Khanom Tokyo
Khanom Tokyo or Khanom Tokiao is a Thai street snack. It is a thin, flat pancake filled with sweet custard cream. Some have a savory filling, like pork or sausage.
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, 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". Which is a confectionery speciality from Chiryu City, Aichi prefecture, made by rolling red bean paste in a thinly baked dough. Kanazawa also have similar confectionery, called "Komo-Kaburi", which made with red bean paste, chestnut and wrap with seaweed.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, or at least inspired by anmaki from Aichi prefecture, albeit with Thai style fillings.