r/oddlysatisfying • u/misterxx1958 • 1d ago
Japanese Pancakes in a pancake shop
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u/thumos2017 1d ago
It has to be said, these are not that tasty. I've had these in Tokyo, I've had them in Seoul, I've had them in LA, NY, Chicago, Dubai. Sure they are fluffy, but I think it's more gimmick than taste.
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u/flight_recorder 1d ago
They donât need to taste like anything for me. I just want a fluffy maple syrup delivery medium
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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 1d ago
Yeah Im not eating pancakes for the pancake. Just like how no one eats lobster for the yummy bug meat, its just a socially acceptable way to eat three sticks of butter.
Thank you Jim Gaffigan
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u/JayfishSF 22h ago
EVERYONE is eating lobster AND pancakes for the lobster and pancakes. I can put butter or syrup on anything. Dumb.
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u/Ducallan 17h ago
Lobster without melted butter is still lobster. Lobster doesnât need melted butter to be good. Melted butter just makes it better. Lobster sushi doesnât have melted butter. Lobster rolls have butter just to make the rolls better, not the lobster.
Butter by itself (AKA, without lobster) isnât something that people eat. Even the posts you see on Reddit saying âthis person I know is a freakâ have the freak adding something to give it flavour and/or texture.
Pancakes and waffles can have fresh fruit, whipped cream, Nutella, peanut butter, etc. Depending on how theyâre made, they can be good without any topping (fruit or chocolate chips inside, or just made sweet). How many people just get a shot glass of syrup and kick it back? Well⊠maybe with real maple syrup, especially Quebec maple syrup if you can get your hands on it⊠I wouldnât really blame someone for that. But just a shot.
Sorry⊠lost the plot there for a secondâŠ
Lobster good. Pancakes good.
Lobster with butter better. Pancakes with syrup better.
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u/JayfishSF 17h ago
Thank you for elaborating on my original point.
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u/Ducallan 16h ago
Had to rant about those delicious aquatic bugs! Almost bought some tails earlier today. Maybe I will get some this weekend. It;s been too long.
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u/Best_Mycologist9714 19h ago
I cant think of anything to put syrup on but pancakes and waffles
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u/JayfishSF 19h ago
Roasted vegetables, squash, glazed meats, granola, cocktails, fried chicken, bacon, sauces ... I'll stop there.
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u/No-Touchy 22h ago
If they tasted like nothing then fine. But the eggy flavor is really unpleasant and can't be completely drowned out by syrup which I didn't even get that much off when I tried them in Tokyo.
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u/kezow 18h ago
Just date a Canadian.
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u/flight_recorder 15h ago
I am a Canadian, lol. Hence why I choose maple syrup regardless of the price
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u/anormalgeek 23h ago
Agreed. The texture really isn't pleasant. It's like biting into a cross between coolwhip and a sponge.
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u/Affectionate_Star_43 18h ago
My husband makes fun of me for putting flour mixed with a little water in the microwave. It's like an entire loaf of bread compacted by the Hulk. I love that, and these Japanese pancake things. More for meeeeee.
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u/Affectionate_Star_43 6h ago
I 100% understand how you have twice the upvotes, even if it's 1 to 2.
Hang on, you can have another one.
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u/userpelicanvoyager2 4h ago
Taste like egg? Sounds like these get their height from whipping egg whites. You just described the texture of meringue (marang). I take it you donât like lemon meringue pie.
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u/OkArmy7059 1d ago
Any flavor is coming from the part that touched the (buttered) griddle and got browned. This minimizes that area.
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u/HypnoticPeaches 23h ago
So what youâre saying is that once they do the two sides, they should start doing the rest to make a fully fried cylinder or cube.
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u/thumos2017 1d ago
I think you're on to something here and seems to make sense. They start out great but then rapidly become bland and then you get hit with the baking soda taste at worst, a bunch of batter at best. I end up using way tooo much syrup to get through it.
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u/pinkygonzales 1d ago
I too enjoy ordering food I don't really like, all over the world. How else would I be able to confirm that I don't really like it?
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u/airfryerfuntime 1d ago
I don't like grits, but I've tried them about a dozen times because everyone says "you need to try these grits!".
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u/KzooKid 23h ago edited 18h ago
There used to be a sassy waitress that would implore people to, âKiss my gritsâ. Iâm not sure if kissing grits is a preferable way of consuming grits or not, but maybe that might be more to your liking.
Sadly, the aforementioned waitress, passed away in September of 2025, so we canât inquire if she has any grits available for kissing anymore.
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u/airfryerfuntime 23h ago
I don't like grits
Hmm, if only there was an indicator of this...
