Cheesehead
September 13th, 2007 by bahua
This is the first of hopefully many entries in a new segment here on kcrag. Our own galavanting restaurant afficionado, known on the forum by his moniker, “mean,” had this to say about our first entry: Cheesehead Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Enjoy!
Went with three coworkers. I had the Chicago dog, one coworker had the “vee” and two had the club. We were all quite happy with our sandwiches, and the two of us who got cole slaw were pleasantly surprised to find that it is not nasty, overly-sweet, mayo-based slaw with practically pureed cabbage, but is instead more of a Carolina slaw, a tasty cabbage salad with a slightly sweet and tangy dressing. Tasted like an apple cider vinaigrette. Good stuff.
The Chicago dog grilled cheese was great, they even have the crazy neon green Chicago relish in effect. I’m always up for a Vienna Beef dog, and it was as good as I expected. The Texas toast was tasty and well-caramelized, with a great buttery crunch. I was a teensy bit wary of the Cheddar and mozzarella combo, thinking provolone might be a better fit, but my fears proved to be for naught; it was quite tasty. The only (minor) disappointment was that I couldn’t really taste the onion or celery seed which were supposed to be there. The sandwich was delicious even without their presence being noticeable, but it would have been that much closer to sandwich perfection with them. It also would have been quite cool if they could have somehow put the sandwich on Texas toast with poppy seeds baked into it, but that’s probably asking a bit much.
The prices seemed a touch high for what you get, but certainly not unreasonable, and the quality is definitely there. I’ll gladly pay 10-15% more for a really good sandwich. None of us had been to Cheesehead before today, and the verdict was unanimous: we will be back.