They don’t call them hot cakes for nothing
November 27th, 2008In the Higuera street food market in Coyoacán, Rogelio has been making hot cakes with a twist for nearly thirty years. His is the second generation in the family; his nephews man the hot-cake stand on weekends.
He can execute a portrait of any child’s favorite cartoon character with pancake batter. In fact, he can do a portrait of any child (or adult) as well. When the kiddies aren’t around, Rogelio is more than willing to take a little poetic license.
He begins by drawing the outline, which he lets cook until it is quite brown. Then he fills in the details — sometimes highly exaggerated — of the subject’s, shall we say, secondary sexual characteristics.
Here is the result of one of Rogelio’s most recent works. The subject was quite pleased, perhaps because of the correspondence between the pancake and the way she sees herself.
Labels: street food
5 Responses to “They don’t call them hot cakes for nothing”
By Bob Mrotek on Nov 27, 2008
Well, I am not as talented as Rogelio but I think I could handle a smiley face. I am going to try that. Thanks David!
By Adriana Degetau on Nov 28, 2008
¿y por dónde empieza uno a comérsela?
Paso por ahí seguido, así que…
By RYErnest on Nov 29, 2008
Nice post u have here
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By Dave on Dec 1, 2008
Dang! The one thing we didn’t get to do on our recent trip to D.F. despite going to Coyoacan two or three times. We did manage to load up on the awesome tamales del Monastario there however.
I hope Bob has better luck with his attempt….my daughter wasn’t all that impressed with my (G-rated) version.
By Irene on Dec 6, 2008
No estoy segura si fué Rogelio, pero cuando yo tenía unos 15 años, fuí de la mano con mi novio por unos hot cakes. Y a ése tal Rogelio le pareció muy gracioso hacerme uno en forma de pene. Yo, adolescente e insegura, me sonrojé y no supe qué hacer. A los dos nos pareció una falta de respeto, pero igual lo aceptamos y esperamos a que hiciera otras formas para comérnolos…
Qué chistosito!