Cobblog - All Cobb, All the Time

This is a blog about my favorite and the most perfect meal ever: the Cobb Salad.

Named for Robert Cobb of the Brown Derby in LA, most varieties have these ingredients in common:
Some type of crisp lettuce or mixture, boiled egg, bacon, chicken breast, avocado, tomato, chives, and bleu cheese.

This blog explores the endless possibilities of the Cobb Salad, highlights jobs well done as well as failed attempts.

Enjoy!


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Mae Mae, Soho, NYC

Wow.  The Ear Inn was closed, so we were walking over to Chipotle for the old lunch standby and came across Mae Mae on Vandam between Varick and Hudson.  The restaurant was cute, cozy, and reasonably priced!  I saw the Turkey Cobb on the menu and went for it… natch.  When it came out, I was pretty impressed.  It was the perfect size for lunch.  The roasted turkey breast was warm and sliced thin but definitely not deli meat, this was real turkey from a real breast that had come out of a real oven (recently).

The greens were mesclun and the dressing was a 27 year old Sherry Vinaigrette.  Instead of the usual crumbles of blue cheese, there was a little wedge of a beautifully veined bleu (not sure of the variety) it was firm and slightly crumbly but had a creamy flavor and a nice smooth texture.  Additionally there were two strips of freshly fried bacon, a perfect quarter of an avocado, a quarter of a chilled roasted yellow pepper, and five tiny perfectly globular grape tomatoes.  The absence of the egg and onion was actually refreshing here.  The dressing really took care of those things I think.  A definite place to return for a wonderful Cobb Salad.

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