Wedding gift registry’s are really popular in the United States. For the first week, our registry only had one item- a Belgian waffle maker. We really, really wanted it. Affectionately in Spanglish we call our waffle maker “casa de los waffles” (house of waffles), and place a dot on it every time we use it. Needless to say it has a lot of dots.
Belgium is known for its waffles and of course its chocolate. For research purposes we had to try both, individually and together. And with ice cream. And strawberries….Turns out our little casa de los waffles doesn’t do such a bad job: it makes practically perfect Belgian waffles, American sized of course, but just as delicious.
The chocolate of course is a different story. Belgian chocolate is delicious, and although we loved our Trader Joe’s Pound Plus Dark Chocolate Bar, nothing compares to fresh chocolate on the street. With a sense of humor, we strolled from chocolate shop to chocolate shop sampling little mannequin pis chocolates and other delicious goodies.
mina says
we did our post about waffles today too. it’s like a sign from the universe that i should be eating more waffles. perhaps we’ll go out and find some today.
Eli says
Oh man, those strawberry chocolate waffles look so good! And I just woke up, too! I feel the hunger setting in…
Alyson says
Did any of this said chocolate make it back to the states by chance??
Jillian says
@Mina- your photos are incredible! i can’t believe our timing! 🙂
Jillian says
@Eli-Strawberry chocolate waffles for breakfast, want to trade lives?! 🙂
Jillian says
@Alyson- well technically it made it back to within the borders of the US. Unfortunately nothing remains 🙂
Laura says
I’ll never forget the yummy smells of the streets in Brussels, especially the waffles cooking and the chocolate! You are making me hungry!!!
Jillian says
@Laura- Oh the smells…. I wonder if I can make chocolate myself?
Sofie says
We might not get a lot of sunshine and heat in Belgium, but we sure know how to keep our inner ovens turning!
The last couple of years there’s been a lot of experimenting going on in the chocolate field, or more specifically, the pralines (bonbons) field. Pralines with vegetables and stuff like that.
And maybe you know about the Belgian guy who moved to New York and started workin there as a street vendor, with his own Waffles stand? It’s called Wafels and Dinges and besides the typical waffles with fruits and sweets, you can also get waffles with, for example, meat!