Revival Market

A friend from Austin came down to visit and since I had Wurst dog in Austin, I thought it'd be a good idea to take him to Revival Market.

If you've ever been there, it's like a mini farmers market in a store front situation w/ a wide array of meat and spices all from local vendors. As a matter of fact, that is their business model. To provide everything from local vendors, from meat to cleaning products.

That is actually a very good idea because I was watching this YouTube piece from the agriculture ministry of Japan, it resonate the idea that people should eat from their own environment because that is how it was done before and people have less allergies and illnesses which some led to diseases that are hard to treat, thus drive up the medical cost of the country.

The other principle on the-eat-local concept is that we used to get our food from farms, and now everything is machanized, what kind of process have you food been thru before it reach you? This way, from trusted source, get the supplies direct, cut out the middle man, and just go back to the theory of plain good food.

Alright, about the hot dogs, they were Revival Dogs. Here's my thing on the hot dogs. The sausage was awesome, you can taste the good meat that goes into the casing. The bread however left very little for desire.

It was made with Slow Dough. And the thing strange here is that for a loaf of their challah bread, while it's $8, it's great for sandwiches. Their pretzel bread used in the Revival Dog does nothing for the dog. The bread didn't soak up the little greasy bits most hot dogs do. And I'm not comparing it w/ the street vendors in LA. But the bread is just simply too thick to draw out the taste of the sausage.

The sides that goes w/ it is interesting. They offer you pork rind to go w/ the dog, and while the crunchy-ness does help add flavor; for me, that's just a novelty. The ginger slaw is to die for. It's light and not over-empowering by the ginger. As a matter of fact, I would recommend anybody to get this for your summer picnic of party. It's too good not to share. The other was the mixed vegetable. They were all pickled and the batch I got was super fresh and super sour. So much so that it has a kick that kicked my pants from Revival to 19th Street. So unless you're down with that type of flavor. Think twice before going for that.

Is it better than Wurst? No. If they replace the bun and try again, I'm sure that is a battle of the greats. For now, I think I'll keep looking. I would, however, go back for the sausage for home bbq. No thanks on the bun.

Revival Market
550 Heights Boulevard
Houston, TX 77007
(713) 880-8463
www.revivalmarket.com