My Foodprint

Have you noticed out of the corner of your eye a yellow and red truck crossing some busy avenue? Have you seen the same truck parked to the curb, a line forming at its open back window? This is the Wafels and Dinges (things) truck, a roaming food truck which has become the Where’s Waldo (the colors to match) of New York City. Deeply sympathetic to the Belgian way of life, and eager to spoon heavy globs of Nutella on each wafel, the truck offers two different varieties of wafels. One is called the liege and eats as if injected with subterranean pellets of sugar, which when warmed in the truck’s wafel presses turn a molten seducer. The other variety of wafel is more straightforward. The Brussels is a batter driven, deep squared, battle tank of a wafel, ready to accept any of the many toppings (strawberries, whipped cream, Nutella, dulce de leche, maple syrup, and Belgian chocolate fudge) the Wafels and Dinges truck has on hand.

For those of you who haven’t experienced Wafels & Dinges and live in the New York city area, please treat yourself and find the truck. Buy a Wafel and enjoy. The truck’s location can be roughly determined from its web site.

–Nick