Queen’s Day Miracle: Can Fresh Stroopwafels Save Danku?
In honor of Queen’s Day (?), which is today, Wined and Dined and Serious Eats: New York are reporting that Danku (on 57th btw. 5+6th) is going to start serving made to order stroopwafels, a kind of waffle cookie sandwich thing with a “hot caramel goo” in the center. You all know how I feel about Danku (and I know how you feel.) I love Indonesian food, and had incredibly high hopes for this new chain. But despite a few decent dishes, overall it was a pretty big letdown. Could this be the thing that turns it around?
Strangely enough, I was walking by Danku weeks a few weeks ago and they were handing out free samples of these stroopwafels… so I was a little surprised to read that they were “introducing” them today for Queen’s Day. (Maybe they were just “testing” them? Or maybe I was imagining things… because PR people never lie. Today is the day! Get excited!) Either way, the free sample I tried was pretty delicious… so if you’re into this kind of thing, I would definitely recommend checking it out. For more on the Danku Stoopwafel (and a behind the scenes look at exactly how they make them) check out Serious Eats: New York.
Related:
Everything You Wanted To Know About Danku (But Were Afraid To Try)
Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:30 am, April 30th, 2009 under Danku, Sweets.
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They are amazing – i lived in Holland several years back and lived off of those cookies. btw – Queens day is a great holiday in the Netherlands, everyone dresses in orange and is drunk all day – cheep food vendors everywhere!!
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dropped an “r” there . . . stroopwafels.
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Fanny Batter.
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stroopwafels rock the house! and I’ve never had them made to order. I’m so there!
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Something tells me as good as this sounds, danku will somehow f-up the execution the way they’ve f’d up all the execution of all their other offerings. It’ll take like 5 revisions before they get this one right.
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Nice try Zach – but it can’t possibly be from Danku, as it doesn’t look like feces
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damn I luv those things…
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I hear people are running over each other in Holland to get these cookies.
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too bad queen’s day was ruined today by a guy trying to kill the royal family by driving his car into their parade float. He ended up killing a few bystanders…
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Danku = Death
Ooooo… the town where I grew up had a Dutch confectioner, and these were amazing. The guy called them “caramel cookie waffles.” I may have to check them out.
mmm… caramelly goodness.