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International Pancakes

Just about every culinary culture has pancakes. You know that chain pancake place over by the highway? They claim to be 'International', but they only offer us French Toast and Belgian Waffles. What other international delights are they keeping from us?

Look. Big Pancake Chain doesn't want you to know about the culinary delights of other nations. But it doesn't matter what they think: we're a global village now, and we can open our borders to pancakes from all nations.

Do you smell that? It's time to wake up: International Pancakes are everywhere.

And breakfast is served.

We define pancake as any kind of doughy treat that's cooked by applying liquid batter to a hot pan. This can include traditional pancakes, crepes, waffles, and creations as yet undreamt-of.

This is a work in progress. Don't see your favorite International Pancake represented here? We'd love to know about it.

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Dorayaki

Dorayaki

Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dorayaki_001.jpg

Dorayaki is a stuffed pancake with Adzuki 'red bean' filling. The pancake is soft and fluffy, with a mild sweetness. They're sold in packages like a moon pie, at room temperature. You can buy them from 711.

The legend goes that a samurai left his gong behind while traveling, and a local farmer took that gong and used it as a pan to make pancakes. Thus: 'dora' = 'gong' => 'dorayaki'.

The cartoon character Doraemon loves dorayaki.

Doraemon

Name_	Dorayaki
Origin_	🇯🇵 Japan
Morphology_	☰ flat
Flavor_	sweet
Filling_	adzuki bean paste
Topping_	none
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