I get the phenomenon, I do. Deviled eggs -- nostalgic though they may be -- taste great with booze. You don't need silverware to eat one. You just pop it in your mouth and follow that up with a swig from your beer. Or more appropriately, a martini.
First came the deviled eggs at the Office. A wax-paper-lined tray of five
eggs costs $6 at the Delray Beach gastropub. I don't much care for them
because it's obvious they contain relish and/or pickles, making the
eggs overly sweet.
Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy also hocked deviled eggs for some
time from its terrace bar. I never tried them, but they appeared
alongside plenty of other tapas-style eats.
This week, I reviewed Rack's Downtown Eatery + Tavern in Mizner Park.
Rack's serves deviled eggs too, and I like its version the best. These
eggs (pictured above) are probably the closest I've tried to the
classic incarnation of the dish. The "deviled" yolk tastes like it
contains little other than mayonnaise and mustard, with a scattering of
chives and dash of paprika on top. The egg isn't cut into halves, like
at the Office. Rather it's a whole egg with the top snipped off and
hollowed out and the filling piped in. This "feels" like you get more
egg for the buck.
Still, an order of five eggs runs $5 at Rack's, making me wonder: Are
deviled eggs so popular on restaurant menus because they're insanely
easy to mark up? I'd gladly order Rack's version to go with a beer, but
at $1 per egg, it seems like a bit of a price gouge.
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