so one of my coworkers heard about this fancy hot dog place near adams morgan (a little over a mile away from my office)… we decided to make the trek a couple of wednesdays ago.
the place is owned/started by the same people who run the late night falafel shop in adams morgan too. my coworker had heard good things about the place, but also that it’s a bit pricey. $5 hot dogs? and there’s even a $20 special kobe beef hot dog!
one of my coworkers ordered the spicy DC halfsmoke. another ordered beef & pork NJ ripper; it was deep fried which is the first time i’ve ever seen a hot dog deep fried. one coworker and i both ordered the andouille which wasn’t too spicy. we split an order of fries, which were nice and crispy and most importantly, saltly :). i got the $1 “uptown” fixing bar which was pretty impressive. a lot of different toppings, but i honestly didn’t use that many of them. it was kind of annoying because i pretty much paid that $1 so that i could get sauerkraut on my hotdog… i think that should’ve been part of the free fixing bar. oh well, i ended up adding bacon to my hot dog to maximize my $1.
overall, the hot dog was good. but i also didn’t seem too special. perhaps i should’ve tried the deep fried hot dog or the $20 kobe beef hot dog (my coworker was regretting not trying it) so that it would’ve been a more unique experience. i don’t think it’s a place i’d frequent often (because of distance, but also because of cost)
4 responses so far ↓
1 jie // May 7, 2007 at 3:12 pm
whats the name of the falafel place!
2 talida // May 7, 2007 at 6:09 pm
let’s go to costco for hot dogs! seriously, this week maybe? i had a huge hot dog craving yesterday..
3 monkey // May 9, 2007 at 1:11 pm
the falafel place in adams morgan is called Amsterdam Falafelshop
4 Ren-Yi // May 9, 2007 at 4:54 pm
i heard about this place through a tv food show. it had a review on the kobe hot dog. they showed him in the restaurant ordering it, eating it and then reviewing it.
now i want hotdogs…the nathan’s kind
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