There may be a larger political message at work as well – China’s relatively recent new leadership has been cracking down on decadence and corruption in various other forms.

They are also not fans of advertising their surreal replicas or ghost cities, also unusual byproducts of the recent construction boom. Still, the theme of genitalia shape comparisons in paritcular, as in the case of the bridges (above) in Chongqing, have caused state media to start censoring search results related to some projects. Other designs prompting problems for the government in the press include the CCTV headquarters in Beijing by Rem Koolhaas. Crasser comparisons aside, various spheres, donuts and other shaped deemed odd by the party leader have also been critiqued both domestically and on the international social web. Iconic buildings in the country have been coming under attack for quite some time, but the phallic look of the 500-foot headquarters of the Chinese state newspaper, the People’s Daily, sparked particular outrage, likely leading to his more vocal objection. Translated from a two-hour speech on the subject, he was recently quoted as saying: “No more weird architecture.” As yet, it remains unclear whether this is a statement of official policy direction or a tacit warning to developers to play it safe stylistically and work within more conventional cultural styles and typologies. The cake was then divided and put into 900 boxes and sold out at the scene, with proceeds to be donated to charity, according to a hotel spokesman.After years of both importing famous designers and copying strange structures from abroad, Xi Jinping, the leader of China’s Communist Party has declared an end to offbeat construction projects going forward. The record breaking cake was made with 86 kg of taro butter and raspberry jam, 164 kg of pineapple and 20 kg of chocolate by a team of chefs from the hotel and 35 students from the school. Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the longest spring roll it measured 500 m (1,640 ft 5 in) and was made in an event organised by APOT.Asia (Australia), in Da Nang, Vietnam, on 5 June 2014.Ī hotel and a culinary school in Taipei jointly created a roll cake measuring 268.69 meters in length, breaking the Guinness World records world record for the longest roll cake set by Japan at 140.62 meters in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Guinness World Records' record for the longest cake roll is 268.69 m (881 ft 6.3 in) and was achieved by Shangri-la's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei (Chinese Taipei) at the Far Eastern Plaza, in Taipei, Chinese Taipei on 7th May 2015. Photo: A hotel and a culinary school in Taipei on Thursday jointly created a roll cake measuring 268.69 meters in length, breaking the world record for the longest roll cake set by Japan at 140.62 meters in the Guinness Book of World Records, according to a hotel spokesman. TAIPEI, Taiwan - To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Taipei, in collaboration of Kaiping Culinary High School, spent more than one year studying how to make a roll cake with ingredients including raspberry, taro paste and pineapple that is long enough while maintaining its perfect curve they created a roll cake measuring 268.69 meters in length, breaking the Guinness World Records world record for the longest roll cake, according to the World Record Academy.

Longest roll cake: Taiwan breaks Guinness World Records record (VIDEO)

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