Chinese pancakes from Piccadilly Gardens are Manchester's best kept street food secret
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt’s never going to fit in there, you think. Surely not. But every time, the giant stuffed Chinese answer to a crepe somehow manages to fold its way into the bag, before a plastic fork is jabbed unceremoniously into its innards.
I’ve been going to Gerry’s on Piccadilly Gardens for a few years now, generally alternating between the belly pork bahn mi at Viet Shack in the Arndale Centre’s market hall, and the scorching jianbing from Gerry’s when I’m seeking ‘walking food’.
But every time it still astounds me - considering how much is going on - that a pancake which must measure at least 15 inches across gets into the seemingly tiny bag, like culinary origami.
Gerry’s was originally an ice cream van, but was taken over by the noodle and jianbing makers quite some years ago now. They appear not to have got round to changing the livery yet.
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