Today, June 4th, the first Japanese pancake house "Original Pancake House", which is popular in the United States, opened on the first floor of the Marui Kichijoji store. What did this store look like on the first day of its opening, which had a history of 60 years in the United States and had been a hot topic even before it opened? The eating editorial department has charged!

◆ A long line before the opening!

Open at 9am. I arrived at 8:30, but there were already countless customers lined up. I wonder if there are more than 100 people ... One side of the building is a whole line, wrapping around the corner. After all it seems to be a hot shop. I was surprised at the length of the line, but when I lined up at the end ...

"We are making a reservation to line up again."

…What do you mean!?

Apparently, it is necessary to make a reservation for the queue waiting to enter the store instead of waiting to enter the store. Tell the staff in the middle of the line your name and number, and you'll be given a time to line up. It seems that people who line up at the designated time will be guided on a first-come, first-served basis. I made a "reservation" around 8:45, and I heard that I will join the group lined up around 11:50, so I will wait another 60 to 90 minutes from the designated time and be told that I will enter the store around 13:00. ..

In other words, the line is not about 100 people, and there are people who returned once after making a "line reservation" in this way !? How many customers lined up from the morning ...?


◆ Finally open

After 8:50, it opened a little earlier than planned with the command of all the staff, "Thank you!". Customers lined up from early morning enter the store one after another. The first 100 people received an original tote bag with the store logo as a souvenir.
The first person to enter the store was a man living in Kichijoji. It seems that he was waiting from 5 am. He said that he had a "memorable taste" that he went to with his family when he lived in the United States, and he smiled at the reunion with the "buttermilk pancake" that he had always ordered. You were really looking forward to it.


There are 117 stores in the United States, so there may be many people who went there. There are many staff who can speak English, so it might be a good idea to go with friends from overseas.

◆ "Dutch Baby", the first landing in Japan --- Refreshing with lemon!

"Dutch Baby" is a pancake made by slowly baking German dough for about 20 minutes. It is a very popular menu in the United States, and it seems that there are no end to the number of people visiting for this. I ordered the famous menu of the first landing in Japan.

After waiting for 20 minutes, the freshly baked pancakes were delivered! The center is dented, and the edges are brown and crispy. Unlike the pancakes found in various shops and the so-called "hot cakes", it looks like a soft tart dough.

Spread handmade whipped butter evenly on this hot dough, squeeze 3 cuts of lemon, and finally sprinkle with plenty of powdered sugar. It is also recommended to leave about half of the whipped butter and top it at the end.
The dough is hot, so the butter melts more and more, and when you insert a knife, it flows out. The dough is like a layer of thin crepes, and the one in the middle is Toro Toro. When you put it in your mouth, you can enjoy the exquisite texture of the torotoro dough and the melted butter.

The taste is accented with a generous amount of squeezed lemon, which enhances the richness of the salty butter. For example, it tastes like cheesecake with lemon. The sweetness of the dough itself is modest, so you can fully enjoy the flavor of the toppings. It's not a light taste, but the refreshing aroma of lemon and the rich taste of butter and dough are addictive.

This brightly colored "mixed fruit pancake" is also recommended with plenty of fresh fruits! It's a Japanese limited menu.


In addition to pancakes, you can enjoy waffles, crepes, and hearty omelets, and fruit juice with plenty of pulp is also recommended. You can get hot drinks in the original mug!


◆ I want you to eat it because it is delicious

Japan is an unprecedented pancake boom. It happened that the timings overlapped, but it's really delicious, so I heard that they have been preparing the restaurant so that everyone in Japan can eat it.

Today, the first day of the opening, a full-scale line was formed around 7 o'clock, and "line reservation" had started by 8 o'clock. It seems that it will be a long time before we can put them in line. I want to eat side by side! For those who say, please be prepared for "line reservation" even in the morning!