Kansas City, MO 鈥� Kool Kat of the Midwest, Kansas City, Missouri
It was a bit after 3:00 pm that the Missouri River Runner ground to its halt, marking the train鈥檚 arrival at Union Station. As we disembarked, our attentions were turned to the decorated hallways and grand chandeliers of the station as if a French palace was uprooted and transplanted into the Midwest. Beaux-Art architecture aside, we were now in the American heartland of Kansas City where 鈥渟trangely wonderful鈥� seems to be its badge of honor.
Jared and Dave, our Couchsurfing hosts, were already there to pick us up and our hungry tummies indicated loudly that they should be filled first before we partake in any further adventures. We went to this hole-in-a-wall joint called聽Joe鈥檚 Pizza Buy The Slice to sample a fine Kansas City tradition 鈥� pizza glazed with honey.
This practice apparently was started by customers who wanted to dip their leftover crusts in honey like a dessert and it became so popular the owner had to dish out bottles of honey as condiment.
I had a plain slice so as to not mix up my taste buds and it actually did turn out well 鈥� the lingering sweetness of the honey blended nicely with the fluffy home-made pizza dough. There are thousands of great culinary innovations throughout history but nothing compares to the simplicity of squeezing honey onto a pizza. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Jared and Dave, our Couchsurfing hosts, were already there to pick us up and our hungry tummies indicated loudly that they should be filled first before we partake in any further adventures. We went to this hole-in-a-wall joint called聽Joe鈥檚 Pizza Buy The Slice to sample a fine Kansas City tradition 鈥� pizza glazed with honey.
This practice apparently was started by customers who wanted to dip their leftover crusts in honey like a dessert and it became so popular the owner had to dish out bottles of honey as condiment.
I had a plain slice so as to not mix up my taste buds and it actually did turn out well 鈥� the lingering sweetness of the honey blended nicely with the fluffy home-made pizza dough. There are thousands of great culinary innovations throughout history but nothing compares to the simplicity of squeezing honey onto a pizza. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Kansas City, MO 鈥� Kool Kat of the Midwest
Guide Location: USA » Kansas City
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Danial Ariff Bin Ahmad Nordin
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Guide Location: USA » Kansas City
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Danial Ariff Bin Ahmad Nordin
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Joe鈥檚 Pizza Buy The Slice
- Country Club Plaza
- American Jazz Museum
- Blue Room
- Arthur Bryant鈥檚
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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