A Bakery Specializing in Viral Korean Salt Bread Is Coming Very Soon
Salt bread, a Japanese-originated yeasted dough wrapped around butter, is expanding across the West Coast as a croissant competitor, with Portland's first dedicated salt bread bakery opening March 4.
Salt bread (shio pan) — enriched dough wrapped around a butter block creating a crisp, buttery "butter hole" — is rising globally and challenging croissants.