In addition to the conventional 'egg taste', they are also available in a variety of flavours such as chocolate, green-tea, ginger, etc. The waffle is also crispy on the outside with each bubble providing a fluffiness on the inside. This could create an egg waffle that is crispy on top, and cake-like on the bottom. The crucial key to prepare a crispy egg waffle is to turn over the pan quickly after the batter is poured into the hot frying pan. The batter is poured over the special frying pan and heated the small ovals of egg waffles are thus formed. The griddle is set on hot coals in the fire, or more commonly on an electrical heater. Preparation Įgg waffles are made from a sweet, egg-rich batter that is cooked on a hot griddle, a special frying pan with small round cells (resembling an æbleskiver pan but with a higher number of smaller round cells). Daan Jai Kau is bigger than an egg waffle, and it is often divided into 30 pieces for selling by the hawkers. However, in 1944, Mr Cheung, the founder of a food stall, began using a cart to sell daan jai kau which is the predecessor of egg waffle.

There is also another tale that it originated from the 1950s, when a sundry shop owner did not want to waste broken eggs and tried to add flour, butter etc. Today, the two related snacks are often sold by the same stall. It also is reasonable to suggest that the special iron skillet used to mold the gai daan tsai is a Hong Kong take on the traditional checkered European waffle press. Another tale points to street hawkers who bought damaged eggs on the cheap to work them into a batter, resulting in the classic golden color of the cake. One story says the enterprising post-war generation created the egg-shaped mold to make up for an eggless batter, as eggs used to be a luxury. The origins of the egg waffle or gai daan jai (which literally translates to 'little chicken egg') are unknown, despite being ingrained in the memories of Hong Kong residents young and old. They have been a favored street snack since their emergence in the 1950s, when they were made with coal fire heating and sold from street kiosks in Hong Kong. 1 in a 100 most popular HK street snack listing. One piece of egg waffle can have around 20 to 35 small round 'balls'.Įgg waffles are among the most popular Hong Kong 'street snacks' and were ranked No. They are sometimes referred to as Hong Kong cakes in Chinatowns across America, especially in New York. It is referred to by its original Cantonese name, gai daan jai (雞蛋仔), and in English, an egg puff, bubble waffle, eggette, pancake balls, pancake waffle, egglet, and puffle. They are usually served hot, and often eaten plain, although they may be served with fruit and flavors such as strawberry, coconut or chocolate. If any Player touches it, it pops, collecting 4 red/6 white/8 blue pollen (+10% per gifted blue bee type) from 29 nearby Flowers and causing them to grow.īubble Bee has a base pollen collection of 10 in 4 seconds.An egg waffle is a spherical egg-based waffle popular in Hong Kong and Macau, consisting of an eggy leavened batter cooked between two plates of semi-spherical cells.

35% chance (50% if Gifted) to spawn a bubble when gathering.

Combo with other Bombs to increase power.

Collects 10 pollen from 13 surrounding blue Flowers (+10% pollen per level).

🌟 Gifted Hive Bonus: +50% Bubble Pollen.+15% Movespeed, +80 Convert Amount, +2 Attack.

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