Creamed corn and peanut pancake
One of the reasons why I loved my trip to Malaysia was getting to try so many new dishes.
This hawker stall, in front of a kopitiam (a kind of coffee shop/hawker cafe) on Gurney Drive (a.k.a. Persiaran Gurney) in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, served pancakes stuffed with various sweet and/or savory fillings. The dough is cooked into a thin, crepe-like skin (but crispy), filled, and folded like a taco. The traditional filling is creamed corn and peanuts, but now you can buy it filled with ham, chocolate, bananas, tuna, etc. It was fascinating to watch the vendor at work, and I took a video of him cooking my corn and peanut order. We didn’t see him at his spot every day; apparently he actually set up shop elsewhere in the morning, and only showed up on Gurney Drive after lunch if he had ingredients left over.
Many areas of Asia tends to treat corn as a dessert (in one shopping mall I saw an ice cream stand that also sold fresh corn on the cob). I’m not usually a fan of this, but I have to say, creamed corn and peanuts are a surprisingly good combination.
An additional photo and a video after the cut.
Creamed corn and peanut pancake - inside shot
The video starts with a photo of the hawker stall’s sign, complete with menu and price list.
What fun! A friend of mine just got back from a week in Malaysia and said the food was incredibly good.
It’s been almost a year since I was there and I’m still thinking about the food. 😦
For obvious reasons I wonder what flour he used for that batter. It looked very light.
Great video. Food memories are almost always the best…
I found a recipe! And the Malay name: Apam Balik.
http://lilyng2000.blogspot.com/2007/05/apam-balik.html
wowwww!!!! this looks so delicious yummy! nice post, very informative. ><
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cheers …
Thank you for your comment. I normally don’t mind links but I notice you’re spamming other blogs with links to your travel sites, and have removed the link within the comment due to this reason.
The recipe should be easy enough to duplicate Gluten Free.
If they start making these I will be driving down to Calgary shortly. 😉