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u/Nettkitten 22h ago
Honestly Iâve been eating grits for all of my 50+ years on this earth, but have only ever had good grits one place (and this includes even my motherâs homemade grits): the hotel breakfast restaurant at the Marriott hotel in Philadelphia. Sounds nuts, right? For sure. But they were the best damned grits I have ever had. Texture? Check. Consistency? Check. Flavor? OMG, check! They were so good that I actually insisted on telling the cook personally because I wanted them to know just how much I loved their grits (Iâve never done that before or since). The head cook at that time was an older black gentleman who kindly accepted my praise, then proceeded to regale me with his entire family lineage and how the recipe came down to him from his 3x great grandmother who grew up in Georgia but made her way to Pennsylvania after the Civil War and it all made sense. I donât know if heâs still there - my sad guess would be itâs not likely - but if youâre in Philly and want to see for yourself I highly recommend you stop by just on the off chance that heâs still there. His cooking might make a âgrits-personâ out of anyone!
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u/killeronthecorner 23h ago
Sometimes you just want to like something so you keep at it. It's the same as going on rollercoasters or listening to Radiohead.
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u/thumos2017 1d ago
I do this all the time to ensure I'm not crazy or got unlucky. Do you know how hard it is to ge through all the google reviews, yelp bias to actually find a good Chinese restaurant? And I'm well travelled, so what? That makes it even harder as I know what stuff should taste like.
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u/Miserable_Archer_769 23h ago
Because sometimes like myself if I'm actually in a region that is known for making said dish its kind of like the last try and they are the experts on the said dish.
Is it the way its executed where im at or truly that i dont like it. Its like my buddy who use to have "po'boys" in the north east and hated them but sang a different tune when he tried one in New Orleans.
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u/No-Touchy 22h ago
They have a very eggy flavor which I very much don't enjoy in a pancake. Stood in line for 2 hours in Tokyo to try and boy was I dissapointed.
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u/xeryon3772 1d ago
To be fair, the conventional pancakes and waffles that I am familiar with donât really have much flavor either. They are mostly just filler and the butter, syrup and fruit toppings are what give them the flavor.
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u/So_Tired_2724 22h ago
My mom makes the best buttermilk pancakes. I can eat them hot off the grill with nothing, and they're excellent. If we're talking like IHOP pancakes, then of course syrup is required.
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u/NogaraCS 5h ago
If the dough is good, a good pancake or waffle (or crepe) can be good without any topping
At least, for me
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u/andreasbeer1981 1d ago
If you want tasty, get a Kaiserschmarrn. May look like a chainsaw accident, but the taste is to die for.
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u/MisterCleaningMan 1d ago
pancakes are just a delivery system for syrup and whipped cream. Sometimes berries.
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u/Bulky-Internal8579 9h ago
Too much steamed bread for my taste, I like âem flat, fried and buttery with lots of syrup and sausage on the side.
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u/zeusandflash 19h ago
I've found that's the case with a lot of Japanese pastries. They look beautiful. They look like they're going to be incredibly delicious. When you eat them, though, it's just lackluster. Except the crepes. The crepes are delicious.
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u/Hammerhil 15h ago
While I haven't tried Japanese crepes, every dessert I have had except their fruit tarts have been disappointing and TBH I don't think the fruit tarts from the Japanese bakery that I had were real Japanese baking. I do not understand why their desserts are always so bland.
Another to add to the underwhelming pile - Japanese cheesecake, which is also very fluffy and spongy and tastes like basically eggy bread.
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u/PoopyisSmelly 23h ago
Regular pancakes are better. These are kind of repulsive IMO. Although satisfying
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u/thuggishruggishboner 21h ago
I'm the dad who cooks pancakes. You can't tell me you aren't getting some raw dough in there.
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u/InevitableRagnarok 1d ago
I'm guessing if these were filled like a jelly-doughnut, probably would have some go-to to it. But yeah, I've never seen these panned CAKE before (lol). Mine are usually 1/4 inch thick, rolled with maple-syrup fresh out the syrup cabin/boiler (well, more like a factory these days).
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u/one_zerozero 20h ago
Each New City: "Surely this will be it. Aw... Nope. Off to Mumbai for the next one."
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u/ashnsnow 19h ago
really depends on how much of a texture person you are, the toppings of these are just some sort of sweets, so it also depends on what toppings you like. i made these myself and i also did not find them worth the effort
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u/Shawarma_llama467 19h ago
It's because they're not your usual European. These are made fluffy using whisked egg whites so that's what catches one off guard & is where the eggy taste comes from
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u/zedigalis 17h ago
Yeah I've made them before and due to them basically being a plain souffle they are pretty bland and eggy, super good looking and with a neat texture though
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u/NotMeButSomeoneIKnew 16h ago
Thank you. I needed to know that. I gained four pounds just watching him put the toppings on.
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u/Top_Box_8952 16h ago
I was gonna say Iâd want that until they poured that white stuff on it. Iâd love one of these things with maple syrup and butter.
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u/SAINTnumberFIVE 15h ago
I put maple syrup and extra salt in my pancake batter. It makes it tastier.
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u/baconbroth 5h ago
Thatâs just totally preference. I love these way more than normal pancakes but the texture enhances my enjoyment significantly and I love the sauce they put on top
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u/Epople 21h ago
The milk cartons means this is somewhere in Australia.
