Dotting the canals and beltways of Amsterdam are these “haringhuis”, or herring stands. In these little stands ladies gut and clean fresh herrings to make herring sandwiches, the so-called national dish of the Netherlands. Let me repeat that: The NATIONAL DISH of the Netherlands is a raw herring sandwich. I will happily become a single-issue [...]
Sunday, September 23, 2007
One sunny summer day I was beveraging at the Habana Outpost in Brooklyn (757 Fulton Street, Brooklyn) and realized that while I was having a nice time, it would be about three times as good with a tasty sandwich. Thankfully, they have plenty. This fine specimen is the ‘devil chicken’, but should probably be renamed [...]
Saturday, September 1, 2007
I was walking the halls at work the other day and spied one of those amazing futuristic ice cream machines with the little freezer inside and the magic suction tentacle. Then I spied the biggest pre-packaged ice cream sandwich I’ve ever seen: the blue bunny. This puppy is mammoth. So, I got one for $1.25 [...]
Next on my journey for ice cream sandwich omnipotence is this sorry excuse for the real thing. No mater what those hippy vegans say, soy “ice cream” still tastes like cardboard (just like those soy dogs — disgusting). It continues to amaze me that we can send people to the moon and launch robots to [...]
Everyone started chanting “DQ! DQ! DQ!” and off to DQ we went. I wasn’t too excited since they serve mostly ice cream and not sandwiches, which is like heresy in the church of sandwich. Someone asked me what I wanted and I started reading the menu while beginning to decline, “oh, noth — “, [...]
Want a delicious sandwich, but the insane humidity and heat has ruined your cheese? Is everyone eating ice cream cones and you feel left out?
No need to fear, grab a tasty ice cream sandwich and join the summertime fun!
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be reviewing all the ice cream sandwiches I can find. And since [...]