Khanom Tokyo or Khanom Tokiao ( th, ขนมโตเกียว, , ) is a Thai street snack. It is a thin flat pancake filled with sweet custard cream. Some have a savory filling, like pork or sausage.

History

The snack is believed to have been sold for the first time in 1967 at a Japanese department store in Bangkok, named Thai-Daimaru (タイ大丸), and is said to be a Thai adaptation of the Japanese ''

dorayaki is a type of Japanese confection. It consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet azuki bean paste. The original dorayaki consisted of only one layer. Its current shape was invented in 1914 ...

''. The snack can have either sweet or savoury fillings. In the Thai language, ''khanom'' means "snack" or "sweet". The name

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is taken from the capital of Japan. Although the name of this snack suggests a Japanese origin, in reality this is a Thai invention.

Ingredients

The batter is made from egg, wheat flour, sugar, fresh milk, baking soda. The fillings are usually sweet: vanilla cream, taro, pandan cream, various fruit jams, shredded coconut, cocoa powder etc. Often fillings are kind of sweet but always mixed with something salty such as quail eggs or small sausages.

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* {{Pancakes Street food Thai desserts and snacks Stuffed dishes