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Yalepāau fū
Definition
Cream puff; a pastry filled with cream, jam, or other sweet fillings.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the French style choux pastry filled with cream or custard. It is almost exclusively used in the context of bakery items rather than the English verb form. The term is a direct phonetic loanword that has become the standard way to identify this dessert in local bakeries.
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