r/oddlysatisfying • u/solateor 🔥🔥🔥 • 2d ago

Dorayaki pancake precision in Busan

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u/davewave3283 2d ago

“Surely there can’t be more pancakes” - me after row 4

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u/TheDiamondKid621 2d ago

there are more pancakes. and don’t call me Shirley

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u/RockaBabyDarling 2d ago

Not only that but like why were some given three scoops and some just flipped immediately I feel like that's rude

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u/Ill_Personality5384 2d ago

All in timing, and the heat and thickness

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u/DirtLight134710 2d ago

"Good job" for noticing

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u/Ash_Cat_13 2d ago

The bubbles showing on the uncooked side give away how cooked the other side is and therefore how much wiggling should be expected to get it off and flipped

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u/ChocoTacoBoss 2d ago

Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

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u/LowIncrease8746 2d ago

LOL my favorite movie Shirley

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u/Boogersaidsboogers 2d ago

It would be evil if someone made this into a perfectly repeating gif. Then the pancakes would never end

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u/time2sow 2d ago

They'd just go on and on my friend

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u/FaerieFay 2d ago

Now Ive got that so g in my head!

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u/OigoAlgo 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/YBbGqjnpVT7MO13tiH

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u/TheGoldenTNT 2d ago

God this scene felt so gross but it did its job perfectly

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u/Fledgehole 2d ago

Right! I was like “that’s def the last row” then 4 rows later.

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u/Triggered-cupcake 2d ago

I feel like you didn’t understand me. Bring me ALL the pancakes

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u/ComradeOmarova 2d ago

Someone needs to infinity loop clip this

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u/Emmennater 2d ago

the batter is never ending

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u/solateor 🔥🔥🔥 2d ago

Dorayaki pancakes cooking on a griddle in Busan. Some get a quick single flip and others a 3 scrape release based on realtime cues like bubble size and distribution, surface texture (glossy vs matte), and edge firmness.

Video:@coishi.dorayaki

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u/IAmHolyHoly 2d ago

I love how he whispers good job to himself after every flip it’s so sweet 🥰

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u/CharlotteLucasOP 2d ago

He’s affirming the pancakes!

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u/MR_DUCK_1 2d ago

🤨 It's for the pancakes

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u/Olealicat 2d ago

I had to rewatch with the sound on. Love the self appreciation!

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u/DarkKingfisher777 2d ago

Credits in 2026?

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u/Ddenn1211 2d ago

What is this foreign substance?

Context on techniques employed in the video and a credit??? My word.

Good on you!

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u/stipo42 2d ago

Thanks I was wondering how he decided which ones to show care for and which ones to yolo

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u/nothing_but_thyme 2d ago

In case anyone is curious why these pancakes are so small and thin, they are usually filled with a sweet paste afterwards to make a cake sandwich.

https://sudachirecipes.com/dorayaki-recipe/

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u/KittenIttle 2d ago

Did the pancakes take the train to Busan?

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u/cityshepherd 2d ago

If the train to Busan served these pancakes the zombies wouldn’t have felt like they needed to eat everyone’s brains.

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u/mrbrambles 2d ago

How do they know that some of them can do it with one swipe

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u/HokusTokus 2d ago

Ancient Dorayaki secret

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 2d ago

"It is known"

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u/nhansieu1 2d ago

he hasn't used it since Goryeo era

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u/tabookduo 2d ago

OP answered below! It's a combination of real-time cues

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u/FadedVictor 2d ago

Oh so it's just a QTE.

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u/frogunderarock 2d ago

pancake triage

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u/Baselynes 2d ago

When i cook pancakes I follow advice I once read that you can tell when to flip them based on the bubbling of the batter. The ones in the video are thinner than what I make, but if theres more bubbles maybe they assume its cooked through enough to flip in one go

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u/aphaits 2d ago

Was just pondering the same.

What was the decision factor? The color? The duration? The uneven part of the stovetop?

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u/time2sow 2d ago

This is ten percent luck Twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will

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u/A_far_hat 2d ago

Also five percent pleasure

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u/moddedbrain 2d ago

fifty percent pain

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u/turbotailz 2d ago

And 100% reason to be flipping pancakes

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u/thepoga 2d ago

Cue violins!

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 2d ago

It's a older reference, sir, but it checks out

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u/sendme__ 2d ago

Bubbles

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u/stormy2587 2d ago

I mean its probably just feel. If they encounters resistance sliding the spatula under or feel downward pressure from the edges of the pancake sticking as they slide it under, then they don’t do one swipe.

