The French mustard now totally dominates each bite
February 26, 2007Why can’t things just stay the way they are?
At Sloterdijk Station (Amsterdam-west), where I transfer from the Intercity to Nijmegen to the line 50 Metro to Boelalaan/VU, there is this shop that sells all sorts of sandwiches; from baguettes to paninis to chiabattas. It’s right there en route to my proper platform.
Anyway, they have this sandwich of a certain piece of bread (with a very hard crust) with what we Dutch call ‘old‘ cheese; this type of cheese has a very strong and intense flavour, with a very sharp aftertaste on the tongue (not unlike certain hot spices). The cheese is topped off with (what I believe is) thyme and tauge. This sandwich is a very delicate balance of tastes.
Since it’s quite expensive (3 EUR for crying out loud, that’s Hfl. 6.30! For a sandwich!), I rarely buy it. I really, really, really like it, though.
How surprised I was today to find that the shop had completely fcuked up the recipe by smearing a large blob of French mustard across the cheese. Have they lost their sanity? The delicate balance of flavours is now completely ruined due to the fact that the French mustard now totally dominates each bite you take. I was appalled. Stunned. They ruined the best sandwich in the world [insert sad smiley-face].
Why can’t things just stay the way they are?
They did something similar to the tuna-sandwiches they sell at the VU itsself… Now their putting on tomatoes all of a sudden… Like, WTF?! Tuna with tomatoes?
Comment by LoeZ — February 27, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
:(
They do it just to annoy us.
Comment by Administrator — February 27, 2007 @ 6:46 pm