Baked Alaska Florida" in 1894, apparently referring to the contrast between its cold and hot elements. The dish is also known as an "omelette à la norvégienne" or "Norwegian omelette", which similarly refers to the cold climate of Norway. The dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding, and topped with meringue. The entire dessert is then placed in an extremely hot oven for a brief time, long enough to firm and caramelize the meringue. In 1969, the recently invented microwave oven enabled Hungarian gastrophysicist Nicholas Kurti to produce a
Nasi goreng pattaya or marketing purpose. Another popular theory is that the name derived from a Malay bastardisation of the name for the unofficial national dish of Thailand, Phad Thai, which some variations include the fried noodle dish enveloped in an egg omellette as well. A similar dish exists in Japan, and is called "omuraisu" (from the English words "omelette"/"omuretsu" and "rice"). It is a fried ketchup-flavoured rice sandwiched with a thinly spread beaten egg or covered with a plain egg omelette. Nasi goreng pattaya Nasi goreng pattaya, or simply nasi pattaya, is a Southeast Asian fried rice dish made by covering or