a note of deliciousness

today did not seem like it would be a good eating day.

the l train crapped out on my way to campus this morning, so i just barely made it to class in time, without a chance to stop for the everything bagel with cream cheese i had planned my morning around. (luckily, by some weird kiss of fortune, i had stuffed half a nutrivalley granola bar in my pocket on the way out the door…otherwise, there’s no telling how i would have made it through two hours discussing the indian child welfare act).

it was no better at lunch. class let out early, so i when i went to the lounge to grab some food, the salad bar i had been planning on patronizing since yesterday was not yet open (medium-sized salad, with as many add-ins as you like, including seared tuna for $5.50…probably the only thing that’s a real deal about the fighting violets).

longing for a salad, i had to settle for a nasty, prepackaged grilled vegetable sandwich, one with thick chunks of colorless eggplant and slimy roasted red peppers encased in a wholly generic bun, all of it dripping a weird watery oil. blech. and for forty-five cents more than my delicious, delicious salad would have been!

the only positive thing about the ordeal was the pomegranate white tea (from honest tea) i picked up. it kept me company in the library, where i spent the next few hours reading – or perhaps, paying my dues, because reward was just around the corner.

my afternoon class was cancelled! this welcome surprise painted the sky blue and awakened a choir in my soul…a rollicking, boisterous choir, one that wanted to get out and have fun.

so i met andy at red mango, where we split a green tea frozen yogurt (real frozen yogurt, as the sign proclaims, not a mixture of water and powder and icky-ness) liberally heaped with fresh strawberries, the mini-est chocolate chips, and magical little sparkly balls of white mochi (i refer you now to a recent post at seriouseats.com: http://www.seriouseats.com/required_eating/2008/03/mochi-and-waffle-themoffle-big-in-japan.html).

soooo good! especially when accompanied by some good ol’ fashioned “catching up”/gossip (andy’s been traveling asia for the past week and a half! there was some serious catching-up in order). then, class being cancelled and our hearts feeling light, we were very productive and ran many errands.

then i was a good girl and went to the gym, only to see as i left the waffle truck! i had been wanting to try one of the belgian waffles profferred by the bright yellow truck.

i started with a standard brussels waffle, perfectly sweet and chewy and light. that was topped with a thick smear of nutella (which was tasty but left me with a big of a dog-eating-peanut-butter effect, and was too rich about half way through) and topped with cold syrupy strawberries (pretty shot of color, and the juiciness was a good contrast with the thickness of the nutella, but the flavor was a little bland next to the richness of the nutella) and a fairy dusting of powder sugar. the waffle itself is four dollars, and each topping (or dinges) is a dollar…or you can opt for a WMD: waffle of massive deliciousness (maybe that’s what bush was really hunting for?). all the toppings you want for $7 (other toppings include whipped cream, maple syrup, belgian chocolate fudge and dulce de leche). it’s definitely big enough to share, especially if you get a hefty topping like nutella. after a morning of unsatisfying food, the waffle was a note of deliciousness in a newly optimistic day.

next time: the savory waffle, topped with four cheese, chives, and a hint of nutmeg.

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