Diners can make their own baozi - just like Putin

Restaurant chain Go Believe has announced plans to allow customers to prepare their own food, as Russian President Vladimir Putin did during a visit to its flagship outlet on Friday.

Putin, who was making a state visit to the country, was shown how to create baozi - a steamed bun - and jianbing guozi, a traditional Tianjin snack that consists of dough sticks wrapped in a pancake.

Putin didn't eat his bun. Instead, it was sent to be scanned so that 3-D replicas could be made and displayed at all Go Believe outlets, said Li Yongshan, the company's deputy general manager.