One of London's most Instagram-able foods is the bubble waffle from Nosteagia. Nosteagia started as a company selling bubble tea and Asian sweets in London on Brick Lane. The company combine English and Asian food, which is then served in an innovative manner. The bubble waffles are created in a waffle maker with a mould that cooks the batter into puffy air-filled waffles. These are then combined with cream and toppings. There are many flavours to choose from.
I decided to try one for myself a few weeks ago. Their permanent location is at Shoreditch High Street at PUMP, which is a former petrol station lot but is now home to a dozen street food vendors with a selection of different foods from all over the world.
I had spent awhile walking around Shoreditch, so a bubble waffle was on order. I had to wait around for fifteen minutes for them to finish getting ready for the day. (Even though it was noon, the vendors at PUMP don't open until about 12:30 on a Saturday as they are getting ready for the day.) They are open until 9:00 in the evening, and the evening is probably when they do most of their business.
I watched as the batter was poured into the waffle maker and then removed a couple of minutes later. (The one in the photograph above had a little too long, and they cooked another one without asking.)
Flavours include peanut butter and CocoPops cereal, marshmallow and chocolate, green tea and Oreo cookies, banana and Nutella, strawberry and cream, coconut, M&Ms and chocolate, and cookie. I opted for the Cookie Monster variety, which contained Nutella, cream, cookie pieces, and chocolate sauce.
The dessert was really delicious and filling, but it's not quite as rich/heavy as it looks here. It's perfect after a light meal or if a pick-me-up is needed.
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