Having spent a wonderful sunny afternoon in East London at Jamie Olivers 10th anniversary celebrations of his "fifteen" restaurant/foundation (and for the sake of this blog natch) sampling the UK's best street food (courtesy of the Eat Street organisers) - something we too are extremely passionate about, we are delighted to be wearing our badges (and by badges I mean meat sweats) with pride
If you are wondering what the above is, its a Huge Pole not Marcin Wasilewski the polish centre back but a 1/5kg dog from big apple dogs - if I had one sentence to describe it I'd probably say "Bigger than Ken Monkou (Southampton fan in-joke) with a semi" but in all seriousness (or as serious as we get at 7bone) there's a proper-ish review and a couple more pics (shock horror) below...
Let's start with the 1st bite (always a good place to start) the pop of the natural casing is everything you'd expect from a proper US style dog, the meat is very well seasoned, spiced with paprika and coarsely ground which meant it was amazingly juicy and not mushy. A truly impressive dog! As an aside there was also a nice range of condiments and its a really nice touch with the 'help yourself' kraut and pickles too. Post eating didn't do much for my street cred, as my handlebar was an utter shambles (covered in american mustard and smelling of sausage (ooh matron) If we ever get round to selling dogs out the wagon these boys (and girls) will be the 1st port of call. Follow them on twitter @bigapplehotdogs
I'd put my neck on the line and say they're prob the best dogs in the UK (I'm always happy to be proved wrong, so if YOUR dog is better message me and I'll send you the 7bone taste testing address) and I'll give an impartial evaluation. I thank you.
Next up the Ribman (@theribman on that there twitter) as you'll see (or not as is the case) from the ommitted picture of my rib bun - I'm absolutely devastated as by the time I finished my big apple dog and joined the queue (we Brits love a queue) the ribman had already sold out!! If its any consolation the smug, shoreditch twat stood next to me with his rib bun looked happy and the rib and bun combo looked amazing. So I consoled myself with 2 pints and a barbecoa pulled pork sandwich (in the pic below) which was pretty damn good too (fennel seed in the pickled cabbage in the slaw was ace) few more pics of the day with dancers and everything. Cap doffed to Mr Oliver, peace love and BBQ the (much heavier) 7bone team x
