Todd Schulte, the owner of Genessee Royale, the stylish breakfast-and-lunch restaurant in the West Bottoms, is more than ready for warmer weather to appear. He wants to open the glass-paned garage doors -- this space really was a garage and gas station once -- and begin serving meals outside on the patio.
He's also ready to introduce a new menu at the end of this month. One of the casualties of the menu change will be this restaurant's popular Monte Cristo sandwich.
"It's not going away forever," Schulte says. "We're doing a seasonal menu change, taking off the cold-weather sandwiches -- the ham sandwich is going off, too -- and adding some lighter ones. And since the patio will almost double the number of customers we'll be serving, our kitchen will be really busy during the summer months. The Monte Cristo is a labor-intensive sandwich."
Schulte's summer sandwich menu will include a new curried egg-salad sandwich with pea sprouts and radishes and a tuna Nicoise sandwich. "We're also tweaking our chicken-salad recipe," Schulte says. "The new salad will be made with pistachios, golden raisins and fresh basil."
But if you simply must have a Monte Cristo sandwich during the steamy summer months, there are a few other options, including Cheddar's Casual Cafe in Overland Park.
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Now if only I could convince my husband to make me one on his Cuisinart Griddler, I'd be a happy camper!
The ones QuikTrip used to have were great. However, like all the good sandwiches they tease us with and then withdraw (Maple Cream French Toast, anyone?), it is no longer available. Bastards! LOL
Not that hard to make a Monte Cristo at home - it's basically just a ham-and-cheese sandwich dipped in the same sort of egg and milk mixture used to make French toast. A minute or two per side on a hot griddle (with a little oil or butter to keep it from sticking) and you're ready to eat. If you use good quality ingredients, the result will be every bit as tasty as anything you can buy in a restaurant.
Best of all, you don't have to wonder if the server will get it to you while it's still hot. There's nothing less appetizing than a cold Monte Cristo.
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