FOOD
&
DRINK
PHOTO
KEVINMARPLE
FOODSTYLING
MEGANSHEA
AMERICANWAY
APRIL2016
35
More than21million frankfurterswillbe
consumedatmajor leagueballparks thisseason.
Now, thestadiumstaple isgoingglobal.
EATINGHOTDOGS
at baseball
games is soAmerican it’s practically
written into theConstitution. But
times have changed since thefirst
ballpark frankwas servedmore
than a century agobySt. Louis
Browns ownerChris vonderAhe
(most likely as away to sellmore
beer). Baseball rosters havebecome
increasingly international, and so
have thehot dogs. You can still
get your standardFenwayFranks
andDodgerDogs in thepark, but
there’s agourmet, global hot-dog
trend takingover the streets.
In2005, whileSeattleMariner
IchiroSuzuki was setting records as
themost successful Japaneseplayer
inMLBhistory, aVancouver street
cart called
Japadog
(
Japadog
.com
)madehistoryof adifferent
sort by servinghot dogs toppedwith
traditional Japanese ingredients.The
Terimayocombines teriyaki sauce,
dried seaweed strips andmayonnaise
—and that’sonly thebeginning.
Moreadventurous Japadog lovers
select toppings likegrated radish,
salty/sour umeplum sauceand
friedbuckwheat yakisobanoodles.
Japadog isnowa full-fledgedempire
withmultiple locationson theWest
Coast andaJapadogclonecalled
GourmetDogJapon twomiles from
SafecoField, theMariners’ ballpark.
Dog-lovingbaseball fans in
theSouthwest arebeing served
anotherborder-crossing frank: the
SonoranDog
.Namedafter the
Mexican state southofArizona,
the spicy sausage that iswrapped in
mesquite-smokedgrilledbaconand
then toppedwithpicodegallo, ranch-
stylebeansandamayodrizzle.The
delicacy is soldatChaseField, home
of theArizonaDiamondbacks. “The
SonoranDog isunique to theculture
inourownbackyard,” saysDiamond-
backsPresident&CEODerrickHall.
“We showcasean item that fanscan
relate toandfindnostalgic.”
Arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com
Colombia iswell represented
inMajor LeagueBaseball, and
versionsof theColombianHot
Dog (or
PerroCaliente
) canbe
foundacrossAmerica, especially in
Miami. Pineapples, crushedpotato
chips andhouse-made “pink sauce”
made frommayoandketchup
forma tropical picnic inabun. It’s
theperfect snackbeforecatching
aMiamiMarlinsgame just a few
miles fromLaMoon, a topMiami
haunt forColombianhot dogs.
Lamoonrestaurant.com
—
JASONKESSLER
HauteDogs
ATJAPADOG
TOPTOBOTTOM:
Yakisoba (noodles and
arabiki sausage), Terimayo
(teriyaki sauce and
seaweed) andKurogoma
Kimuchi (turkey
sausagewith
kimchi)
