| Waldorf Salad -- famous enough for a Cole Porter lyric |
To whet your appetite for The Pitch's annual Best of Kansas City issue, we're counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7.
There are many variations of the classic Waldorf salad, but chef-owner Cari Jo Cavalcante of the Bloomsbury Bistro -- the luncheonette inside the Mission Road Antique Mall in Prairie Village -- hews closely to the original: the one reportedly created in the late 19th century by the legendary Oscar Tschirky, the maitre' d of the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Any salad can call itself a "Waldorf" salad, but there are certain ingredients required to make it authentic.
Those ingredients include chopped apples, fresh celery and walnuts. The Bloomsbury Bistro Waldorf has those ingredients -- the nuts are candied walnuts -- as well as fresh red grapes. Tossed in a light, mayonnaise-based dressing, this salad is crunchy, tart and delicious. No wonder Cole Porter included it in the lyrics of his song "You're the Top."
Our list so far:
No. 50: Chocolate Malt from Fox's Drug Store
No. 49: Il Parma from Bella Napoli
No. 48: Italian sausage and eggs from Cascone's Grill
No. 47: Orange Roll from Clock Tower Bakery
No. 46: Tacos de cochinita from Frida's Contemporary Mexican Cuisine
No. 45: Barbecued pork bun from 888 International Market
No. 44: Tableside fresh mozzarella from Jasper's
No. 43: Gyro Sandwich from Mr. Gyros Greek Food & Pastry
No. 42: Apple strudel from Grunauer
No. 41: Rice noodle bowl from dim sum at Bo Lings
No. 40: E-Crush from Hi-Hat Coffee
No. 39: Flight of Freshness from Fresher than Fresh Snow Cones
No. 38: Curried chicken salad from Cafe Provence
No. 37: Apple fritter from John's Space Age Donuts
No. 36: Pollo con limone e olive from Lidia's Kansas City
No. 35: Wedding-cake cookie from LattéLand
No. 34: Stroud's cinnamon rolls
No. 33: Smoked Polish from Werner's
No. 32: Burger and frites from Westport Cafe & Bar
No. 31: Paletas from Paleterias Tropicana
No. 30: Goat korma at New Cafe Tandoor
No. 29: Lemon cake from Cafe Europa
No. 28: Chocolate Mousse Torte from Napoleon Bakery
No. 27: Spring rolls from Vietnam Cafe
No. 26: French fries from LC's Bar-B-Q
No. 25: Classic Cookie's herbed-potato-and-sausage casserole
No 24: Farmer greens salad at The Farmhouse
No. 23: Egg salad sandwich from Bloomsbury Bistro
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