Khanom Tokyo

Khanom Tokyo^[1] or Khanom Tokiao^[2] (Thai: ขนมโตเกียว, RTGS: khanom tokiao, pronounced [kʰā.nǒm tōː.kīa̯w]) is a Thai street snack.^[3] It is a thin, flat pancake filled with sweet custard cream. Some have a savory filling, like pork or sausage.

Khanom Tokyo (lit: Tokyo Snack)

Type	Snack, side dish, finger food
Place of origin	Thailand
Region or state	Southeast Asia
Created by	Thai people
Main ingredients	Eggs, wheat flour, sugar, fresh milk, and baking soda
Media: Khanom Tokyo (lit: Tokyo Snack)

Khanom Tokyo with hot dogs during a fruit festival in Uttaradit, Thailand.

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. There is also a Japanese dessert with red bean filling that looking exactly the same as Khanom Tokyo called "Anmaki" (あんまき). Which is a confectionery speciality from Chiryu City, Aichi prefecture, made by rolling red bean paste (anko) in a thinly baked dough.^[4][5]

The snack can have either sweet or savory fillings. In the Thai language, khanom means "confectionery", "dessert", "sweet" or "snack". The name Tokyo is taken from the capital of Japan. Although the name of this snack suggests a Japanese origin, in reality it is a Thai invention,^[4] or at least inspired by anmaki from Aichi prefecture, albeit with Thai style fillings.

Ingredients

The batter is made from egg, wheat flour, sugar, fresh milk, and baking soda. The fillings are usually sweet, for example, vanilla cream, taro, pandan cream, various fruit jams, shredded coconut, or cocoa powder. Often fillings are somewhat sweet, but always mixed with something salty, such as quail eggs or small sausages.^[6]