{"id":186566,"date":"2025-08-30T06:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/186566\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:05:11","slug":"why-has-new-york-gone-crazy-for-savoury-pastries-from-empanadas-to-char-siu-baos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/186566\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has New York gone crazy for savoury pastries, from empanadas to char siu baos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The hottest accessory in New York is not a pair of rose-coloured sunglasses or a pistachio green Rolex. It is something more affordable, more versatile and messier: a patty.<\/p>\n<p>Purveyors of interesting patties \u2013 handheld pastries filled with things like meat or vegetables \u2013 are popping up everywhere in the Big Apple. Think Caribbean patties. Think Latin <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/post-magazine\/food-drink\/article\/3180176\/how-make-empanadas-cream-cheese-pastry-filled?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">empanadas<\/a>. Think burekas, samsas, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/2145659\/how-make-char-siu-bao-not-exploding-bbq-pork-bun-hong-kong-dim?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">char siu bao<\/a>, polsehorn and pasties.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">They are the perfect snack and, often, the perfect meal. New Yorkers cannot get enough of them right now.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIn our culture, this is our slice,\u201d says Ben Siman-Tov, co-owner of Buba Bureka, which specialises in Israeli-style burekas. He describes them as \u201cif a spanakopita and a croissant had a baby\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Buba\u2019s flaky burekas are offered with four fillings: feta cheese, black-pepper-flecked mashed potatoes, spinach and artichoke, and corn and cotija cheese. All are priced at US$18.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The shop, which opened in April, drew crowds from the jump, fuelled in part by social media. \u201cNo matter how much I make, it\u2019s selling out,\u201d Siman-Tov says.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buba Bureka specialises in Israeli-style burekas and offers them with four fillings. Photo: Buba Bureka\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/f3e0617a-ba40-4fa2-847e-c47bbf1f4eb1_0c0961a6.jpg\" title=\"Buba Bureka specialises in Israeli-style burekas and offers them with four fillings. Photo: Buba Bureka\"\/>Buba Bureka specialises in Israeli-style burekas and offers them with four fillings. Photo: Buba Bureka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hottest accessory in New York is not a pair of rose-coloured sunglasses or a pistachio green Rolex.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":186567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,104585,104583,104575,104584,104577,104581,104574,104579,38701,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,104578,104582,104576,104570,104580,104572,104573,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,104571],"class_list":{"0":"post-186566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bar-kabawa","10":"tag-buba-bureka","11":"tag-burekas","12":"tag-caribbean-patties","13":"tag-char-siu-bao","14":"tag-chef-kwames-patty-palace","15":"tag-empanadas","16":"tag-islas-a-celebration-of-tropical-cooking","17":"tag-kabawa","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-newyork","21":"tag-newyorkcity","22":"tag-ny","23":"tag-nyc","24":"tag-polsehorn","25":"tag-pops-patties","26":"tag-samsas","27":"tag-savoury-pastries","28":"tag-titis-empanadas","29":"tag-trending-food","30":"tag-trendy-food-in-new-york","31":"tag-united-states","32":"tag-united-states-of-america","33":"tag-unitedstates","34":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","35":"tag-us","36":"tag-usa","37":"tag-viral-food-trend"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}