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Besides the quintessential
bagel and
thin slice, New York is famous for their hotdogs. You can obtain hotdogs in a variety of forms in New York; from the bare-bones street cart to fancier places. Papaya King has been around since 1931 (in particular this
very one on 86th and 3rd), so obviously they must be doing something right.
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Started off with the standard hotdog with relish and onions. Not too bad, the hotdog was pleasantly meaty with a snappy casing. The bun was also soft and not crusty.
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The curly fries were a tad bit greasy but combined with the ketchup, these salty and crispy spuds were pretty good. I guess I was lucky because I caught them just as they finished frying a fresh batch.
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Looking up against the wall, I saw this sign which spoke great words of wisdom.
Apparently it's true.
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To test the hypothesis, I ordered two chilidogs. The chili was just a little sweet for my liking and could have been much more hotter (in a spice sense). Nevertheless, these were still pretty good and I washed everything else with, you guessed it; a refreshing cup of papaya drink.
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With this many locations available, it's good to know I can pickup a good dog when I need one. Besides, if it's good enough for Kramer (Seinfeld fans probably know this), it's good enough for me.
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5 comments:
reading your post on a rainy wednesday morning in a place where it is difficult to find good dogs unless you're willing to pay over RM10 or more. i remember the sausage sizzles that we used to do in uni with longing, although i'm sure they're nowhere near the standard of Papaya King! point: why don't the Ramly burger stalls do hotdogs as well?
i wonder why it's called papaya king. :p
i miss papaya soymilk~
haha, same here! why it's called papaya king :P hahha.
The bread/bun looks soft, must be good :)
the name sounds cool! papaya king! hahahah : )
eve910: RM10 for a hotdog sounds like a total ripoff!!! Sausage sizzles haha, those were the days aye? Fire up the barbie mate!
jiaying: Well apparently they started off as a tropical juice store EVEN before they started selling hotdogs =P
zhengning: I actually did order their papaya drink =)
ladyironchef: It's funny how the hailed the papaya as the KING of tropical fruits. I think that title truly goes to the Durian, or is the Durian the King of ALL fruits?
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