Even the fanciest of foods is made from the most basic of principles.
When chefs deliver dishes that are beautifully presented, have foam on them, or are the daintiest of morsels, they all have flavours at the heart of what they do.
Quite often, it will be a take on soul food, the types of dish that we can remember from our childhood, that perhaps reminds us of good times.
It’s the same reason we’ll go searching for one of those good old fashioned hamburgers packed with goodness, yet tasting of a burnt grill.
Hot dogs are another. Whether you grew up on a saveloy and barbecue sauce steamed in a hot dog machine and packed into a supermarket bun, or maybe cut in half and grilled on the stove.
There’s one person in town who’s taken things to a new level.
King’s Footlong German Sausages started on Kingston Road, Slacks Creek, as a simple food van offering quality sausages in a bun.
He’s now expanded to open a takeaway at the same place the van once stood.
The principle here is simple: Take a German sausage, either spicy, double-smoked or cheese kransky, and pop it into a fresh bun.
Keep the topping to the basic onion, sauerkraut and sauce, or do as the owner would say “go big or go home”.
Take the GOAT (greatest of all time) for example, which has bacon onion, sauerkraut, egg, cheese and tomato salsa.
It’s as long as the sausage and the width of the fried egg. It is possible to wrap the bun around all the ingredients, but the cryptic part of the equation is having a mouth big enough to wrap around the bun.
There are versions with chilli con carne, others with avocado, and sausage plates with chips.
At $14.90 for the GOAT, it’s mid-range pricing.
Background hip hop music isn’t over-bearing, the black decor suits the gangster feel to the place, as do the pictures on the wall.
The owner, James, has a mural of himself on the front of the building, so it’s hard to miss.
He still takes his van to festivals and events, but this is a great success story.
The best way to describe the food is “honest”. The salsa fresh, the egg well cooked, the bun slightly toasted, and cheese slightly melted.
And if you like an adventure, this place is well worth the experience. Either sit at a table inside, or on one of the outside picnic-style tables.
