Pancakes!

International Pancake Day was last Tuesday. Bowls of batter were made, pancakes sizzled on the hob, toppings were bought, whiffs of buttery aroma permeated the air and many students gorged on pancakes in and out of campus.

I was not one of them.

Not with my class ending late in the evening and with a literary festival event I wanted to attend that night.

Because there were a few of us who didn't get to eat pancakes, Caroline, Ezra, Michael and I made last Thursday our Personal Pancake Day, with some guidelines from a cookbook.

The Batter

Adapted Pancake Recipe
(Supposed to make 16 but ended up with only 10 pancakes)
220g flour
2 eggs
1/2 pint of milk
1 tbs of oil
Sprinkles of salt
A bit of water
Butter for frying

Toppings (Lemon and Sugar, Chocolate Syrup/Spread, Maple Syrup, Honey, Bananas)

Instructions:
1. Mix in order. Carefully. (To put it plainly)
2. Fry a scoop of batter on pan till golden brown. Flip when necessary.
3. Put on toppings.
4. Eat while the next two people are frying their own pancake.

Pancakes!

Caroline and I did pretty well. See our pancakes! As for Mike and Ezra... *cough* *cough**COUGH*


With lemon and sugar.

Of course, this is not the first time I've had pancakes. I've had them back home; not as a typical breakfast but as the occasional treat. This really should become a tradition in Malaysia on top of with all the other ones we have. Mind you, it evolved from a religious background of sorts. But seeing as it involves food and it does taste good, why not?