These bold ideas are the products that chefs and bakers have created during the pandemic. With many strange ideas, funny shapes or stories behind them, all of these real dishes will become a joyful spiritual medicine for anyone during this global crisis called Covid-19.
Toilet paper rolls
In Dortmund, Germany, a bakery called Schuerener Backparadies has added a new twist to its menu that has been met with a particularly enthusiastic response: toilet paper roll-shaped cakes created by baker Tim Kortuem.
When the pandemic began to spread around the world, toilet paper was one of the fastest-selling items, so baker Tim came up with the idea of creating a new cake, one covered in white fondant shaped exactly like a toilet paper roll.
Like France and many other countries, shops in Germany have also been forced to close to prevent the spread of the virus. However, many places are still open to order and deliver to customers upon request. Schuerener Backparadies recorded selling at least 200 cakes in one day, which is a record number for the shop. Baker Tim also said: "Customers are very excited about the new cakes, and most of them want to find something positive at this time." It is these toilet paper cakes that have helped his bakery overcome a difficult business period and bring joy to everyone.
Corona Chocolate Cake
Jean-Francois Pré, currently a chef and owner of a bakery in Landivisiau, Brittany, northwest France, came up with the idea of this chocolate cake when people were worried about the new coronavirus COVID-19 that was spreading not only in France but also the world and Europe.
French pastry chef Jean-François Pré has created and sells these egg-shaped chocolate cakes shaped like the coronavirus. The cakes are covered in dark brown milk chocolate and decorated with red thorns from red almonds.
Pré said he made the cake to bring joy to customers during stressful times and when news of the pandemic was everywhere. The cake was sold at the Landivisiau shop in the first weeks of March before the country went into lockdown.
Corona Burger
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the world, Mr. Hoang Tung - owner of a fast food restaurant chain in Hanoi - came up with a new idea to lift people's spirits.
Mr. Tung said he created a meat burger shaped like nCoV and named it "Corona burger". He and the chefs spent about a day testing the recipe with: tea powder, pandan leaves, green vegetables... Finally, the chef team created a burger with a bun made of green tea powder and crushed spinach to create a natural color, without losing the sweetness and green color when grilled.
"There is a joke that if you are afraid of something, eat it. So, once you have eaten these nCoV-shaped cakes, you will not be afraid of the virus anymore. That is the thought to spread joy to others during this pandemic," said the restaurant owner. Every day, Mr. Tung's shop sells about 50 Corona Burger cakes like this before having to officially close. Before that, this chef also created a unique red-fleshed dragon fruit pizza.
Dr. Fauci's Cake
Donuts Delite, a bakery in Rochester, New York, USA, used the image of Dr. Anthony Fauci - Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases as the background for its cakes as a way to raise awareness and cheer people up. Dr. Anthony Fauci is the one who has given frank warnings to the community about the serious effects of Covid-19.
According to bakery owner Nick Semeraro, his shop sells thousands of buttercream-covered doughnuts with Dr. Fauci's portrait on them every day. Many customers even request that the shop send the cakes to other cities and states in the US. Bakery staff and everyone else are impressed by Dr. Fauci's actions. They love the doctor's message, the way he informs people in the midst of a tense pandemic, and the cake seems to have become a sweet thank you to him.
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