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The Best Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich
It had been a long day, we were both exhausted.
With about an hour left until our flight back to Tampa, we needed food. But not that nasty overpriced airport food. We wanted something good, satisfying and comforting.
As we stood reading over the large airport terminal map of all the restaurants and shops in our terminal, nothing seemed good. Finally something stood out.....something original, different and just what we were looking for: Gourmet PB&J
We both looked at each other clearly thinking the same thing....Gourmet
PB&J...is that possible? What does that even mean?
However, regardless of how odd it might sound, we were both convinced we needed to have it. The unfortunate part however was that the Gourmet PB&J restaurant was on the complete opposite end of the terminal....and it seemed like we walked forever. Who knew that I would ever go to this length just for a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.
When we arrived we were both pleasantly surprised by the unexpected variety of choices. I really didn't know what we would find on the menu aside from peanut butter and jelly.
However, they offered an array of bread choices including white, sourdough and 8 grain, several different types of jelly, crunchy or creamy peanut butter, and the best part of all...extra toppings: banana, honey, chocolate, marshmallow fluff and bacon. Yes, bacon.
If you know anything about peanut butter you probably know that the best peanut butter combination is with bananas. So I chose the toasted 8 grain bread, with crunchy peanut butter, bananas and honey. They toast your bread by sending it through a toaster similar to something you would see at Quizno's. Then they smother the peanut butter on, slice up the banana and top it all off with honey.
The end result was both expensive and fantastic. I was shocked that it cost close to $5 for a peanut butter and banana sandwich (I'm assuming it was due to an airport up charge). However, it was well worth the slightly ridiculous price. The thick crunchy peanut butter spread over the delicious bread and topping with bananas and honey moved my soul. It was completely delicious.
I don't want to over exaggerate however, it might have been the best peanut butter and banana sandwich I have ever had. Clearly we weren't the only ones craving a good old fashion peanut butter sandwich. The PB&J gourmet restaurant was situated in the middle of 4 other restaurants and it was the busiest, the line was filled with people all willing to spend $5 for a PB&J.
My question is, why don't more restaurants like this exist? It would be perfect for a mall food court when all people want is some comfort food. I know personally I would be there all of the time. Obviously you could always make a sandwich like this at home, however for some reason it just tastes better coming from a restaurant.
Maybe it was the bread, or the banana, or the honey but whatever it was it made me wish I had a reason to go to the Detroit airport more often.
With about an hour left until our flight back to Tampa, we needed food. But not that nasty overpriced airport food. We wanted something good, satisfying and comforting.
As we stood reading over the large airport terminal map of all the restaurants and shops in our terminal, nothing seemed good. Finally something stood out.....something original, different and just what we were looking for: Gourmet PB&J
We both looked at each other clearly thinking the same thing....Gourmet
PB&J...is that possible? What does that even mean?However, regardless of how odd it might sound, we were both convinced we needed to have it. The unfortunate part however was that the Gourmet PB&J restaurant was on the complete opposite end of the terminal....and it seemed like we walked forever. Who knew that I would ever go to this length just for a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.
When we arrived we were both pleasantly surprised by the unexpected variety of choices. I really didn't know what we would find on the menu aside from peanut butter and jelly.
However, they offered an array of bread choices including white, sourdough and 8 grain, several different types of jelly, crunchy or creamy peanut butter, and the best part of all...extra toppings: banana, honey, chocolate, marshmallow fluff and bacon. Yes, bacon.
If you know anything about peanut butter you probably know that the best peanut butter combination is with bananas. So I chose the toasted 8 grain bread, with crunchy peanut butter, bananas and honey. They toast your bread by sending it through a toaster similar to something you would see at Quizno's. Then they smother the peanut butter on, slice up the banana and top it all off with honey.
The end result was both expensive and fantastic. I was shocked that it cost close to $5 for a peanut butter and banana sandwich (I'm assuming it was due to an airport up charge). However, it was well worth the slightly ridiculous price. The thick crunchy peanut butter spread over the delicious bread and topping with bananas and honey moved my soul. It was completely delicious.
I don't want to over exaggerate however, it might have been the best peanut butter and banana sandwich I have ever had. Clearly we weren't the only ones craving a good old fashion peanut butter sandwich. The PB&J gourmet restaurant was situated in the middle of 4 other restaurants and it was the busiest, the line was filled with people all willing to spend $5 for a PB&J.
My question is, why don't more restaurants like this exist? It would be perfect for a mall food court when all people want is some comfort food. I know personally I would be there all of the time. Obviously you could always make a sandwich like this at home, however for some reason it just tastes better coming from a restaurant.
Maybe it was the bread, or the banana, or the honey but whatever it was it made me wish I had a reason to go to the Detroit airport more often.