What kind of pancake can be both spicy and sweet?

What’s your favourite food for breakfast and afternoon tea?

If you are a pancake lover, then you can NOT miss this article!

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There is a very special street food dessert in Chengdu, Sichuan, many post-90s Sichuanese consider it as a symbol of their childhood. Before telling you the name of the dessert, you have to answer a question.

When you think of Sichuan, what kind of flavour will you think of?

What? You said… spicy? We totally understand why you give such an answer, that’s also why you have to try something other than SPICY!

House Special Pancake (Dan Hong Gao)

This kind of snack has many names.

You can call it House Special Pancake, Chengdu egg pancake, or follow Chinese Pinyin, you can directly pronounce it as “Dan Hong Gao”. It is a famous snack, especially popular with the elder and children. The main and the most important material is egg, as what “Dan” refers to in Chinese.

Mixed well with sugar or honey, stirring with some more flour and then bake it by a special pan…Oh, you can also choose to fill it with sesame, walnuts, peanuts, cherries or anything you like! Then the House Special Pancake will bring you the freshest and the most traditional flavour of Chengdu!

House Special Pancake

That’s it? Food in Sichuan will always BEYOUND YOUR IMAGINATION!

As mentioned before, you can add whatever you like in House Special Pancake, and the most important thing is, creative Sichuanese will NEVER only satisfied with the traditional stuffing such as simple sugar, peanut sesame sugar or minced pork with pickles. Now, even in the simplest stall in Chengdu, you can find more than a dozen stuffing!

Shredded potato with green pepper, shredded beef and pork, tomato sauce, minced pork with pickled mustard sprouts, sesame sugar… You can add everything!

Bursting with sweet, creamy flavours of crunchy omelette, your mouth will be whipped up by the unforgettable sense of satisfaction.

And there is a trending flavour emerging recently. Can you tell it from the photo below?

Homemade Chengdu Egg Pancake (Photo by: SuperWei)

Well, that is Lao GanMa with pork floss! Lao GanMa is a renowned spicy sauce, and you can find it in any Asian market in your country! It’s not sweet anymore, it’s salty and a little bit pungent which is very appetizing! You must try!

If you have tried the street food, please do tell us your favourite flavour! If you haven’t… welcome to Sichuan!

See you next time, and today, You Look Yummy!