I have decided once and for all that given the choice of only one meat, beef or pork, for the rest of my life, I would choose pork. A difficult decision, for sure, but I wouldn’t regret it. In the words of Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction, “Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.”
Pork lovers will likely revel in the roast pork sandwich at the quaint Hastings-on-Hudson restaurant, Juniper.
Actually, I think what makes the sandwich special is not the pork — though it’s quite good — but everything that surrounds it.
I’m a sucker for grilled, chewy, crusty bread, and that’s what the sandwich comes on — perfect bread. There are other contributors of texture and taste, too: crunchy slivers of fragrant fennel (an underutilized vegetable), tangy pickled red onion and a bright salsa verde. The pork? While extremely juicy and tender, it’s almost a bit overshadowed — an extra little oomph of garlicky herbiness would push it over the top.
Oh, and maybe a small dab of cheese, as well. Then this sandwich would be unstoppable.
Juniper
575 Warburton Ave.
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
914-478-2542
Juniper’s Roast Pork Sandwich
I have decided once and for all that given the choice of only one meat, beef or pork, for the rest of my life, I would choose pork. A difficult decision, for sure, but I wouldn’t regret it. In the words of Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction, “Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.”
Pork lovers will likely revel in the roast pork sandwich at the quaint Hastings-on-Hudson restaurant, Juniper.
Actually, I think what makes the sandwich special is not the pork — though it’s quite good — but everything that surrounds it.
I’m a sucker for grilled, chewy, crusty bread, and that’s what the sandwich comes on — perfect bread. There are other contributors of texture and taste, too: crunchy slivers of fragrant fennel (an underutilized vegetable), tangy pickled red onion and a bright salsa verde. The pork? While extremely juicy and tender, it’s almost a bit overshadowed — an extra little oomph of garlicky herbiness would push it over the top.
Oh, and maybe a small dab of cheese, as well. Then this sandwich would be unstoppable.
Juniper
575 Warburton Ave.
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
914-478-2542