cim lag luam mochi muffin ntawm Third Culture tom qab lub khw muag khoom qab zib Bay Area tau thov kom San Diego's Stella + Mochi tsum tsis txhob siv lo lus no, cov ntaub ntawv qhia. Lawv sib cav tias lo lus no dav dhau lawm uas yuav tsum tau muab lub npe lag luam rau.
Raws li cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub, Third Culture tau teb nrog kev foob ua txhaum cai ntawm lub cim lag luam uas hais tias lub khw muag khoom noj San Diego siv mochi muffins ua rau cov neeg siv khoom tsis meej pem thiab ua rau "kev puas tsuaj uas tsis tuaj yeem kho tau" rau Third Culture lub koob npe nrov. Kev foob tau daws tiav hauv ob peb lub hlis.
Cov kws lij choj rau Stella + Mochi tau hais tias cov nqe lus ntawm kev sib hais haum yog zais cia thiab tsis kam tawm tswv yim. Tus tswv ntawm Stella + Mochi tsis kam raug xam phaj, hais txog daim ntawv cog lus tsis pub qhia tawm.
"Kuv xav tias tib neeg ntshai," Jenny Hartin, tus thawj coj ntawm kev sib txuas lus rau lub vev xaib tshawb nrhiav zaub mov txawv Eat Your Books hais. "Koj tsis xav ua teeb meem."
Cov kws tshaj lij kev cai lij choj uas The Chronicle tau tiv tauj tau nug seb lub cim lag luam mochi muffin ntawm Third Culture puas yuav dim ntawm kev sib tw hauv tsev hais plaub. Tus kws lij choj txog kev txawj ntse Robin Gross hauv San Francisco tau hais tias lub cim lag luam tau teev nyob rau hauv US Patent thiab Trademark Office lub npe ntxiv es tsis yog lub npe tseem ceeb, txhais tau tias nws tsis tsim nyog rau kev tiv thaiv tshwj xeeb. Lub Npe Master yog tseg rau cov cim lag luam uas suav tias yog qhov sib txawv thiab yog li tau txais kev tiv thaiv raws li txoj cai ntau dua.
"Hauv kuv lub tswv yim, qhov kev thov ntawm Third Culture Bakery yuav tsis ua tiav vim tias nws lub cim lag luam tsuas yog piav qhia xwb thiab tsis tuaj yeem muab cai tshwj xeeb," Gross hais. "Yog tias cov tuam txhab tsis raug tso cai siv cov lus piav qhia los piav qhia lawv cov khoom, ces txoj cai lij choj cim lag luam mus deb dhau thiab ua txhaum txoj cai hais lus ywj pheej."
Yog tias cov cim lag luam qhia "tau txais qhov sib txawv, txhais tau tias lawv siv tau ua tiav kev ntseeg hauv lub siab ntawm tus neeg siv khoom tias tsuas yog nws siv lo lus 'mochi muffin'," Gross hais tias, "nws yuav nyuaj rau muag. , vim tias lwm lub khw ci khoom noj kuj siv lo lus."
Third Culture tau thov cov cim lag luam rau ntau yam khoom tab sis tsis tau txais lawv, suav nrog "mochi brownie", "butter mochi donut" thiab "moffin". Lwm lub khw ci khoom qab zib muaj cov npe lag luam sau npe lossis cov tswv yim tshwj xeeb dua, xws li Cronut nrov ntawm New York City bakery Dominique Ansel, lossis Mochissant ntawm Rolling Out Cafe, ib qho khoom qab zib mochi croissant sib xyaw muag ntawm cov khw ci khoom qab zib hauv San Francisco. Kev sib ntaus sib tua cim lag luam tab tom ua ntawm lub tuam txhab California cocktail thiab lub tuam txhab Delaware khoom qab zib txog cov cai rau "hot chocolate bomb." Third Culture, uas ua haujlwm turmeric matcha latte uas ib zaug hu ua "Golden Yogi," tau hloov nws lub npe tom qab tau txais tsab ntawv tso tseg thiab tsis ua.
Hauv lub ntiaj teb uas cov zaub mov txawv niaj hnub no kis mus thoob plaws hauv social media, Shyu pom cov cim lag luam ua kev nkag siab zoo txog kev lag luam. Lawv twb tau sau npe rau cov khoom yav tom ntej uas tseem tsis tau tshwm sim ntawm cov txee khoom noj khoom haus.
Tam sim no, cov neeg ua mov ci thiab cov neeg sau blog txog zaub mov tau ceeb toom ib leeg kom tsis txhob tshaj tawm txhua yam khoom qab zib mochi. (Mochi donuts nrov heev tam sim no uas kev tshaj xov xwm hauv zej zog muaj ntau lub khw ci thiab cov zaub mov txawv tshiab.) Ntawm nplooj ntawv Facebook Subtle Asian Baking, cov ntawv tshaj tawm hais txog lwm lub npe kom tsis txhob raug foob - mochimuffs, moffins, mochins - tau ua rau muaj ntau tus neeg tawm tswv yim.
Qee tus tswv cuab ntawm Subtle Asian Baking tau ntxhov siab heev los ntawm kev cuam tshuam ntawm kab lis kev cai ntawm lub khw ci khoom qab zib, uas zoo li muaj cov khoom xyaw, hmoov nplej glutinous siv los ua mochi, uas muaj keeb kwm tob hauv ntau haiv neeg Esxias. Lawv tau sib cav txog kev tawm tsam cov kab lis kev cai thib peb, thiab qee tus tau tawm cov kev tshuaj xyuas tsis zoo ib lub hnub qub ntawm nplooj ntawv Yelp ntawm lub khw ci khoom qab zib.
"Yog tias ib tug neeg yuav ua ib yam dab tsi uas muaj kab lis kev cai lossis muaj lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb," xws li cov khoom qab zib Filipino halo halo, "ces kuv yuav tsis tuaj yeem ua lossis tshaj tawm daim ntawv qhia ua zaub mov, thiab kuv yuav chim siab heev vim nws tau nyob hauv kuv lub tsev tau ntau xyoo," Bianca Fernandez, uas khiav ib lub blog zaub mov hu ua Bianca hauv Boston hais. Tsis ntev los no nws tau tshem tawm txhua qhov kev hais txog mochi muffins.
Elena Kadvany is a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.Email: elena.kadvany@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ekadvany
Elena Kadvany yuav koom nrog San Francisco Chronicle hauv xyoo 2021 ua tus neeg sau xov xwm txog zaub mov. Yav dhau los, nws yog tus kws sau ntawv rau Palo Alto Weekly thiab nws cov ntawv xov xwm muam uas tshaj tawm txog cov khw noj mov thiab kev kawm, thiab tau tsim tsa kab ntawv thiab tsab ntawv xov xwm ntawm Peninsula Foodie.
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