The spot on Lake in Glenview that has held L'Ours and Cafe Bene in the past, next to BurgerFi (and sharing a strip with a whole bunch of other Korean places) is now Eggsum Holycow, and was mentioned by Louisa Chu in the Trib last week. The sign outside says Eggsum (iirc), the receipt and website say Holycow.
The menu is small: aside from drinks, it's just hot dogs on a stick (but see below). I thought Ms. Chu described them as corn dogs, but they're not battered, they're covered with dough before frying (not that that's a bad thing).
You choose from eight styles, many of which have sweet things (sweet barley, yam, fruity cereal, yellow bean and condensed milk, caramel puff), several savory (plain, flaming cheetah, spaghetti stix, fried potato). You then choose the dog type: sausage, mozzarella, half mozz/half sausage, half cheddar/half sausage, half mozz/half cheddar (indicated by color-coded sticks). Then, frighteningly, you have the option of regular or powdered sugar (on all but the flaming, spaghetti or yellow bean). Last, a dipping sauce (honey mustard, sweet chilli, and one other... ranch?).
I ordered a fried potato (sausage), and a flaming cheetah (half cheddar). One is a light lunch, two is a pretty big lunch - a side dish might have been a better fit, but alas. Prices are (I think) $4-6.
Question: is it still wrong to put ketchup on a hot dog if it's covered in french fries? I didn't but I considered it.
The sausage reminds me a lot of Costco's hotdog: spongy with too much smoke flavor, not much else. Inside the fried package, it's OK, but it's certainly not a snappy natural casing kosher dog (but it is all beef). The cheddar cheese was nicely melty. The flaming cheeto bits on the cheetah were not especially spicy, but definitely tasty.
This feels like it would fit better in a mall food court where you might be ordering other snacks before/after a movie with the other kids. It was enjoyable, but I don't know that I'm heading back there soon (not with Tous les Jours, Buncha Hanoi, SDB and others in the same strip).
nicely packaged - note the green on the end of the lower stickready to eatEggsum Holycow
1749 Milwaukee Ave, Glenview, IL 60025
https://goholycow.net/menu+18478136333
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JoelF on December 3rd, 2021, 1:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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