7 Light-as-Air Soufflé Pancakes You Can Get In Manila
These fluffy, pillowy soft pancakes taste like happiness
Light as air and pillowy soft, Japanese-style soufflé pancakes are the hot new thing on restaurant menus, and it’s easy to understand why. These fluffy little pancake stacks taste like happiness, especially draped in homemade whipped cream, drizzled with syrup, or accompanied by fresh berries. The secret is in the egg whites, which are separated from the yolks, then frenziedly whipped until the air bubbles become so incorporated into the batter they actually hold their shape inside. It’s science and magic all at once. Here are the best places in the metro for your light-as-air pancake fix.
Prologue
Soft as a cloud and almost too kawaii to eat, Prologue’s soufflé pancakes rest against a mound of berries and granola, with a lush dollop of Chantilly cream and bright quenelles of raspberry sorbet, in a play of sour and sweet. 87 Scout Gandia, St., Morato, Quezon City, (0996) 842-4928, @prologue.ph
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Pancake House
Just last Valentine’s Day, Pancake House released their own version of soufflé pancakes. Sweet, soft and fluffy, a serving is two pancakes on a plate with a topping of your choice — banana, blueberries or mango. Enjoy this with a steaming cup of coffee. Available only at the Tomas Morato, Bonifacio High Street, Burgos Circle, Magallanes, Rockwell, and Molito branches. @PancakeHousePhilippines
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Le Petit Soufflé
Le Petit Soufflé was serving soufflé pancakes in 2015 before it was a hot trend, and they still have some of the best in town, including the Cream Cheese Soufflé Pancake with its delightful hints of vanilla and interesting crusty edges, and the light, airy Matcha Soufflé Pancake. @lepetitsouffle
Gram Café & Pancakes
Recently opened, this café serves up soufflé pancakes of subtle sweetness that come in such intriguing flavors as Tiramisu, or Apple & Tea Cream. Usually stacked three to a plate, they’re made following such a rigorous procedure that only 30 stacks of pancakes are made daily — and these are served only at specific times: 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6 p.m. Schedule your visits accordingly! 3L, SM Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong
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Originally a Hong Kong food stall, this restaurant has the most jiggly, picturesque soufflé pancakes you can find, available in fun flavors. Crème Brulée is drizzled with caramel sauce with a hint of citrus, and the Mixed Berries is crowned with cotton candy. If you want simple flavors, the Original is light, warm and eggy, drizzled with chocolate syrup and tufts of whipped cream. @am.pm.ph
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Motto Motto
Open at 8:00 a.m., early enough for breakfast, Motto Motto serves up fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth pancakes that come with a side of red bean jam and matcha butter. And yes, that combo is as divine as it sounds. Motto motto means “more, more!” You’ll certainly be saying so after the last bite of pancake. Serendra, BGC, @mottomotto.ph
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Puffy's Soufflé Pancake Café
Originally from Taipei’s Shilin Night Market, this cafe creates soufflé pancakes that are a marriage of science and art, available in exciting flavors like Crème Brulée, Oreo and Milk Tea. Enjoy with torched milk tea for a perfect pick-me-upper. @puffyscafeph
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Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory Café
Hokkaido’s Tokyo Milk Cheese Café opened just last January, and serves luxurious soufflé pancakes with the sheen of chiffon, delightfully drizzled with maple syrup, berry or chocolate syrup. Or enjoy with cream, fruit or chocolate. @tokyomilkcheesefactoryph
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