Ah Melon Pan

[VAMPYBITES]

There are no MELONS in Melon Pans.

Go to Wikipedia! }:(

[bigydaddy]

the real melon pan isn't melon flavored, i read some where that they named it like that becoes of the form

i dont see a melon in that form XD

[ikayaki014]

またいっぱい買ってきたねwどれもうまそうだ

[laurysocheerful]

are they all doesnt have any melon flavor? D:

[MetroBlades]

i saw this in a Chinese bakey shop and...... IT LOOKED THE EXACT SAME but it was known as ... Sweet crispy bun.... something like that.

[Karvenate]

SHANA ! LOVES THEM!!!!!

[ZeldaGirl66]

I hear these rumors that starbucks in the U.S sell them...

[Karvenate]

depending

[LadySprite72]

For those not in Japan who want to try melon bread, just go to asianfoodgrocer(dot)com they sell, just got some today :)

[Pinkpanda73]

i really thought that melon bread isnt necessarily melon flavored

[sliderkta]

Depending on the type of melon bread you buy, it may or may not taste like melon. The melon taste in some varieties is caused by melon extract.

[OrientalSilk]

it's not actually melon flavored at all. Tasty, though.

[TyTy599]

ohhhhhhhh Shakugan no Shana makes me want it so badd!!!!!! my cravings will not be satisfied until i get some anywhere an 6th grader can get his hands on some!?

[UnholyDarknessZ]

...Am I the only one who ran around the net to find a description of Melon Pan's flavour because of the anime Shakugan No Shana?I feel like eating one :D

[SilvaStylez]

@UnholyDarknessZ not rly...i also baked them myself...but...they didnt look like them in SnS xD

[jokechu]

No Wonder Shana likes this(Shakugan lol) who doesn't like melon though~~ Wonder if they come with strawberries~~ me and my GF loves strawberry

[poketonip]

I CAN'T BUY IIIIT!

I LIVE IN BRAZIL AND THERE IS NO MELON PAN AROUND!

x((((((((((((((((((((((

seriously, how do you buy it/make it?

[metalhorse90]

Melon pan usually isn't flavoured like melons. Melon flavouring is becoming more popular in recent times. I grew up with the Hong Kong variety --- the sweet top crumbles more and they're more moist and buttery.

[uzumaki38]

I hope you have a great presentation. I bet the class will love it!

[masterkill107]

melon pan would be a great cosplay item for shana cosplayers.

[Shuyin6393]

i found a recipe online to make these, I'm making them right now. I'm going to hand them out to my class tomorrow for my presentation on Japan

[uzumaki38]

Yes, that's a good approximation on the SOUND in ENGLISH. However, as I said before, it depends where you are in Japan, as to how they pronounce it. Dialects make it very different.

You are fortunate you have a place to buy it. EAT it while you can!!!!

[melovebirds]

i always get some from this japanese market ... itsh guuud lawl

and its acctually pronounced

meh ron pahn (barley saying the ns)

but who really cares lol

[pinkpuddlz101]

Basically all I ate when in Japan was melon bread but I'm so sad because I can't find it anywhere in Canada. . . ; - ;

[kaiseryuki15]

only 20 yen!!!!????? i bought one at a local japanese market and it was around 2 dollars... btw, how crisp is the cookie part usually when you get it packaged like that?

[uzumaki38]

I usually bought the Melon pan that was NOT crunchy. All those you see above, had the texture of doughnuts. Very SOFT. No cookie crunch was ever intended on them. They were SOFT PASTRIES. And YEP, 20 cents! I went to a small market in Shinagawa, so there were daily deals, better than the deals you'd get at a HUGE supermarket.

[chibichibalover]

wow soo many!!

[jaime0]

sorry for double post.

You can make melon pan. It's not difficult.

[jaime0]

Totally the 8 melon pans have about 3,500-4,000cals?

[Ub3rU2mak1]

Is there any online websites to buy it?

[OlliOkay]

Wow, you hav soooo many (*O__O*)

I LOVE Melon Pan. It's the best thing in the world. My mother bakes them for me, so I'm lucky, I guess. But still the ones you can buy in Japan are the best. They're huge and soo yummy (^__^)

I didn't know, that there are so many diffrent.

Is the one on the right with the green package wrapped around it more sort of sponge like? Like a cake?

[uzumaki38]

Most of the Melon pan in this video is like cake. And yes the green one is very much like sponge cake. You are so fortunate to have a mother who knows how to make melon pan! How wonderful for you!!!

[animeaddict94]

Woahhh,, where can u get?

[uzumaki38]

As far as I know, you can get them in Japan, and occasionally, in Japanese Markets or Stores in America. But they do not have preservatives, so they are only good for one or two days at the most. So unfortunately, you can't stock up on them, they will go bad quickly.

[ToshioSanx3]

I <3 Melon Pan ^^

[uzumaki38]

Melon Pan does indeed have MANY MANY varieties. The sugar on top is not a standard. Personally, I prefer the type without it. It's a very moist

sponge cake type of bread. There is nothing like it in America. Nothing.

