The whole point of my eating the Lean Cuisine's is to have a healthy lunch and not some big calorie explosion everyday. Today's lunch was unfortunately that calorie explosion. We took a trip to Happy Fatz in The Heights for some of the biggest hot dogs I have ever seen.
My lunch mates each had The Clucker; a dog topped with onion, hash browns and a runny fried egg.
One had chips as his side and the other chose coleslaw. Anyway, how crazy does that dog look? Dogs are quarter pound Hebrew National beef franks (which are awesome tastewise always so hat tip to that), buns were buttery and toasted crisp on each side. You can't really tell how big the dog is in the photo, but its impossible to pick it up to eat. You have to use a fork and knife. The complaint from the dudes on this dog was that it was good, but the egg isn't cooked with a runny enough middle. Ideally you would be able to prick the yolk and have it run all over the hashbrowns and soak into the bun a little bit, but it was too well done for that. The top of the yolk was runny but then underneath it was cooked through so they lost the benefit of all the runny yolk. For one of my co-workers who is a fried egg affcianado, he complains generally that he has not yet found a place in Houston that can do a good soft poached egg or sunny side up runny. However, both said it was better than the last time they were there and really good.
I loves me some kraut dogs so when trying a new hot dog place this is usually my go to if offered. If not, then I do a dog with bright yellow French's mustard only. And I am embarrassed to say I ate almost this whole thing. Maybe 2/3. I was starving after the Fit Muffin fiasco from this morning (see earlier post). Overall dog was good, but it could have been much better. Spicy mustard was standard out of the bottle. Homemade would have been awesome. Maybe some spicy honey? The pretzel bun was nice but a little heavy in this combo. That is one dense and heavy bun my friends. I would like to take a moment to rave about the sauerkraut. Happy Fatz puts it in some kind of reduction and the end result is a nicely chopped and very tender and flavorful traditional kraut. The reason I say this dog could have been better is b/c it needed more of a homemade touch. The kraut was a good start but maybe do an apple cider vinegar reduction or like I said, make some kooky spicy mustard to go with. On the bun, while I like the idea of the pretzel bun, I think what I would have preferred to eat would have been something lighter that was buttery and toasted. A crispy bun that melts in your mouth would have been so nice with the sauerkraut. Despite the standardness of the final product I was happy with it and it was mighty tasty. One reason I get kraut dogs is b/c they are hard to screw up even if the kraut is bad. A beer actually would have been great with this hot dog too. Alas, Happy Fatz doesn't sell beer. boooo.
Coleslaw was a nice helping with a sweet vinegar based sauce. I'm also a big coleslaw fan. I appreciate a good slaw with some flavor vs just cabbage in mayo that you get at so many places.
For dessert I got a slice of red velvet cake to go. On the one hand I don't really consider myself a fan of red velvet, but then when I see it I feel compelled to try it. Happy Fatz red velvet was moist and very good as cake, but not so much as red velvet. My understanding has always been that red velvet is a version of chocolate cake, and this one was not chocolatey at all. It was a nice flavor though. Just kind of sweet. I'm not even sure I would call it vanilla, but it's yummy. Now the frosting I really liked. Very light with good vanilla flavor. NOT cream cheese frosting so yay for that. I think cream cheese frosting is over used so I was perfectly happy to have a nice vanilla frosting.
I think this was prob an 800 calorie lunch which means I have to run tonight or go swim some laps and eat air and water for dinner.
Ratings:
Baron Von Rachit hot dog: 3 1/2 out of 5 microwaves. I think the bun held it back from a 4.
Red Velvet cake: 3 out of 5 microwaves.
Calories = a billion.
BOTH RECOMMENDED
Now, I don't eat LCs on the weekends so look for me again Monday. I have to go food shopping this weekend. I'll try to get a variety of my favorite Lean Cuisine's plus some new ones I have not tried yet.
Have a great weekend!
Ed. note: I did a rough calorie calculation and my dog was about 530 calories and the cake was about 350. yikes!!
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