The Hack That Adds New Life To Bland Hotel Breakfast Waffles
Staying at a hotel is all swanky fun and games until the free continental breakfast is a sad platter of powdered eggs, tasteless sausage, and uninspired waffles. However, thanks to TikTok, there's a fresh new way to brighten up your hotel breakfast waffles for a more memorable morning.
A TikTok user and hotel breakfast innovator took to the social media platform to share a simple but sweet travel hack for boring hotel waffles. To get a fresher taste to your hotel waffles, grab some of the buffet's assorted fruit, add the waffle batter to the griddle, and top with fruit before shutting it tight to cook. When you open up the waffle iron, you'll have a zesty, fruit-laced waffle that's better than any boring old hotel waffle. If you want to spruce it up even more, consider adding bits of bacon, sausage, and egg for a breakfast platter-inspired waffle that brings a savory, protein-rich kick to your syrup-drenched breakfast cake.
Safety concerns over customized hotel breakfast
Although the original video garnered support from fellow waffle reformists, others cited concerns over food safety and cross-contamination. For instance, one TikTok user wrote, "Good idea...but what if someone in the hotel is allergic to berries?"
@kailadoscope How would they know this is hotel breakfast? 🤔 #foodie #travelnoire #breakfasthack #hotelhacks #fyp #brunchideas
If a fellow hotel guest is allergic to the fruit you add to your jazzed-up continental breakfast waffle, you're putting them at risk of having a potentially life-threatening reaction. Even though they're not consuming the fruit directly, those who have sensitivities to certain fruits can still have a reaction. According to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Connection Team, cross-contamination is one of the leading concerns among people who experience and manage food allergies. Cross-contamination occurs quite easily when someone makes direct contact with kitchen utensils that have been tainted with food they're allergic to.
One hotel employee criticized the video with concerns over property damage commenting, "I will ask people at my hotel to only put waffle batter in our irons. That's a way to damage the machine." If you want to enjoy this tasty hotel breakfast hack without damaging the waffle iron or putting fellow guests at risk, check with the hotel staff to ensure that's acceptable to customize your waffle. If it's not encouraged, just try this hack at home or add fresh berries to the finished product instead.