08/18/2023
Stroll and Bowl Food Review #69
Seoul Dog
154 O'Connor St, Ottawa
August 17, 2023
https://seouldog.company.site/
Happy Birthday, Lance!
My Stroll & Bowl Partner turned 30something today, so we decided to do a food review for Seoul Dog - Korean Hog Dog.
The place is where the old Bacon Factory used to be, which was some shawarma place before that. This particular business was located temporarily where 222 Lyon Tapas Bar used to be, but enough about the musical chairs - what did we get?
Well the way it works, you order your protein type, dough type, and coatings from a priced chart. All items are in the $9 to $11.50 range. Some sauces have an upcharge; more on that later. Here's what we got...
Jamie - full beef dog, jalapeno dough, potato coat, no sugar (sauces, ketchup and garlic sauce +$1!)
Lance - half beef, half cheese, jalapeno dough, potato coat, no sugar (sauces, two mustards)
First off, the guy working there (James) was super-chill. He reminded me of Jeff Skunk Baxter, the bass player who left the Doobie Brothers to become a military weapons expert. He guided us through the process as I looked around trying to find where on the wall any side dishes were listed. I didn't find any, but according to their website they have fries, rice cake skewers, and takoyaki, which is essentially Japanese for Tim-Bit. On the wall mirror there was a painting of fried chicken with "$18" as part of the artwork, so I guess there's that too.
We're not going to lie, we were both pretty baked. Like, can't-find-each-other-at-the-same-city-corner-baked. When we got the corn dogs we were both impressed by size of these things! The hotdog inside was big, and juicy, likely a Nathan's Jumbo that the belated James Street Pub used to make six different meals out of back in the day. The coating's dough did have a nice jalapeno kick, but I felt like it was a little undercooked for my liking. Lance bit into the cheese-side of his first so he couldn't tell this immediately. He told me that next time he'll also get a full hotdog instead of halfa hunka cheese. What kind of cheese was it? We don't know; we're assuming mozzarella. The potato coating is basically rolling the dough-covered dog and/or dog-hunkacheese hybrid in a pile of hash brown cubes, then the whole thing is stuck in the deep fryer.
Paried with the K-dawgs (as you can see in the photo) were two picnic mustard packs for Lance and one shot of ketchup and one oz of pizza garlic dipping sauce for me. The garlic sauce was one dollar extra. I'm still working that out my head, because I'm pretty sure that's not what I was expecting for an upcharge. Oh well, live and learn.
These were some tasty, trendy novelty extravagancies. This is bascially expensive junk food. I wouldn't classify these corn dogs as appropriate for an actual 'meal'. This a place to steer tourists to for their insta feed, or maybe a physical place for Tinder dates to hide their deep sadness; I'm suddenly reminded of the lyrics to Bob Seger's 'Fire Inside'. Oh, maybe that's the jalapeno dough saying 'hi' again...
That's all for now,folks.
See you soon, and Happy Birthday Lance!!
