My Ode To Stroopwafels

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Stroopwafels

Stroopwafels! I know you come from a land that I haven’t been.

I know you are filled with gooey, caramel, deliciousness.

I know you are heavy like the ceramic saucer you come served on, but

I care not.

I care not you are 416 K-calories for the small and over 1000 calories for the large.

I care not that you are full of syrup and sugar and fat and other stuff my doctors condone.

I care not that there are “healthier options” in the horizon.

All I care about is you.

I love to place you delicately in the special space above the rim of my coffee cup and

Let the steam turn your chilled syrup into a warm goo.

I love to gently split you apart and let the caramel spill forth like spider webs from the wafers.

Oh, how I enjoy dunking you in the hot coffee- you’re much better than cream and sugar.

The last sip of coffee is always the most enjoyable yet so sad.

I savor it while shaking.

-Daniel Gray

About the Author

Daniel

Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.