Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Smashburger at EWR

The first "official" meal of our honeymoon was at Newark Airport. We weren't sure how good the food would be on our flight so we decided to get a snack at the little food court by our gate. Luckily, in addition to the free bites of Auntie Anne's Pretzels, the food court had a Smashburger, a Denver-based burger chain that we've been wanting to try.


We didn't want to get a full meal since we were fairly sure we would be fed by Continental, but there were so many options to choose from. Do we share a burger? A salad? Get a bunch of sides? So many things sounded good.


A left the decision up to me, so I picked out 2 things to share for our snack. First, the sweet potato smashfries:


I thought about the regular smashfries, the chili cheese fries and the haystack onions, but decided to go with the "healthier" option and got the sweet potato fries. The fries are tossed with rosemary, olive oil and garlic. I like seasoned fries and these were pretty good. (In fact, I went through a phase for a few years where I didn't eat fries other than seasoned fries. That probably helped me not gain as much weight... so much for that.) They were nice and crisp, and we didn't have to add anything to them because they were well-seasoned. The rosemary also made them a little bit different.

Second, I didn't get the chili cheese fries, but got the chili cheese dog:


This was a beef hot dog (apparently made by a New Jersey company) topped with grated cheddar cheese, onions, fresh jalapenos, and beefy chili. I like chili dogs but skipped the jalapenos because A said these actually had some heat. This was pretty good, but it was a complete mess. Not really easy to eat sitting in uncomfortable chairs by airport gates.

Between the two, I preferred the fries and A preferred the chili cheese dog. But they were both pretty good.

It was a fairly successful Smashburger visit for our first time. They have a pretty big menu, so now that branches are starting to open closer to us, we can try more!

Cross-posted at our everything blog where you can follow along on the non-food parts of honeymoon!

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