Arosa Cafe - Hans' Waffles

Across the street from Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Arosa cafe specializes in hand held waffles coated in a thin sugary topping. Actually.... that's pretty much all they do. That and coffee. It's also they need to do. The cafe was originally started many years ago (some say decades) by Hans, a german (belgian?) expatriot who spent that time perfecting his waffle batter recipe. The business has since changed hands to a lovely young woman but the batter is still being mixed by the same man so the magic hasn't changed a bit. The waffles are about the size of your hand, and are crunchy, warm and just a little bit sweet. I went back two days in a row for breakfast while on a recent business trip to the area.

Flavor (Spot) - Home of the Dutch Taco.

Somehow "dutch taco" sounds sort of dirty to me. But anyway. These are basically waffle sandwiches. I've only ever eaten here once before, but I woke up this morning craving a waffle from here, so we went there for lunch. It was delightful. I should get a picture of the cart from the outside. It's pretty cute. They are in a parking lot on the south end of Mississippi in North Portland, but have really done up the cart and area around quite well.

Anyway! On to the Dutch Tacos! I had the special today, which was strawberries, whipped cream and nutella sandwiched (or taco'ed) in between the waffle. I'm normally more of a belgian waffle lover than the flatter variety, but the waffles here are super good, and very crispy, but moist inside. Delicious.

George had what may be the most brilliant sandwich ever conceived. Bacon, wrapped in Cheese, wrapped in turkey, wrapped in a mother-*bling*ing waffle. Holy Moses! He seemed to enjoy it. Scott had the "Lemon Pie", which was lemon curd, whipped cream and waffle. He thought it was awesome as well.

Nice work, Flavor Spot. I'll definitely be back.