There was nothing keeping either one of us from continuing to slumber through Monday except for the promise of breakfast. Victor's 1959 definitely planted the pancake seed in our gastronomic memories. Thinking about brewing up some strong coffee and flippin a batch of pancakes was incentive enough to get out of bed and welcome a dreary February morning.
The concept of these pancakes began when we took a trip to United Noodles, the self described "Largest Oriental Grocery Store in the Midwest!" It was. Huge warehouse of strange food and non-food products from around the 'Orient'. We snagged some interesting products for use in later culinary inspired times.
The time was now.
One of our prize finds was a can of red bean paste direct from Taiwan. Another was ready-made taro pancake mix from the oriental country of Hawaii (the taro root is used in Polynesian cuisine and is commonly used to make Poi) - It was a match made in breakfast heaven. Taro pancakes and red bean paste. Sticky Bun Pancakes, Ruby's idea. Add in some sweet, condensed milk and some flaky shredded coconut, serve with some tangy mineola orange or sections of tangerines, pineapple or other seasonal fruit.
A reason to get out of bed!
2 comments:
Is the blog going to end now that you're skulking back to NYC?
Or will it be more of an emotional exile as opposed to a literal one?
Thanks for commenting on my blog! Sorry MPLS couldn't live up to NYC (they are truly different, though, aren't they?)... I'm not even from here but it has the biggest place in my heart!
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