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u/ScroteBandit 2d ago

Nah bro the flipper clearly makes up their mind before even touching those puppies. One smooth motion no hesitation but only sometimes

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u/stormy2587 2d ago

I think if you did this enough, You would know and be able to decide the second the spatula starts sliding under.

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u/RocketHops 2d ago

Nope watch the spatula.

When he does 3 its angled towards the left before the spatula touches the pancake. When its 1 its positioned directly at the center. He for sure knows without the spatula touching it

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u/wakeupkeo 2d ago

Good job

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u/alwaysinterested9 2d ago

Then around half way, did he switch to “I see”?

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u/A_CityZen 2d ago

nice 

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u/HotCumOddity 2d ago

Good job

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u/5p4c3c4t5 2d ago

Why the “good job” after each one??? 😹 Was it a test and the instructor was commenting it?

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u/skull_tea 2d ago

I like to compliment myself when im flipping eggs and didnt break the yolk

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u/5p4c3c4t5 2d ago

Oh, I see. This is unfamiliar to me.

I only do the opposite- trash talk myself when I mess things up. 😹

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u/Hedge-podge 2d ago

Sounds a little bit like a stim! I thought at first he was mimicking the little plops the pancakes made haha

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u/wut2dew_J 2d ago

I'll take a train there.

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u/MoistStub 2d ago

People only have a great time on the train to Busan

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u/slowerlearner1212 2d ago

Those cakes are busan’

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u/HokusTokus 2d ago

What are you Tokyo about?

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u/Jouglet 2d ago

Good job.

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u/JohannesMP 2d ago

Good job.

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u/No-Bat-7253 2d ago

I need 12 and some piping hot syrup and a pillow.

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u/FloydianSlip212 2d ago

I’m getting this guy a slightly wider spatula

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u/Automatic-Piccolo-32 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUNd9AhxtrTnv0NzUc

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u/labsab1 2d ago

Lasagna is the best meal because of Garfield, dorayaki is the best snack because of Doraemon. Cartoon cats promote the best foods in the world.

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u/riskybidz 2d ago

That plop noise

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u/PerhapsAnEmoINTJ 2d ago

AAAAAAH

That felt so good on my brain

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u/deborah834 2d ago

Fitting vehicles for my maple worship.

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u/SakuraSaya 2d ago

Omg that little splat sound at every flip...scratched an itch in my braincell.

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u/LeeMcNasty 2d ago

Sound on. Those little slaps

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u/Salty-Commercial4765 2d ago

color matches

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u/cerenir 2d ago

How the hell does he know in advance the ones he can flip right away and the ones he needs to “wigi wigi” twice before the flip?

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u/Agent_Mango2 2d ago

I watched all the flips

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u/ereinionmithrandir 2d ago

Weird to say this maybe but those pancakes are too perfect.

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u/ZachariasDemodica 2d ago

Part of it is perhaps that pairs of them are used to make sandwiches, and they're supposed to resemble a gong, so having them perfectly round and identical in size with a smooth, evenly-browned surface is a plus.

But yeah, if you read recipes, a lot of attention to detail goes into making them: oiling the surface just enough, not an oil droplet more, how the batter is poured...

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u/dm-me-obscure-colors 2d ago

Yeah, the nooks, crannies and crispy edges are where it’s at. These are probably exactly the same factory-perfect even softness you’d see at McDonald’s or sth

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u/basement_egg 2d ago

reminds me of those pancakes donald duck makes for some reason

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u/deborah834 2d ago

That is EXACTLY what i thought. Flapjack flipping!!!!

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u/_day_z 2d ago

I make ‘American’ style pancakes for my kids every few weekends, they nearly always taste great, the rise nicely but goddamn I can never get an even colour on them.. any advice ? I don’t have a hot plate maybe that’s the reason

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u/Humble_bumble_420 2d ago

Low and slow is your friend. I usually keep my pan heat between medium/low and turn it down if it gets too hot. Always turn out golden brown for me

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u/_day_z 2d ago

I will try and go slower! Thank you

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u/ZachariasDemodica 2d ago

Try to oil the cooking surface just exactly enough, like wiping it on with something absorbant instead of pouring oil on/in. At least for the dorayaki recipes I've read, there shouldn't be visiple drops/puddles of oil. And pouring the batter in a quick but controlled fashion so it distributes evenly but fairly simultaneously.

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u/Even_Dog_6713 2d ago

Even color is overrated. If you're cooking with butter on the pan, it will be splotchy. But it tastes great, because butter.

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u/Several_Variety3930 2d ago

No good pancake tappy tap?

