If you grow tired of French fare, the plush, popular Shang Palace at the new Shangri-La hotel offers a high-end take on Cantonese favourites like sweet pork buns or Peking duck, and recently earned a Michelin star.

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They also incorporated Western techniques such as baking, developing now-classic dishes like baked pork buns and sweet egg tarts.

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McDonald's in the U.S. had stopped toasting buns in the early 1990s, opting to nuke them, but toasting was how they got their sweet, caramelized flavor.

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