Pat the Expat

 อ่านภาษาไทยคลิก ที่นี่   Like most of French people, a cup of coffee with some bread is always a good kicking off for my day in France. Despite some bread with butter is simple, tasty and inexpensive, welcoming a croissant in my stomach would even double up my energy to start a new day. Even though I’m a croissant fan, I just have learnt that this pasty wasn’t originated from France; but its history is quite dubious and complicated for both of its time line and setting. I would then resume its origin that the croissant was ‘inspired’ by a yeast bread roll called ‘Kipferl’ in Austrian German (or Kifli in Hungarian.) This kind of roll may presented in plain or with nuts or other   ingredients such as jam or sour cream. Example of Kipferl or Kifli (Photo from Wikipedia) The story of this crescent shape roll is uncertain because one tale claimed that it was invented in Buda , Hungary, to prove the victory over the Umayyad forces in the Battle of Tour s in 732; whilst another tal