Redonkadonk is a grilled burger with ham, bacon, cheese, egg and Spam inside two grilled cheese sandwiches made with extra-thick Texas toast style bread. It was served by Portland, Oregon's Brunch Box food cart and restaurants.[1] Brunch Box operated in Portland for 12 years, first as a food cart in downtown Portland and then two additional brick and mortar locations in the city; the business permanently closed in September 2021.[2]
| Type | Sandwich |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Oregon |
| Main ingredients | Grilled cheese sandwiches, ham, bacon, cheese, eggs, Spam |
It has been identified as one of the fattiest foods in the U.S. by Health.com[3][4] The sandwich is featured on the Cooking Channel's Eat St. show in its second episode.[5][6][7] The Cooking Channel includes the recipe on its website.[8][9]
The Redonkadonk competed on Portland's food truck and food cart scene against the Big-A** Sandwich's Gutbomb: "a basic Big-A** with double the meat, double the cheese and the girth of a fishbowl", as well as the Original Cheesus from the Grilled Cheese Grill: a Colby Jack and grilled onion grilled cheese sandwich and an American cheese grilled cheese sandwich with pickles encasing a one-third pound burger with lettuce, tomato, ketchup and mustard.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Portland sandwich one of nation's 50 fattiest foods Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine July 2, 2010 KATU
- ^ A Running List of Portland’s Restaurant, Bar, and Food Cart Closures April 6, 2022 Eater PDX
- ^ Oregon: Brunchbox's Redonkadonk Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Health.com
- ^ "The 50 Fattiest Foods in the States". Health.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- ^ Eat Street Features Portland’s Carts April 19, 2011 Food Carts Portland
- ^ The Redonkadonk Food Carts Portland
- ^ New series Eat Street captures revolution in gourmet food says host 660 News
- ^ Grant Butler Portland food carts featured on The Cooking Channel's new series 'Eat Street' April 19, 2011 The Oregonian
- ^ Redonkadonk burger recipe Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Cooking Channel
- ^ Ferretti, Elena (18 November 2016). "Portland's Gourmet Food Cart Phenomenon". Fox News.