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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The Ear Inn, Soho, NYC

I finally got back to the Ear today to try their $10 Cobb Salad.  I refused to go here for lunch for a long time because I thought it was only a bar and the only thing I had ever had there was beer!  Finally my friend, Blair, wore me down and I agreed to go a couple of months ago.  It was a great find for lunch in Soho.

Fast-forward to today: The salad was the most basic of Cobb Salads and that is a good thing. Some restaurants tend to over marinate the chicken in garlic or some other flavorful marinade, but this thinly pounded paillard of chicken breast was perfectly moist and very simply seasoned with just a bit of salt and maybe some browned butter.  Everything else was a solid example of textbook Cobb Salad assembly.  Onions were absent (for which I am grateful).  This one had a great flavor throughout and didn’t require more than a teaspoon of the balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

Good job Ear Inn!

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