Ah, Charlie Palmer, how do you do it? While we're all knee-deep in the stink, you forge onward. I suppose there are still rich people around, and they've gotta eat somewhere. And for those of them who watch football, I suppose $11 is nothing to pony up for a hot dog come SuperBowl Sunday.
More specifically, it's Charlie Palmer's Wagyu hot dog. Wagyu, if you don't know, is the American cousin of Japanese Kobe beef.
Think about it.
A Kobe beef hot dog.
Insane if we weren't in a recession; comically hysterical while we're in one.
But you know what? I'd pay $11 for it, if only to have the story to tell that I ate an $11 hot dog. Plus, I hear that it comes with chips. And not just Lays.
If you think the concept of the wiener is crazy, these chips are downright certifiable. The PR person who e-mailed described them as “house made roasted chicken flavor potato chips which he fries in chicken fat, fresh rosemary, garlic and a touch ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) for sourness”.
For Charlie Palmer's full list of SuperBowl Sunday craziness, click here.
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.
There is some great Japanese food being served at the Yummy House at 120 S Brea Blvd Brea, Ca.
Everything is made to order. Yuki, the chef, takes great pride in her cuisine. It’s one of the best kept secrets in the OC.