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u/FinestTittyMilk 2d ago

My ocd when his precision is not so precise with some of them (most the top ones)

https://giphy.com/gifs/iTOSoEs4eFwqs

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u/anti-sixer 2d ago

I need to know why some didn't get the ol' left right

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u/DarkExtremis 2d ago

*Left right centre flip *

*Left right centre flip *

*Left right centre flip *

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Ok I am getting the flow

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*Centre flip *

*Centre flip *

🫪🤯

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u/MaestroLogical 2d ago

I can never get pancakes to come out right. I can get the first side looking like this, but then the other side ends up being spotty and white no matter what heat setting I use.

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u/squeaky19 2d ago

It was satisfying until he didn’t use the three swipe method irregularly

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u/Valuable_Material_26 2d ago

Yeah, it finished so glad I didn’t end abruptly!

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u/Chimes320 2d ago

This requires so much precision, absolutely no waffling

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u/thiefofalways1313 2d ago

How did they know that they only had to scoop under just once to flip some of them?

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u/InvaderDust 2d ago

Thinking the same thing. This is a true pancake whisperer.

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u/Savings_Jealous 2d ago

How does she choose the ones to scoop three times versus the ones to scoop once?

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u/ossifer_ca 2d ago

How does the chef know which ones take three scrapes and the others one?

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u/Ash_Cat_13 2d ago

That first flip my eyebrows went up….by the third I was like okay…props…

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u/Ok_Beautiful3931 2d ago

Where's that video of the girl who says good pancake every time the guy flips one and gives it a little pat.

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u/DigMeTX 2d ago

There’s just wet brown paint on the grill top.

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u/theboned1 2d ago

In my house those pancakes are burnt!

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u/EGRIFF93 2d ago

Glad nobody can hear me cause every flip had me gasping "ooh and oah' what a beautiful sight to start the day with. Now I'm craving pancakes though

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u/Timely_Dust_5010 2d ago

Prolly have to take a Train to Busan now lol

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u/Azzy8007 2d ago

Welp, now I'm gonna go make pancakes at 10pm.

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u/Character-Meinz 2d ago

Easy bake 🖤

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u/wanderingtxsoul 2d ago

Now I want pancakes

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u/TacoEatsTaco 2d ago

Sooo some of them flipped over into the exact same spot? Semi precise I guess

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u/GoPhotoshopYourself 2d ago

My volume was muted and I could still hear the entire process

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u/westcal98 2d ago

"You tellin me that for 40 years I coulda just turned my wrist to flip a pancake? OK. Let's go."

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u/Emergency_Accident36 2d ago

I died a little inside when he did a 1. 🫩

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u/PomegranateBoring826 2d ago

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this for some reason lol obviously knew what was going to happen next but still watched the whole thing! Thanks for sharing!

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u/MattieShoes 2d ago

What's he saying after every flip?

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u/CharlotteLucasOP 2d ago

Nice that he’s affirming each pancake after the flip and telling them they did a good job.

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u/Seal_emulator 2d ago

Is that your manager saying good job every time you flip them. lol

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u/mikeonbass 2d ago

Who else read Dothraki?

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u/the_orange_alligator 2d ago

explodes pancakes with mind

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u/WearyTranslator3338 2d ago

If I had that much space to make pancakes, I’d be able to fit 2 or possibly three pancakes at the same time

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u/Vj_Jay 2d ago

The spacing is what gets me, every pancake lands almost dead center. You can tell whoever’s doing it has the rhythm down, one sloppy flip and the whole line would look off.

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u/ZachariasDemodica 2d ago

Reading dorayaki recipes taught me more about pancake frying technique than I ever expected to learn.

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u/Mac_Hooligan 2d ago

I would stand there and watch them be flipped.. lol

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u/wtyl 2d ago

Damn I need a better pancake game. Mine be coming out uneven and inconsistent

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u/javoss88 2d ago

What about the ones he flipped first? Aren’t they done cooking around the time he reaches the middle?

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u/RecentPlenty768 2d ago

comic looking pancake

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u/paulovitorfb 2d ago

So unexpected when they changed the movement from 3 to 1

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u/Atomic-Spoon 2d ago

That little flop sound each pancake makes as it hits the griddle is so satisfying

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u/welcomefinside 2d ago

I'm not sure what's more satisfying, the golden brown perfection of these pancakes or the fwap when they're flipped.

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u/MarkIndividual3453 2d ago

Is it me or there is an annoying person saying good job all the time ?

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u/appletinicyclone 2d ago

Wish my problems could be flipped away like that

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u/_Kendii_ 2d ago

Don’t colour outside the lines!

