After nagging my lovely colleague Stinky Parry to let me do a Beat Eats review, he finally let me. I’m somewhat of an expert and fan of the old hot dog, so it was totally the perfect assignment for me to make my debut as a culinary reviewer. I’ve even been known to cook them in our crusty 50 year old work microwave as a Friday lunch ‘treat’, so I know what I’m talking about.
The Frankfurters at Ferdydurke are Polish Parowka and are made by Rob ‘The Sausage King’. These dogs are cooked in craft beer and sauerkraut broth. Apparently, Rob’s even cooked hot dogs in the desert at Burning Man. And believe it or not, these classy creations are only $3 between 12pm-5pm and five bucks after those hours.
Ferdydurke was kind of busy while we were there, but I was totally thinking ‘why is every office worker in the whole city not here eating these fancy dogs?’ You guys, they are only $3! We tried every puppy on the menu, reminisced about Hot Dog from Big Brother (where the hell is he now?) and we were pretty darn impressed – they totally cut the mustard.
Stand outs were: the Paul Newman which was as babin’ as the late man himself (frank with spicy cream cheese, chili jam and spring onion), The Kraut (frank with beer braised sauerkraut and onion) and The Royale which is what a burger would taste like if it were a hot dog (mustard, cheese and so on). All the dogs have that satisfying snap to the skin, the beer broth adds a little special something and the buns are like little cloudy pillows of goodness.
Rob the legendary sausage man asked us if we’d like to try The Spilt and I said “Do I look like a lady that says no to a sausage?” I was disappointed to hear that it’s not a sweet hot dog but actually a banana split in a sweet bun with Nutella, banana, whipped cream and honeycomb. Oh well, it was still delicious. And only $3! By now I probably sound like a total tight ass raving on about the cheapness, but come on, how can you say no to the value?!
Verdict: Not all dogs are created equal. Why did I not know about these sooner? So much wasted time. If I worked in the city, I’d totally go and eat one (or ten) of these hot-diggity-dogs every day. They are cheap and tasty and we’ve been telling all our friends to go eat them ever since we dropped in.
BY NIGELA LAWSUIT
