Japanese crepe 

Japan’s kitchen is filled with delicate dishes, most of them hundreds of years old and traditionally rooted in Japanese culture. Nevertheless, there are some dishes that were imported and slightly changed so that a Japanese version of those foreign dishes slowly began to show up on the plates across the country. 
One particular example of a foreign food that got “japanified” is the French crepe: 


A crepe is traditionally a thin pancake which can be filled with sweet or salty ingredients and is served warm. It is a classical French snack and its roots date back into the 1800 century. 
However, the Japanese version is not as basic and simple as the French ancestor: it is often filled with a lot of different ingredients and rather twisted than just folded like a French crepe. There are crepe shops in Japan which over a wast variety of flavors and ingredients to choose from, often only sweet though. 


Tokyo’s Harajuku district got famous for inhabiting the most crepe shops in Japan and the varieties you get to choose from are seeming infinite. Even if you don’t speak Japanese, ordering is fairly easy due to the plastic models of the different crepes that are normally displayed in front of the shop


If you get the chance to eat a Japanese crepe you shouldn’t think twice, they’re delicious and a modern Japanese phenomenon. 

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