Japanese Souffle Pancakes
幸せのパンケーキ風挑戦その壱

I’ve been living in the U.S. for over 15 years now.

I go home to Japan periodically, but not too often, typically once in three years.

So as you can tell, I’m out of their whatever trends they have, in really any areas, like music, fashion, and food…

But since I started Instagram, I feel I’ve had a somewhat better understanding of what kind of things are “in” back home real time.

So when I saw a lot of pictures of thick yet described super light and soft pancakes that look absolutely amazing recently began popping up, I was intrigued.

They say these pancakes “jiggle” when you move the plate. How cool is that?!

I initially put that on my “to-do-list” that I recently started preparing for our next trip to Japan.

Then, this weekend I thought “why not trying to make them myself!”

Well, this was my first trial.

The verdict?

“Okay.”

Here is a close-up side view of mine.

They are beautiful pancakes. No doubt about that.

But the problem is they are far from what I hoped to achieve.

Particularly the height and the texture definitely need to be improved.

In case you’re wondering what I’m talking about, here are some of the examples of pancakes served by restaurants in Japan that specialize in this type of pancakes.

Photo from A Happy Pancake – The Omotesando

Photo from gram Cafe & Pancakes

The inside view of mine.

I hope you can tell by this picture that these pancakes are super light and soft.

Don’t get me wrong.

These pancakes did not turn out to be exactly what I wanted, but these are delicious, one of the best pancakes I’ve had.

Here is the recipe (in Japanese) I used.

Her pancake picture on the page is promising, so I’m not done yet.

I guarantee you’ll see another Japanese Souffle Pancake post soon!

Wish me luck.

Addendum: Check out our success version.