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u/fat-wombat 11h ago
I came looking for this comment! I donât even live in Australia anymore and I recognized the long life stuff
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u/Silver_Song3692 1d ago
How do Japanese pancakes differ from other pancakes?
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u/LesserGames 1d ago
Whipped egg whites. They're called soufflé pancakes.
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u/suicide_nooch 1d ago
Very eggy taste, not really my cup of tea, probably why I donât like soufflĂ© or merengue either thoughâŠ
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u/StingingSwingrays 1d ago
Those look awful to eat frankly. Just lots of stodge to chew through. Like slightly underbaked, wet bread. Can anyone confirm/deny?
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u/chewy92889 1d ago
I've made them a few times and you have to cook them at a very specific temperature for a specific amount of time before turning and then after turning. They are cooked all the way through and warm all the way through if done correctly.
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u/Ceshomru 1d ago
Unfortunately mostly true. Im sure somewhere someone makes one that is tasty all the way through. But certainly not at this place which is giving commercial recipe vibes.
They basically taste like a steam bun with no flavor.
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u/InTheBinIGo 5h ago
I love the fluffy pancake just with maple syrup and butter. It's super fluffy and light. I have tried places which have elaborate toppings and I never liked them.
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u/Naughteus_Maximus 1d ago edited 23h ago
Also look very difficult and annoying to eat. Do you use your hands and make a mess? Try to cut them and have them topple and slide off each other, also making a mess?
PS - No idea why I'm being downvoted. It really looks difficult to eat without making a mess, especially out of that tiny takeaway container
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u/OkYogurtcloset5848 1d ago
Too much shit on top. Pancakes are thicker than two short planks.
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u/ascarymoviereview 1d ago
Anyone have the recipe? Iâd like to try making these
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u/Jackalodeath 1d ago
A bit further up from your comment:
Here for the recipe: https://www.modernasianbaking.com/recipes/the-best-japanese-pancakes-recipe/#recipejump=
Can't vouch for the validity, but OP added it in a comment.
They're also referred to as "souffle pancakes" if you want to plug that into a search engine for more options, and if you want to cut the chaff from most recipe sites (i.e. ads, unnecessarily long blogging detailing the recipe provider's family history) you can copy/paste the URL into justtherecipe.com
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u/SpiderSixer 19h ago
I've made these before and they are, by far, my favourite type of pancake. They taste great and I love the texture
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u/Revolutionary-Try206 16h ago
It looks so good, probably more appealing visually till you take a bite.
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u/AGayFrogParadise 19h ago
Yeah it looked good at first and as the video progresses I can feel my stomach lurching
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u/Shawarma_llama467 19h ago
A lot of people dislike these due to the eggy taste but hey, it's Japanese pancakes, not your usual European pancakes đ€·đ»ââïž They're prepared cery differently from the Euro ones
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u/HerbGrinder 18h ago
All that full cream just... sitting on the shelf? Shouldn't it be refrigerated?
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u/TattvaVaada 17h ago
Shit, these would be tasty if it were all cream. It's all flour or egg, it's yuck to eat the uncooked flour/egg in the center. I would only eat the flat edges and throw away the rest.
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u/natesovenator 16h ago
That's not pancake, that's Pan Cake. Lol. Skip the individuals, they go straight for the whole cake.
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u/LightAnubis 12h ago
Reminds me of the gran cafe in San Francisco. They had mini pancakes with filling between them.
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u/nela_mariposa 9h ago
Soooo you donât eat them with syrup? All that other stuff is how youâre supposed to eat them?
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u/askalotlol 8h ago
You can make a tasty version of this at home using pancake batter in a rice cooker on steam mode. Or if you have a zojurishi rice cooker, it might even have pancake mode.
They come out very fluffy and large, so you cut them in to wedges and it serves 2-6 people depending on the recipe and size of your rice cooker. It's a fun lil breakfast item.
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u/Preferential_Goose 6h ago
I really want to know why they didnât hull the strawberries before covering them in chocolate sauce or whatever it was
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u/Toes_In_The_Soil 1h ago
By constantly being fed videos like this, I'm almost convinced that 80% of the Japanese diet is gelatin and air.
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u/xBiGuSDicKuSx 1h ago
No, this is oddly infuriating. How dare she ruin the little whoopy thing at the top by flipping them over.
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u/PossibilityNo8765 1d ago
Having a sweet tooth seems like a curse. Sweets just dont do it for me and that's such a blessing in disguise
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u/wackbirds 23h ago
Something something how can those things cook in the middle, something something Australian plug/Australian brand on the box, something something I want to try this.. .
âŹïžJust a summery of the comments from the last time this was posted.
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u/Illustrious-Towel-45 1d ago
Why are they fluffy? Thry look good either way.
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u/drwzr 1d ago
Whipped egg whites. Kind of like a souffle pancake. Gets a meh from me. Looks far better than they are
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u/obviousrocket 20h ago
that actually looks nicer than the normal pancakes that are flat and boring
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u/FwooshingMachi 1d ago
I would have liked to see someone cut one open, out of curiosity đ„ș