My family and I discovered corn pizza when we lived in Japan and it quickly became our favorite topping. Since it’s not on the menu at the local Domino’s, whenever my parents order pizza, my dad takes over his own can of corn, they bake a pizza with it, and charge us for a plain. It’s genius! I recently requested it for my birthday dinner.
I had my doubts about a Tangerine Happy Hour (just started on Wednesdays last week) but I was doubtless by the end of the evening. $3 beers, $5 wines and cocktails, and $3 hummus and flatbreads. We chose the hummus: classic, olive, and tomato (yes–three kinds for $3!). It was out-of-this-world hummus. The classic was, by far, the most tasty and authentic. You could taste each ingredient down to the dash of paprika on top. The olive oil was quality. It was mmm mmm good.
I also enjoyed the tomato hummus, although it wasn’t quite as traditional. Little bits of tomato throughout gave it a slightly sweet flavor. The olive hummus was good, but not as good as the prior two. Generous amounts of kalamata olive bits made it a bit too olive-y but since I am an olive lover, I was fine.
I am not one who raves about “portion size.” I actually will berate someone who raves about portion size. I think that this is the least important aspect of a meal. But this was amazing, incredible, never ending hummus and pita. This portion size was almost magical. After inhaling the hummus for a half hour, we hadn’t even made a dent. Those bowls were deceivingly deep.
And after filling up on hummus and a few Walt Wits each, our total bill was around $20. Hey, Tangerine? This concept might be your savior for an otherwise empty establishment these days.
Today I continued my tour down Montgomery Avenue to Eppy’s parked right outside of the Student Center. Maybe it was because I had such high hopes for Eppy’s (best chicken fingers and grilled cheese on campus) that this might have been the worst breakfast sandwich so far. Let’s see how it scores.
Quick recap:
At first glance it looked OK. Nothing great, nothing unappetizing. The first bite was doughy and dry and I knew right away I was in trouble. When I could taste the fillings, which wasn’t often because of the horrible bagel, the peppered bacon had a nice thickness and the cheese was really nice, creamy, tasted like cheese.
But the stinginess of the bacon turned me off. One piece?! Really.
And the egg was gross. So incredibly gross that I felt nauseas for most of the day after eating that egg. It tasted like it had been cooked on a skillet that hadn’t been cleaned in a few days. The egg tasted like burnt oil, chicken batter, steak sandwich–all a few days old. It tasted like Oscar’s Tavern smells. I am shuddering at the thought of this egg. The tuckage was fine, but I hardly noticed past the taste.
Let’s get back to the bagel, briefly. It was dry. It cracked in half like a bagel really shouldn’t do because of the dryness. It was hardly toasted, unlike my request. I just did not like this sandwich-eating experience.
I may still go to Eppy’s, if I am on the south side of campus, and get some chicken fingers or cheese fries. But never again will I subject myself to a breakfast sandwich here.
Scoring:
Overall appearance: 6
Meat: 4
Egg (quality, quantity, and tuckage): 1
Greasiness: 7
Cheese (quality and quantity): 9
Condiments (quality and quantity.): 7
Carbohydrate Delivery System (credit: Matt Palmer): 3
Price: 6 ($2.85)
Accuracy of order: 9
Overall taste: 4
Total score: 56
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