DaBaby defends $45 waffle at NO KNIFE CHICKEN & WAFFLES
DaBaby is pushing back on the backlash about his new Charlotte, NC restaurant prices. The $45 soul food cornbread waffle isn't made from Jiffy Mix or just water and flour; it's 100% homemade cornbread. That plate gets topped with collard greens, turkey leg meat, macaroni and cheese, a sweet potato souffle with pecans, and four pieces of fried chicken. He says that combo makes it worth way more than the price tag.
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Waffle House has something for you, you know what I mean? But if you want an elevated dining experience, if you want a waffle, and Waffle House, I'm sorry, don't let this come off a shade to you. This isn't just flour and water. Our sweet potato waffle is infused with real sweet potatoes. They're folded into the batter. Our blueberry lemon waffle, it's really infused with real lemons. Everything about every waffle, even the soul food cornbread waffle. That's the $45 waffle. Okay, tell us what makes this thing $45. So this is no flour and water with this. This is real homemade cornbread. This is not Jiffy Mix. This is real homemade southern recipes. So this is cornbread, right? The waffle is made out of 100% cornbread. It's topped with collard greens with turkey leg meat, collard greens with turkey leg meat, macaroni and cheese, and sweet potato souffle. Not casserole, souffle with pecans. And we also included four pieces of fried chicken. This is really a $100 waffle.
