Classic pancake maker cooking again

A street vendor whose classic spring onion pancakes were wildly popular with customers was allowed to start cooking again on Friday after being shut down for operating without a license.

A huge number of fans lined up again to buy the pancakes, which cook Wu Gencheng, 60, had been selling for 13 years from a roadside stall outside his home on the first floor of an old residential building.

Wu's story spread rapidly after his traditional Shanghai snacks, also known as scallion pancakes, received a favorable review in a BBC documentary and news reports in early September about the shutdown.