1/2/2009
While I am not generally one for new year’s resolutions, I will say this: in 2009 I will make an effort to control my famously substantial appetite for French fries.
Let me make one thing clear, I’m not vowing to avoid fries altogether this year. I am just proposing to give up the baskets of deep-fried mediocrity I find myself frequently consuming.
Banished will be the soggy fast food fries, the sub-par pub fries and the rest of the previously frozen potato products that are endemic to our nation’s bars and restaurants. These are a black mark on the glorious fried potato and will henceforth be ignored. I promise.
Notable exemptions are the remarkable, addictive Disco Fries (smothered in melted brie and truffle oil) at Burger Bar in Norwalk, the crisp, golden fries served at BSF in Greenwich.
This resolution will hereby be suspended when traveling outside of Connecticut and will be taken under review while attending sporting events and/or beaches and coastally-adjacent seafood shacks.
Happy 2009.
–CP
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Hmm. I’m right down the road from Swanky Franks at Trader Joe’s right now…but I will try to resist.
-CP
How hard is it to make a decent fry?
Why can’t more local restaurants do it right?
Swanky Franks used to have nice ones; don’t know if they still do.