Who doesn't love a dog?

So, we'd heard about it, read about it, dreamed about it, pressured strangers for information about it. KK even tried to find it once.

Finally on Monday the cafe was being renovated (!) and KK and I had to go to a restaurant auction place. Lunch time was coming and since we were already in the car...we went in search of the

SPEED'S HOT DOG WAGON!!!!!

KK bought us dogs and we brought one back for CVW (below).

Here are some of the features of this incredible Half-Pound Hot Dog!:

-soaked in some sort of apple cider situation
-nestled in a hot grilled bun
-grilled to order and split down the middle
-topped with condiments all made especially for this dog at this stand
homemade sweet fruit relish
beanless chili
onions
mustard
-wrapped well to travel and stayed hot.
-it costs $7 - but this was a hefty meal.
-it sits in front of the Katsiroubas Warehouse at 42 New Market Square in Roxbury.
-Cash only.
-they go down faster than you'd think


GO! (it looks like there is coupon on the website but it needs to be updated. ) NOW!

Hot diggity dog!

There is a little place to stop in between the United States and the rest of Europe called, Iceland. The landscape is stark; the blue lagoon is hot; the population is small; the capital is small; the puffins are small.

I had two days and I was focused on two things: baby puffins and hot dogs. In my pre-trip research I learned that while we were arriving a week after pride in the only country with an openly gay head of state that at least we were in time for watching puffins!
I also learned that among various forms of putrefied shark meat this little country was known for a delicious hot dog. This information proved to be the anchors of our loose agenda.

Hot dogs in Europe are different. They are crunchier and spicier and well topped. In Iceland the absolute best place for one of these deluxe dogs is Bæjarins Beztu, a metal stand down by the water. The classic is served up with a dark & sweet mustard, ketchup, fried onions and raw onions on a bun. In 48 hours, more than one trip was made here. What tasty and satisfying food which proved to be the cheapest meal on my vacation!

It was only upon going through customs on the way home that we learned Icelandic hot dogs are one of the few meat products the discerning U.S. of A. will not confiscate.
I really blew that opportunity. If anyone is going…pick me up a pack?






(don’t worry, I also went on a puffin watch and got the best view of the city while watching the struggle that is the flight of the odd little puffin. Two members of our group even enthusiastically ate puffin at a local restaurant. I understand that it was very smoked.)