[Sca-cooks] The Pan for Hong Kong Waffles Found

[Huette von Ahrens]

Thank you Johnnae!
 
I have just placed my order for it.  Yeah!  After all these years, I will soon be able to get my hands on one!  I am in heaven.  How waffle!
 
Huette



--- On Tue, 1/25/11, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:


From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] The Pan for Hong Kong Waffles Found
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 9:48 PM


Years ago Mistress Huette saw an article on Hong Kong waffles and decided she wanted one of the special pans for making them. We discussed it on the list back in April 2008. No luck ever finding one. Many attempts were made. I even looked  and struck out when I was in Shanghai in 2009. (Wrong area of China, I was told.)

Tonight I opened up the new Williams- Sonoma catalog and there was the pan!

Nordic Ware Egg Waffle Pan $49.95
A Hong Kong favorite for generations, the puffy, doughy treats called “egg waffles” are traditionally cooked by sidewalk vendors and enjoyed for breakfast and snacks. Now you can make the waffles at home using this pan from Nordic Ware, a family-owned company famous for its fine bakeware since 1946. Creates egg-shaped waffles with crispy-golden outsides and tender-creamy centers. Durable cast-aluminum distributes heat quickly so the waffles cook evenly. Nonstick coated interior for flawless release and convenient cleanup. Rugged stainless-steel handles. Hinged, interlocking pans separate for easy washing. Recipe included. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.

So just in time for Chinese New Year, your very own gai daan tsai pan.

Johnnae

> From: Huette von Ahrens <ahrenshav at yahoo.com>
> Date: April 17, 2008 4:28:53 AM EDT
> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Hong Kong Waffles / gei dan jai
> 
> In Wednesday's LA Times food section there was an article on the eclectic mix of Hong Kong
> and Russian foods in some of the restaurants here in the San Gabriel Valley.
> 
> http://www.latimes.com/features/food/
> 
> One of the menu items that was discussed in the article was Hong Kong style waffles and they
> showed a picture of a waffle that consisted of many round balls instead of the traditional
> European and American square grid waffle.  This intrigued me as I had never had seen or
> encountered such a waffle before.  As I loves me some waffles, I just had to investigate this
> further.  It took me forever to find a correct recipe because there are several on the net that
> say they are Hong Kong style waffle recipes, but really aren't.  Now I am in search of the round
> waffle iron.  I must have one for my collection.  Below is a website that has photos of these
> waffles and the waffle iron.
> 
> http://chaxiubao.typepad.com/chaxiubao/2006/09/gei_dan_chai_ho.html
> 
> Adamantius, do you have any clue where to get this waffle iron?  Anyone else?  I couldn't find
> one offered for sale on the net.
> 
> Huette
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