The origins of the boluo bun are already somewhat lost to the mists of time-some say it comes from Hong Kong, since the criss-crossed outside of the bun look like the skin of a pineapple, and the Cantonese word for pineapple is pronounced boluo in Mandarin.
菠羅麵包的來源已不可考。有人說，菠羅麵包來自香港，因麵包外層上的一格格花紋像極了鳳梨的表皮，而廣東話稱鳳梨為菠羅。