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The single-pan oven pancake that Manca's Cafe popularised in Seattle in the 1900s and Tilikum Place Cafe carries today. Eggs, flour, butter, oven, lemon and sugar.
The Dutch baby was reportedly invented at Manca's Cafe in Seattle around 1920 by Victor Manca, who renamed the Bavarian Pfannkuchen on his menu in honour of his small daughter who could not pronounce Deutsch. Manca's closed in the 1950s but the recipe survived because Sunset magazine published it in 1942 and again in 1972. Tilikum Place Cafe in Belltown anchored the dish back in Seattle's brunch repertoire in the late 2000s: a cast-iron skillet pre-heats in the oven, melted clarified butter goes in, then a thin batter, then 15 minutes at 230 degrees Celsius.
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Tilikum Place Cafe in Seattle's Belltown is the historic brick brunch room with 12 tables and Ba Culbert's Dutch baby: a 15-minute cast-iron oven pancake.
OrderThe classic Dutch baby with lemon, powdered sugar and maple syrup
Cafe Campagne in Seattle's Pike Place Market is the city's foremost French bistro since 1994: zinc bar, Post Alley address, croque madame at brunch.
OrderCassoulet on a rainy night; the croque madame at brunch with a glass of Sancerre.
TipBrunch from 09:00 weekends fills first; walk in at 08:30 Saturday for a window table.
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