Sentences with phrase «gai daan»

When immigrants made their way from Hong Kong to cities across North America, they brought gai daan jai with them, setting up shops and stalls in their respective Chinatowns.

The «Puffle» cones are crafted from gai daan jai, which translates to «little eggs,» — a fluffy, eggy waffle with semi-spherical cells — with a number of English interpretations (bubble waffles, eggettes, and Hong Kong cakes, just to name a few).

Years later, he was eating at one of the other gai daan jai carts in the neighborhood with some friends when the idea first hit him to make his own.

«At the end of the day, we just want to bring gai daan jai to a broader audience,» and a little Instagram fame certainly never hurts — just ask Dominique Ansel.