Melbourne, Australia – A Chinese boy is totally sick of cakes made by Asian “western-style” bakeries. “It’s never sweet enough and the cream is not quite right—I don’t care whether it’s Hongkie, Taiwanese or Japanese,” said the boy. “Only their deep-fried bread is nice.” The boy also hates that French chestnut puree “because it tastes like artificially sweetened melted plastic and maybe brake fluid, and nothing like chestnut”. “And I don’t even like cakes,” he added. “My pare

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