All In A Days Work: Waffle Mania

Before we headed out to get Myst running, we had a little waffle stall running for about 2 months as a little past-time project. It was certainly a fun experience, and considering that none of us had any experience with a waffle iron before - we actually only spent 1 day in testing the machine before rolling out to the market.

How things happened were certainly very interesting as the operator for the desserts shop had requested us to start within a 3 day's notice if possible. Up for the thrill of the challenge, we obliged and rushed over to get the machine we have been eyeing at the Boulevard Mall. The waffle iron was made in Malaysia (*grin*), and it was much cheaper than many other imported models that were being used in the market.

Well, there are some interesting quirks about this machine. Ours was of the same size, but the depth of the iron makes its waffles much bigger - which required us to come up with a new formula for making money other than copying the Magic Byte clones out there in the market. Soon enough, we came up with a recipe of our own that we believe is somewhat superior in many ways as opposed to a power-based batter. Well, that's the way we look at it - We believe that fresh and natural ingredients are always superior to anything that passes through the manufacturing process.

Business was booming initially - though ever since we moved the waffle machine to our waffles bar in Myst Cafe, it has somewhat slowed dramatically, probably due to its location that new guests are unaware that we do have waffles for sale unless they look into our menu. Nevertheless, we still retain its signature size and taste, with a new variety of flavours including ice-cream waffles to accompany your meal at affordable prices.

There is also another catch to our waffles - The art of removing waffles from the iron ROFL. Naturally, anything cheap is not too durable either, and I guess the same goes for our dear local made waffle iron. It has went through some heating problems, and the biggest problem is the wear and tear of the non-stick surface. Removal of waffles has evolved into some sort of art where you can actually observe the bartender performing world-class stunts of flexibility in an attempt to remove the waffle in once piece while avoiding the searing heat of the waffle iron. Truly a sight to behold :D

Another random article on some of our daily incidences with the crew :D