As we mentioned when we went for herring at the Grand Central Oyster Bar, there just isn't much Dutch food in NYC and that's sad for us because we've truly loved our visits to the Netherlands. Earlier this fall (I said we needed to clear out our draft archives...), there was an Urban Space market on Broadway that we made it to once, and we were very happy to see that they had a stall selling poffertjes, little Dutch pancakes that we've only ever eaten in Amsterdam (read about the poffertjes we got in Amsterdam here).
They were selling poffertjes in batches of 15 for $5. That seemed expensive for a light snack, but after I did the math, it wasn't that much more than we paid in Europe. There, it was 2 euro for 10 pieces, so it would be close to $4 (under current exchange rates) for 15. These were only $1 more, and for all we know, that's what they could be going for now in Amsterdam, since our visit to Amsterdam for poffertjes was 4 years ago.
It was a smaller operation than what we saw at the Albert Cuyp Markt, but it was still fun watching them make the pancakes for our order. They came the way they traditionally do, topped with butter and a coating of powdered sugar.
These poffertjes were good. The texture was soft and spongey like they should be, and they were delicious dressed in butter and sugar. We liked the ones in Amsterdam a little bit more (those were a little fluffier), but we were pretty happy just to be able to get poffertjes somewhere, as we don't really have the correct equipment to make them ourselves. We have no idea where Poffertjes Man sets up other than the street markets, but we'll be keeping an eye out. Hopefully NYC will see more Dutch food someday!
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