Hidden along Lake Ave. in sunny Pasadena, 15 miles northeast of Downtown, are the purveyors of the coolest most over thought wieners in town, Slaw Dogs. Much like the hamburgers with smears of essence of this and birds nests of fried organic purple onion that have taken over the brew pubs all over town, these dogs have kimchi piled high with fried egg, veggie dogs covered in mint ponzu ginger slaw, and even potato salad makes the toppings list. With surprising and creative specials that change often, you can go every day and have a completely different experience each time. My buddy Brian and I went one afternoon and almost couldn't pick just one from the epic menu. We compromised by agreeing to split two along with tater tots. Seriously, how could we not get tots? We ordered the special which was beef topped with sweet potato fries, sirracha mayonnaise, bacon, kimchi and a single fried egg. I love love love that fried eggs are the new Gorgonzola. Creamy, decadent, and full of delicious cholesterol, eggs on anything say, "I'm a hedonist and loving it." The second Dog was the Picnic Dog, beef wiener with potato salad, BBQ sauce, onion rings, and a dill pickle spear. Holy S**t I heart pickles.
We got our dogs, promptly whipped out the camera and snapped away. The minute you see these creations you realize they are special. Crammed with so many ingredients it's hard to even figure out how to eat these suckers. They even have a dog on the menu that has so many toppings that they have to do away with the bun and just wrap it in a freakin' tortilla. It's on the verge of being as crazy as the Taco Town Spoof on Saturday Night Live.
I won't go into a whole food porn description of every single bite, but I will say that it was definitely indulgent, delicious, and worth ever fat cell now joining the jiggle party on my tush.
They also have a location in Woodland Hills and they're location in Duarte also serves breakfast and sandwiches. Oh and I guess I should say that the DO have salads in the menu but I glazed over that part of the menu, I had serious eating to do.
