Click here for Greater Long Island newsletters. Click here to download the iPhone app. Or follow GLI on Apple News!
For Jasy Singh, opening a pancake shop started with a Google search — and a flight to Miami.
Two years later, he’s serving stacks of mini pancakes at Long Island’s first Panda Pancakes, now open at 350 S. Broadway in Hicksville’s Soni Centre shopping center.
The shop serves mini pancakes and waffles topped with everything from fresh strawberries and bananas to chocolate sauce and Oreos.
“It’s a comfort food and it’s so simple,” Singh told Greater Long Island. “It’s the perfect treat when you want something sweet.”
The menu features six signature creations, including Creamy, Dreamy Oreo, with melted Belgian chocolate sauce, white chocolate sauce and Oreo cookies. Nutella Babes comes topped with Nutella cream, milk chocolate sauce and bananas.
Customers can also build their own, choosing from a dozen toppings.
The shop serves lattes, cappuccinos and smoothies, with a play area in the back for kids.
“There’s something for everyone, no matter how old you are,” Singh said.
Learning the recipe
Singh’s two-year journey to opening day began with an online search for franchises to invest in.
“I found out about Panda Pancakes online and then I flew down to Miami to sample the food and fell in love,” Singh said. “At the beginning, I was nervous about whether or not the community would like the food, but it’s so good, I realized everyone was going to love us.”
Enjoying the food was one thing. Learning to make it was another.
“I’m not a cook. I couldn’t even steam milk before this,” he said with a laugh. “But I learned so much during this whole process of getting ready over the last two years.”
Panda Pancakes opened its first location in Miami in October 2021 and has since expanded across several states and into Canada, according to Miami Culinary Tours and Noms Magazine.
Panda Pancakes is open seven days a week until 10 p.m.
Top: Panda Pancakes has opened its first Long Island location at 350 S. Broadway in Hicksville’s Soni Centre shopping center. (Credit: GLI/Andrew Rappaport)
Your Long Island news, delivered.
Subscribe to the GLI Newsletter — its free
