Sydney: Hontou Pancakes
Okay, obviously I have a penchant for carbohydrate laden products (see Emperor’s puff). But how can one resist the aroma of pancakey goodness, especially when one is tempted by a range of fillings such as custard, chocolate, green tea or red bean. At $2 a pop (or 3 for $5), these puck sized obanyaki are absolutely delicious (and not too sweet either!).
The cooking station is set up along the front of the shop window - which is absolutely deadly for foodies like us. We watched (and we drooled) as the obanyaki were deftly filled and flipped. The obanyaki are individually decorated to hint at their filling - chocolate got swirls, and custard got squiggles.
The same place was also making takoyaki, small dumpling batter balls filled with diced octopus, green onion and other unnamed items. They are piled in a little container and drizzled with sweet okonomiyaki sauce and Japanese mayonnaise. As we had just consumed a big bowl of laksa and some obanyaki - well, we had to give this treat a miss…this time.
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April 5th, 2007 | Tags: cafes, Japanese, Sydney | Category: Uncategorized
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April 8th, 2007 at 10:21 am
ha! I was just in sydney myself last weekend and after dinner was seduced by this strange shop myself. you have to pay separately if you want takoyaki or taiyaki.. we had a huge meal beforehand as well, but I couldn’t pass up sampling the takoyaki as well.. it was delicious and with closed eyes I was teleported back to tokyo… but we had to wait our turn
April 8th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Good God, I’m going here too!
April 9th, 2007 at 5:18 am
Hey there Oliver - oh damn, does that mean I have to create another excuse to go back to Sydney? Are the takoyaki that good?!? Damn
The hardship.
Simon - uh huh…this one is a must do also!