🍽️ Chengdu Egg Cake

Copper-pan egg cake, sweet or savory.

Chengdu Egg Cake is a traditional street snack of Chengdu, Sichuan. A batter of egg, flour and sugar is poured into a small hinged copper pan and baked into a little half-moon cake, stuffed with sweet fillings like sesame, red bean or butter, or savory ones such as minced pork, zha cai or shredded potato. The crust is faintly crisp, the inside soft and eggy, equally good sweet or savory. Copper-pan heat and batter consistency matter, and it is best eaten fresh off the griddle. Chengdu locals buy a couple at street corners and school gates as a snack, often with a covered-bowl tea in a lazy afternoon. Tiny, versatile and skillful, it distills Chengdu's leisurely street-food craft.