Tianjin. Although the pancake originated in Shandong, but the pancake fruit originated in Tianjin area, in the Tianjin area circulated about this food legend, in the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin area has a lot of merchants from all over the world, there are merchants from Shandong brought pancakes, which also prompted the pancake fruit in Tianjin. Moreover, the pancake fruit in Tianjin area has applied to become an intangible cultural heritage, which is equivalent to determine the authentic status of Tianjin pancake fruit.

Tianjin. Although the pancake originated in Shandong, but the pancake fruit originated in the Tianjin area, in the Tianjin area circulated all kinds of legends about this food, in the Ming Dynasty, there are a lot of merchants from all over the Tianjin area, there are merchants from Shandong brought pancakes, which led to the creation of the pancake fruit in Tianjin. Moreover, the pancake fruit in Tianjin area has applied to become an intangible cultural heritage, which is equivalent to determine the authentic status of Tianjin pancake fruit.

Pancake fruit is a snack for Tianjin people. It is made of mung bean flour pancakes, eggs, and fritters or thin crispy "馃篦儿" composition, with the noodle sauce, minced green onions, curd, chili sauce (optional) as a condiment, savory taste, nowadays, the pancake馃zi raw materials are not only limited to mung bean flour spread into pancakes, there are also soybean flour, black bean flour, and so on, a variety of choices. However, Tianjin people still adhere to the traditional way of eating, the only ingredients used in the authentic pancake fruit are mung bean noodles, oil sticks, as well as green onions and other condiments.