On our last Friday in Siantar we joined Anton and his family at their Khim's English Course for some great English conversation, then went our with them for a Chinese dinner. One of the courses was a sweet and sour prepared fish...delicious! Hopefully I will track down the other photos from the restaurant. It was interesting how they fried the noodles in huge woks which nestled into large holes in the counter, directly above the blast furnace flames from the massive propane burners.
This is the owner of the shop, proudly showing off a son (maybe it's his...)
On the way home it was decided by Anton's father that we needed to stop and experience a variation of pancakes. To describe, they are like really thick pancakes, folded over like an omelet, with a little cheese and fruit filling for sweetness. The major decision is what type of filling to order. Chocolate seems to be a favorite.
The stand features one guy working really hard and several others watching him. He scoops the batter from a big bucket and layers it into the round pans with a coffee cup.
He'd have four of them going at one time.
He'd stir up the batter in a big white bucket (like a 5 gallon paint bucket) using five or six cane poles strapped together.
Some of the pancakes were made to order while customers waited, while others were for display and future sales. The stand had a steady stream of traffic so I imagine these didn't wait for long.
All the pancakes were slathered with a thick layer of butter.
This pancake cools momentarily (heating pad is a slice of tree with a handle attached). Note the putty knives at the bottom of the picture. These were used to pry the pancake out of the pan.
This young customer was out for a ride with his Dad, who pulled up on is motorbike within inches of us.
Here's our pancake. We chose strawberry and it was great. We wish we had discovered these earlier in our time in Siantar.
This is the owner of the shop, proudly showing off a son (maybe it's his...)
On the way home it was decided by Anton's father that we needed to stop and experience a variation of pancakes. To describe, they are like really thick pancakes, folded over like an omelet, with a little cheese and fruit filling for sweetness. The major decision is what type of filling to order. Chocolate seems to be a favorite.
The stand features one guy working really hard and several others watching him. He scoops the batter from a big bucket and layers it into the round pans with a coffee cup.
He'd have four of them going at one time.
He'd stir up the batter in a big white bucket (like a 5 gallon paint bucket) using five or six cane poles strapped together.
Some of the pancakes were made to order while customers waited, while others were for display and future sales. The stand had a steady stream of traffic so I imagine these didn't wait for long.
All the pancakes were slathered with a thick layer of butter.
This pancake cools momentarily (heating pad is a slice of tree with a handle attached). Note the putty knives at the bottom of the picture. These were used to pry the pancake out of the pan.
This young customer was out for a ride with his Dad, who pulled up on is motorbike within inches of us.
Here's our pancake. We chose strawberry and it was great. We wish we had discovered these earlier in our time in Siantar.
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