12:23
on a Thursday
The Gang Goes to Delaware
Kind of...
...well not at all actually. First off, there was not gang, it was just me, and second of all, it was Delaware Sub Shop. In Austin. Texas. Nowhere close to Delaware or Philadelphia. Nicer people though.
So here's what I'm going to tell you to do next Thursday. Go to Delaware Sub Shop for the special of the day, the Philly cheesesteak.
Now I've reviewed this place before, and it's a good sandwich shop, but it's pretty sterile inside and a place that's probably better suited for a carry out or a call ahead/quickie. But on Thursdays...oh, Thursday...the place is transformed by a full griddle of carmelizing onions and searing ribeye, filling the place with a greasy haze that even your eyeballs can taste, and making you feel as close to the wrong side of the tracks on Snyder Avenue as you can get this side of the Mississippi.
Seriously though, the place has a different feel on Thursdays, and I get the impression most of the crowd there are Thursday regulars. And even more seriously, the cheesesteaks are legit.
As with a true Philly cheesesteak, it starts with the bread. I'm not sure if this is a true Amoroso roll, probably not, but it sure has a really close taste and feel to it. Soft but sturdy, adequately malleable, with the telltale griddle marks and crispness on the edge indicating that these guys know what they're doing.
Order a 7" or a 14", the latter looks much more impressive split in half and side by side in its basket, and though fourteen inches sounds huge, the proportions are right, and I guarantee if you order the seven incher you're going to wish you had that second half.
Mushrooms and onions? Absolutely. Hot or sweet peppers? Hot please. Ketchup? No thanks, give me mayo.
And that was my order. The beef was hot and tender, slightly caramelized to flavor perfection. The mushrooms and onions were perfect. That fine line between crisp and soft, with just enough tooth to provide a contrast to the bread and meat, and with just enough cooking to give it that fantastic seasoned griddle flavor. The hot peppers are an addition that I'd recommend, I prefer hot to sweet, and prefer peppers to none. These appeared to have been the chopped cherry pepper variety, and added a cool, sweet heat to the sandwich. As for the mayo, I love it on a cheesesteak, I think because it feels a lot like an extension of the cheese without adding any conflicting flavors, and it fixes any dryness the sandwich may feature, though this one had no problems, and the mayo and provolone blended together to make this sandwich the best Philly cheesesteak I've had anywhere outside of Philadelphia, though I still long for a trip across the tracks back to John's Roast Pork
Summary
http://thefatartery.blogspot.com/2011/06/delaware-sub-shop-austin-tx.html
Only modification to my previously posted summary...go on Thursday. Get the cheesesteak.
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