[LolGurrl91]

yummy!! i want one soooooo badly, they look delicious. But in the video, they look kinda yellowish instead of green. Also, aren't they sopposted to have sugar on top and have a crisp outter part and soft inside? I dk, maybe there r different varieties that r with or without sugar. Still, gimmie gimmie!! *drewls* :P

[expertshinobi]

I thought melon pan was named as such because of the the shape, not the flavor. Wow, I wonder how melon flavored bread tastes. ^_^

[uzumaki38]

Kind of heard to describe, the really GOOD melon pan. It's sort of like cake, and it's sort of like honeydew-melon flavor. So, its a lot like a honey- dew- melon cake. The really good ones.And they are GREEN and VERY moist, with no sugar on top. I really miss them. I didn't have one the day I filmed this. WAAAA.

I hope you get to try one someday!!!

[501337]

does someone knows the recipee?

[melonpun]

im dying to try it after watching an anime about baking called "Yakitate japan" ;_;

[DuskyVDark]

They look delicious. GOnna try to bake some myself... it's been hard for me so far. Ah you say Pan wrong. "Pahn" is the way.

[uzumaki38]

Ha ha ha yes, I know I pronounced it "Pan". The particular place I was in Japan they pronounced it that way, so I was just saying it like they did. Other areas I hear them say it "PAHN" like you said and as another person commented, it can be pronounced "PON". It a dialect thing. I hope you are able to make some nice Melon Pan yourself. Ganbatte ne!

[Arisainwonderland]

I've wanted to try Melon bread for a while. I want to see if it taste any different from Pineapple bread.

[uzumaki38]

Well, melon pan has melon flavor so, if pineapple bread has pineapple flavor, then they probably do taste different. Honestly I have never found ANYTHING that tastes even remotely like melon pan. I hope you get to try it someday.

[Arisainwonderland]

Actually pinapple bread has no pineapple flavor in it. Most melon pan doesn't require melon, but they both have the same cookie outside, with the bread underneath it.

[suzuki656]

hai

[suzuki656]

oh really?

thats cool u r trying to teach yourself kanji.

yeah i am trying to learn some romanji since i still don't know some words. i am having my oka teach me. but mostly i know most words.

[uzumaki38]

ganbatte ne!!

[suzuki656]

do you speak any japanese??

or just english?

[uzumaki38]

Nihon go ga sukoshi wakarimas. Soshte sukoshi hanceimas. Demo, mada Jozu ja imasen. And obviously I don't know kanji, katakana,or hiragana just romanji. But I have been trying to teach myself japanese for the last 3 years It's truly more difficult than any other language, for native English speakers.And I haven't been able to take a class. It's just me on my own.Learning as best I can at my own pace.

[suzuki656]

well it isn't like pon if you go look at shakugan no shana then the character will pronounce it how its suppose to sound like

cause it is in japanese.

the reason why i know how its correctly pronouced is because i am Japanese

[uzumaki38]

I could tell from your name that you were Japanese. I am glad you chose to take the time to speak here. My point was simply pronunciation. Where I was in Tokyo, they didn't say "pon" they said "Pan". No big deal. I think anything Japanese is beautiful, so it didn't really matter to me how they said it. They were far superior to me anyway, because they are Japanese.

[suzuki656]

you don't pronnounce it like a cooking pan

u say it like pon with the a

[uzumaki38]

Hey thanks for the comment, but all the Japanese people I was there with pronounced it "pan". Maybe it's a Tokyo dialect. I think PON is a neater way of saying it personally, but no one said it that way where I was. Thanks for the insight though.

[TLHarrington]

I live in the UK, so I'm pretty sure we don't have the luxury of this kinda food. But wow I wish we did, it looks and sounds so tasty! Ahhh! <3

I'm so gonna try and make some... recipe's... even if I'm crappy at cooking, I won't give up!

[uzumaki38]

Hey if you can come up with RECEPIES, you are WAY ahead of me! You must be a good chef! The only thing I can say about melon pan is that theTEXTURE is the best part. And I imagine nearly impossible to duplicate. Heck I ca't even describe what the texture is like, so trying to make it would be a challenge! GOOD LUCK!! Cheers!

[wesker01]

melon pan looks sooo kool ahahah

ave never heard of it b4

xoxo

[uzumaki38]

I MISS IT IN AMERICA!!! I don't know why we can't figure out how to make it, here, but it's just NOT THE SAME!! great stuff. Once you try it, you'll never want cup cakes again!!! :)

[noachan]

Actually the top of the melon pan does contain a teensy amount of melon essense or melon syrup.

[iychibi2]

The "A" Melon pan should be pronounced like the "O" in Mom, and it's not really melon flavored its called melon bread (or pan) because its usualy hard on the outside and soft on the inside, like a melon

[uzumaki38]

Thank you for the clarification. When I lived in japan, the Japanese fellow I lived with was pronouncing it wrong apparently. I appreciate the correct pronounciation. Have a happy day!

[dtrix7]

how are you guyz sick it's summer?

[uzumaki38]

Have you not ever experienced the Common Cold? It can accost you at any time, in any place. However, this sickness is due to MOLD. The tatami mats were rotting and MOLD was in the air.