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Theme: Kid's Delight - Street Food

When I was a child, street food in NY basically consisted of three options. Hot Dog
stands that sold frankfurters, hot sausages, knish (German potato stuffed pastries) and
pretzels were on every street corner. In the summertime, ice cream trucks joined them
and in the wintertime, vendors selling roasted nuts joined them.

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In the last 10 years, their biggest competition have come from Halal carts. Halal carts
now outnumber the Hot Dog carts. Halal carts sell chicken or lamb platters with rice and
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In the last few years, every immigrant group is now represented in the street food
available in NY - we have Indian food carts, Korean and Peruvian, just to name a few.
Waffle Trucks, Yogurt Trucks and so much more now add to the cultural landscape of
New York City. The variety of street food is now so abundant that for the last 8 years,
the Vendy Awards have been awarded to the best street food vendors. You don't have to
cook in a fancy Michelin star restaurant to now get recognition for delicious food. The
2012 awards included a Mexican as well as a Filipino food cart. To keep your hand on the
pulse of this emerging genre of culinary dining, take a look at this. In 2013, five other
American cities will be joining NY in providing Vendy Awards.
I was so happy to pick up this week's BM theme of celebrating delicious Street Food.
Wafels & Dinges is a street food vendor with 3 carts located throughout Manhattan.
They provide waffles with both savory and sweet toppings - everything from chili con
carne to chocolate dipped waffles. Here's my version of a waffle with all the trimmings,
in the vein of Wafels & Dinges.

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However, what most Americans call Belgian waffles are not available in Belgium.
American style waffles use baking powder as the leavening agent for an instant rise
product. In Belgium, there are a few different types of waffles and the Brussels waffles
are what most resembles the ones we have here in America, except a yeast risen batter
is utilized. This time I tried a traditional Brussel style waffle recipe adapted from King
Arthur.

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Serves 7
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon dry active yeast
1/2 cup milk

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In a bowl, combine lukewarm milk, butter, salt, eggs and vanilla extract. Stir to mix well.
Add flour and yeast and stir to mix.

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Cover with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature for 1 hour.
You can cook now or leave in the refrigerator overnight. I left it in the refrigerator and
you should see air bubbles from the batter fermenting. After the fermentation process,
the batter thickens quite a bit and it was closer to bread dough than batter.
Add remaining milk and stir well. (original recipe did not include this additional milk)

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Heat a waffle iron and spray well with non stick spray. Pour in 3/4 cup batter (I have an
8-inch round waffle iron) and cook until well done; about 5 minutes.
Repeat until all the batter is used.
While American style waffles are more cake-like, these
are more bread-like, leading to a crispier texture. The
vanilla flavor was really strong because of the batter
sitting overnight, which led to a bigger flavor than the
American style waffles. I am now a convert and will be
making these whenever waffles are on the menu.
Now let's dress up the waffles with the toppings
available from the street food cart!
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Very well captured. I notice a vast difference between the quality of this image vs the
older ones. :)
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March 17, 2013 at 1:58 PM

thanks - I started taking the photos in natural light whenever I can and I also
bought some colorful posterboard backgrounds and I think it has made a huge
difference in the photos...Thanks
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Priya Suresh March 17, 2013 at 1:10 PM

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My lil one's favourite, he was bugging me to make some rite now after seeing ur
clicks,highly irresistible waffles Mir.
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Srivalli March 17, 2013 at 1:17 PM

That's a great info on NY street food..I liked reading through that link..:)..and your
waffles are looking yum!..somehow street food for me has personally been spicy
food..so won't mind having these as dessert!
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Priya R March 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM

Looks superb and my favourite too :-)
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Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi March 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM

Very interesting write up on street food on NY. The picture is really a very tempting
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Priya Anandakumar March 17, 2013 at 7:38 PM

Wow, the waffles look fab, my kids love them. Nice clicks. Very good collection of
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Nivedhanams Sowmya March 18, 2013 at 1:54 AM

very well written post!!! and I love Waffles and this looks soooooooo yummy!!
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PriyaVaasu March 18, 2013 at 2:34 AM

Super inviting clicks mir!! Love that last pic with all those delicious topping!!!
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cookcookandcook March 18, 2013 at 7:10 AM

WOW.. these are to die for.. Loved your presentation.. I wish I could grab a bite.. :)
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divya March 18, 2013 at 9:08 AM

looks mouthwatering...just delicious!
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Sona - Quick Picks March 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM

drooling over the waffles here, chef! great snaps..
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vaishali sabnani March 18, 2013 at 10:21 AM

Mireille, I wish we could have spent some more time...ya walking on the NY streets, so I
could have tried some street food too!..the waffles look very inviting.
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Kalyani March 18, 2013 at 12:02 PM

Although I havent visited NYC, you did take me thru most of the streets there now..
great clip of waffles there. And like Suma said, I too find a marked leap in the pic quality
! great going, Mir :-)
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Preeti Garg March 18, 2013 at 12:44 PM

wow.. look mouthwatering and dreaming type recipe.
Thanks for linking with event kid's delight event.
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sushma March 18, 2013 at 2:18 PM

Waffles look awesome Mir....good one
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Saras March 18, 2013 at 9:31 PM

Wonderful click..Very inviting dear..
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Manju March 18, 2013 at 10:40 PM

Nice click, interesting waffle bookmarking this.
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Sandhya Ramakrishnan March 18, 2013 at 10:41 PM

Mir, these waffles look so inviting! I have never seen the waffle carts before. now I will
make sure to keep my eyes open for them. I really want to try this recipe over the store
bought mix.

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Nalini's Kitchen March 19, 2013 at 10:32 AM

Waffles look delicious and tempting,feel like grabbing it...
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Gayathri Kumar March 20, 2013 at 2:33 AM

Are there so many waffle recipes out there? You have explained it so well Mir. The final
creation looks mind blowing...
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Elizabeth March 20, 2013 at 7:53 AM

These look absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for entering them into the no waste food
challenge. :)
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Pavani March 20, 2013 at 5:59 PM

I love walking on the streets of NYC just to see and smell all the street food especially
the halal meat -- love the smell of it ;-)
Waffles look PERFECT. Your clicks are too tempting.
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Padmajha PJ March 21, 2013 at 12:29 AM

You have plated it so well Mir.I agree with others on your pic quality.Superb!
And it was nice to read and get to know the street food in NY.Thanks for sharing :)
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Nisha Sundar March 21, 2013 at 8:25 PM

NYC is sure one big melting Pot!!! Love it. Those strawberry and syrup soaked waffles
are too good!!
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veena krishnakumar March 22, 2013 at 8:40 AM

Great info on NY street food. Your clicks are too good Merille.....Loved the recipe..!!!
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Rajani S March 23, 2013 at 1:14 PM

I loved reading about the street food there. So many varieties and so many choices!
The waffles look really nice and you have beautifully captured it!
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