Print'Top Chef' Does Hot Dogs Tonight
On tonight's Top Chef, the aspiring top toques have to cook hot dogs. The show sprung a surprise on the contestants by bringing in one of New York's premiere hot dog cart purveyors, Angelina D'Angelo, to show them how it's done.
I'm proud to see Angelina, because I wrote about her in my New York Times hot dog round-up in 2005. I love the idea of Angelina appearing on the show, but I have no clue why they chose Donatella Arpaia as the guest judge. Donatella's a really good restaurateur whom I know reasonably well, but my guess is she knows squat about hot dogs.
If you want to try one of Angelina D'Angelo's hot dogs head to Dominick's on Woodhaven Boulevard and 65th Road in Rego Park, Queens (map). She's usually there on weekdays after 11 a.m.
A preview of the episode, after the jump.
'Top Chef' Does Hot Dogs
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4 Comments:
Come on... Donatella = hot dog = food porn.
Bravo network knows what this is.
Don't be so naive.
nhh2727 at 10:28PM on 11/19/08
It makes me sad that none of them make hotdogs, or any kind of finely ground sausage. At best a few made a coarse smokey sausage (clever idea to use bacon to get the pork fat and smokey flavor). The winner wasn't anything like a hotdog except it would make sense as street food.
peekpoke at 1:33AM on 11/20/08
A White Sox game, sun, a few beers, and a proper dog dragged through the garden. Heaven.
NotAmerican at 2:28AM on 11/20/08
Man, her hot dog looked great. And, unlike the cheftestants, it was a real hot dog.
gwong at 10:45AM on 11/20/08