Chicago Dogs

Much to my good friend (and Chicago native) Dave's surprise, one of this year's biggest dietary discoveries for me is realizing I like Chicago dogs. Shortly after moving home and after realizing I hadn't had a hot dog in a long time (particularly due to having lived in Europe), I decided to give this little place called Chicago Dogs a shot. Initially, I wasn't sure I would like Chicago dogs, having all the extra stuff on them, so I got one Chicago dog and one regular hot dog. Let's just say that after that first visit, I haven't gotten any more regular hot dogs.

Well, although I love Chicago Dogs (the restaurant), it is now too far from me to visit on any regular basis now that I've moved, but today I finally got around to trying another hot dog place closer to me, Mike's Hot Dogs. Although it was good to try someone else's take on the same meal, I just wasn't feeling Mike's Chicago dogs as much as those at my original restaurant, most-likely due to what I perceived to be an imbalance of its main ingredients (in my opinion, there was too much of almost all the toppings, leaving it hard to taste the hot dog itself).

Now I'm just waiting to try a real Chicago dog in its namesake city, hopefully on my next visit to see Dave (who somewhat ironically doesn't like Chicago dogs!).