French roll refers to various baguette-like bread rolls in different regions around the world.
French rolls around the world
Asia
Hong Kong and Macau
In Hong Kong and Macau, dyun faat baau (短法包, literally "short French bread" or "short baguette"), also known as the zyu zai baau (豬仔包, "piggy bun"), is used to make pork chop buns.
Europe
Spain
On the Spanish island of Mallorca, the llonguet is also known as panet francès, meaning "small French bread" or "French bread roll" in Catalan.
Portugal
Carcaça and papo-seco are two traditional Portuguese breads.
Latin America
Across Latin America, the terms pan francés (Spanish) or pão francês (Portuguese), both meaning "French bread", refer to various baguette-like bread rolls made with wheat flour, salt, water and yeast.
Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
In Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, pan felipe (Felipe bread) is a commonly eaten French bread roll.
In Uruguay, there's a denser version known as pan marsellés (Marseilles bread). The Marseille bread called pan marsellés in Uruguay is different from the Brazilian pão francês. The Brazilian type is less dense and lighter and crispier. However the Uruguayan version is made with a denser bread dough resulting in a harder bread (similar to Italian bread), with the crust covered in maize flour before baking.
Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
In Bolivia and Chile, the beloved marraqueta is sometimes called pan francés. In Peru, the term pan francés (or sometimes called pan francés peruano) is different from the marraqueta.
Brazil
The most popular bread in Brazil is the light and crispy pão francês. Pão francês is known by several names throughout Brazil, such as , (little bread), (wheat bread), (water bread), (watery bread), , and (Jacó bread). It is commonly found in delis and bakeries throughout Brazil.
Mexico and Central America
In the region of Comarca Lagunera in northeastern Mexico, pan francés (or sometimes called pan francés lagunero) is an important part of daily dining.
In other parts of Mexico and Central America, the word pan francés is used to refer to bolillo.