Paradise Bakery & Cafe
Several locations in the US
Denver International Airport, Concourse C (Location visited)
Almost everybody complains that airplane food sucks. But that does have to correlate to food on airports? Pricey, bland, frozen, mass produced food provided by suppliers like Sysco, so far, my experience would agree with that statement. However, I must admit I might be mistaken, as I have been through only that many, including YVR (Vancouver International), Pearson (Toronto), Baltimore-Washington, O’Hare (Chicago), Philadelphia International and, most recently, St. Louis-Lambert and Denver International. And, as mentioned yesterday, my pseudo-dependency on Gravol.
On my last trip, I had to stop by Denver for a bit longer than expected (as in 6 hours…). After re-scheduling my trip, it was time to look for something to eat. I soon found out Denver International is big! I was in Concourse C and took me a couple of minutes to walk from one end to the middle point. And, when I got there, there were several restaurants, including fast food chains (read: MickeyD’s, among others). Was this the end of my streak? After walking around, I decided to stop at Paradise Bakery.
Condiments, condiments…
by KimHo on March 22, 2009 · 4 comments under: Comments,Random
I am not sure if anybody have noticed but, I have the odd tendency of taking pictures of the condiments at the table. For example, in Friday’s post of Red Robin, I took this picture:
Likewise, I took this picture from FatBurger:
Of course, that is not limited to burger places. The couple of times I have been in Vietnamese ones, I have taken pictures of the one on the tables, like this from Pho Thai Hoa:
The obvious reason, of course, is to show what type of condiments are left on the table. Ah, condiments, condiments… You can’t live without some of them; sometimes you can’t help wonder why there has to be some at all. I would rather not go through that debate; rather, I would like to check with you, what is your favourite condiment?
Since I am asking, I guess I should start this. Me, being Chinese, I have to say soy sauce. C’mon, that’s your quintessential Chinese condiment/ingredient! However, that does not work with all dishes. For example, soy sauce and fries? And, since I mentioned fries, once in a blue moon, I go for catsup (OK, ketchup, which ever spelling works for you!); however, I would try with malt vinegar (just like Brits), white vinegar (here in Canada) or mayo. But, in the end, I will go for yellow mustard. In fact, mustard, is the second condiment in my list but, depending on the application, it might be a different one. For example, for dim sum, Chinese mustard; for burgers or hot dogs, yellow mustard; for other sandwiches and for salad dressing, Dijon mustard, and so on. The only one that I don’t really “like” that much would be honey mustard. After that, the following condiment would be hot sauce – more on the lines of Chinese style chili sauce. You need something spicy once in a while, you know!
Some condiments are dependant on the application but some of them I find them a bit too narrow. For example, I can’t think of using plum sauce for things other than roasted/BBQ poultry (Peking duck anybody?).
In the end, there is on cardinal rule: I always taste my food before adding any condiment (unless the dish already comes with it, like BBQ sauce or soy sauce in a lot of dishes). Needless to say, I find it a bit nerve wracking when people just start adding salt even before tasting their food…
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