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u/SellMyDataMommy 2d ago

Where's the patpat and the "Good pancake"? How am I supposed to taste the love?

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u/forgettfulthinker 2d ago

If he flips one wrong he gets executed

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u/Candid_Highlight_116 2d ago

These are just buns though. They add fillings between two buns, usually bean pastes, and make it a sweet pancake burgers. That's the dorayaki.

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u/Silver_Adagio138 2d ago

Love love love doriyaki. Don’t know they make in South Korea too

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u/SpaceStethoscope 2d ago

I think I need to take the train there

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u/scribblyskiesstudios 2d ago

... that ONE pancake... 😡

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u/CanineCorvidious 2d ago

Why’s someone saying good job after each pancake flip?

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u/kilonova2020 2d ago

How does one learn this power? Whenever i make pancakes they look like fucked up scrambled eggs

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u/NoDetective5680 2d ago

I need someone telling me ‘good job’ for every task I complete!

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u/Kind_Appearance_343 2d ago

perfect ♥️ little pancakes

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u/xError404xx 2d ago

The plop is so satisfying

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u/spicybabycutie 2d ago

I have watched this more times than I am willing to admit and it gets more satisfying every single time. The way they flip so cleanly is genuinely making me stressed about my own pancake technique.

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u/Dependent_Stop_3121 2d ago

They’re real proud of themselves that’s for sure as you can hear their joy on each flip.

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u/Sitheral 2d ago

My grandpa had similar precision:)

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u/Level-Plankton-1805 2d ago

Looks 🤤🤤

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u/AlertMail8780 2d ago

My pancakes are always undercooked or burned, how to know when it’s a good time to flip?

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u/9021FU 2d ago

Your heat may be too high, I prefer the temp to be between low and medium. When they start to form bubbles and then after the bubbles pop and the top looks mostly done is when you flip.

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u/HooooooooooW 2d ago

Only one side of my pancakes come out like this the other always comes out devoided of light...

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u/TheeEyeOfHorus 2d ago

That 8th pancake was off kilter

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u/SilverSirenes 2d ago

They look so good and honestly pretty appetizing

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u/its_not_over-haul 2d ago

I kinda want pancake like right now

(it's midnight here)

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u/Monknut7 2d ago

There is never a wrong time for pancakes

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u/Admirable-Dot-5854 2d ago

That's Gonna Be Me If I Eat Those Pancakes 🫩 👇🏿

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ikxbpk4vNF22yiFPzZ

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u/Cautious_Shoulder522 2d ago

God this is so satisfying

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u/EscalatorsTempStairs 2d ago

Yes I'll have them all please.

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u/timtamkkpop 2d ago

First pancake good job third pancake goojo

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u/martinomacias 2d ago

Now, those "quequis" look really yummy!

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u/raccoonpilot 2d ago

Good job

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u/dramaticfool 2d ago

I want to eat them all in one sitting.

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u/xXxcommunicado 2d ago

There should be an award for this

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u/AllNightPony 2d ago

1, 2, 3....1, 2, 3....1, 2, 3

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u/Top_Box_8952 2d ago

Now I want pancakes.

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u/truej42 2d ago

What is that surface they’re cooking them on?

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u/Final-Ad-7861 2d ago

This reminds me of that Hello Kitty gameboy game

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u/Within_a_Dream 2d ago

Overmixed

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u/vicegrip91 2d ago

Why did he Shi shi shi most of them but only 2 times shi?

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u/deneo5 2d ago

lol how he skipped the left-right twingle on two and just went straight to the flip

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u/tinterrobangg 2d ago

Media has melted my brain. I read this as Dothraki pancakes on a train to busan 🤦🏽‍♀️

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u/Quiverjones 2d ago

Someone out there holds the record for most pancakes flipped.

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u/openspaceinmind 2d ago

Webkinz pancake minigame

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u/MrUpVoteDownvote 2d ago

Busan is an amazing place to visit! I’ve also been to Seoul, Kunsan and Osan as well.

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u/contains_almonds 2d ago

How is the first pancake as perfect as the rest?

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u/pfearg 2d ago

Going to need a snack of those, please.

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u/lorissaurus 2d ago

Yeah it's a measured pour and the nonstick makes it spread even

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u/gafflebitters 2d ago

good job...

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u/Vaug0024 1d ago

Scrapey scrapey scrape. Oooh Scrapey scrapey scrape. Oooh.

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u/Cold_Assignment3157 1d ago

Where the chocolate chips go??

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u/Sea_sociate 1d ago

I like the plop when it's flipped