Best Scotch Egg in Chicago

Hi,
I've just moved back into the city and I am interested in finding the best Scotch Egg in the city...

So who's got it please let me know!!!

Thanks.

Duke of Perth at 2913 N. Clark used to have these. I liked them well enough but freely admit to a lack of expertise on the matter. Can't recall seeing them elsewhere. Good hunting!

They are extremely easy to make at home, just do a batch of 6 and warm them up for future meals. But do have a defibrillator handy at the end of the week...

HI,

I am not sure you will find your qualified best of here, though you will find out where they are served. Celtic Knot has Scotch Eggs on the menu. I believe they are around $8, which is more than I care to spend for curiosity.

If you do travel about and taste test these Scotch Eggs, then I hope you report back on your experience and perhaps rank them.

Regards,

Here'a a link for the benefit of those who, like me, had no idea what Scotch eggs are.

I can't vouch for them firsthand, but I happened to learn today that Feed offers Scotch eggs at brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. That place has other charms as well, particularly if you're into fried chicken, chicken kitsch, and red velvet cake.

Feed
2803 W. Chicago
773-489-4600

I saw them on the menu at fado the other day, didn't try them though.


Fadó Chicago
100 W Grand Avenue
312-836-0066

kates wrote:I can't vouch for them firsthand, but I happened to learn today that Feed offers Scotch eggs at brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. That place has other charms as well, particularly if you're into fried chicken, chicken kitsch, and red velvet cake.

Feed
2803 W. Chicago
773-489-4600

Feed does rotisserie chicken, not fried. But a great (if a bit inconsistent) place to eat nonetheless. (Try the brussels sprouts.)

Kristen

So I went by the Duke of Perth. I hadn't been there in four or five years. The last time I was there I left thinking the fish and chips were the best in the business. Well that ship had sailed. They were awful...undercooked and just nasty.

As for the Scotch Egg....well they don't have them. In fact the waitress had no idea what one was and claimed that they never sold them. So much for that. Won't be going back there again.

Three Floyd's Brew Pub in Munster Indiana serves them. While you're there, have a few great beers.

I also had never heard of a "Scotch Egg" until this post... Forgive me, but I'm a visual person and needed some photos.
Here are a few I found online...






images from http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/03/24/ ... schmelthy/

As riddlemay's wikipedia link described:

"The Scotch egg was invented in the London food store Fortnum and Mason in 1738. It is not, contrary to popular legend, a Scottish dish. It consists of a cold, hard-boiled egg removed from its shell, wrapped in a sausage meat mixture, coated in breadcrumbs, and deep-fried. It is eaten cold, typically with salad and pickles..."

~GS

TP hasn't chimed in yet, so I'll reference her report of the Scotch Egg at Lagniappe.

Lagniappe -- A Creole Cajun Joynt
1525 W. 79th St.
Chicago, IL
773-994-6375

At what point does the Alien leap out and push the tube down your throat?

the pics of the scotch eggs above look nothing like what i experienced

Three Floyd's Brew Pub in Munster Indiana serves them. While you're there, have a few great beers.

indeed, this is where i had mine
i already recommended this place in another thread for their muffelleta (giardinera ioli rather then olive salad)

take the brewery tour and sample the grub
its a great place, cant wait to go back

Scotch eggs were pretty popular in the carolinas and Georgia where i grew up. I guess due to the large population of Scots Presbyterians that immigrated to that part of the country.

We never ate them breaded and they were always pan friend rather than deep fried and served with a bit of good mustard. They weren't so much bar food as a cheap lunch on the run.

And one wonders why the deep south has such high rates of heart disease. They are pretty gooid though

saps wrote:At what point does the Alien leap out and push the tube down your throat?

Hey, that's illegal in Chicago, don'tcha know

FYI

Goose Island (at Clybourn near's Sam's) revamped their menu recently and a Scotch Egg (with a very hefty sausage helping around the outside) is now on the appetizer menu. Best when they make them fresh, but not bad otherwise (reheated).

Half price 4-6 at the bar.

Here's a cross ref to the Gage version:

http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t= ... scotch+egg

I was treated to a "modified scotch egg" at jazzfood's house this week. It was a hard boiled egg surrounded by a (very well made with kernels of corn in the batter) corn muffin rather than sausage. Hopefully he'll chime in with the name of the bakery that sold him this fantastic treat. He mentioned it in passing and I can't recall the name.

Steve that egg-n-corn muffin sounds like the item at Sweet Cakes bakery on Damen, next to Cafe Dodo.

THere is a mention in a previous thread on Dodo by s4shon.

That poster wrote, "I tried Sweet Cake's "The Egg" muffin today. It's a savory corn muffin with roasted corn kernels and cilantro, and a whole boiled egg in the middle. It was delicious! Rich, buttery, and the roasted corn kernels add a nice chewiness in addition to to a hint of caramelized sweetness. A great brunch by itself. "

Shasson wrote:Steve that egg-n-corn muffin sounds like the item at Sweet Cakes bakery on Damen, next to Cafe Dodo.

Yes. Now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure jazzfood mentioned that as the name of the bakery.

griffin's wife wrote:FYI

Goose Island (at Clybourn near's Sam's) revamped their menu recently and a Scotch Egg (with a very hefty sausage helping around the outside) is now on the appetizer menu. Best when they make them fresh, but not bad otherwise (reheated).

Half price 4-6 at the bar.

I had a Scotch Egg from Goose Island on Clybourn last week and wasn't particularly happy with it. Dry, cardboardy, and not enough sausage flavor. Perhaps I just had an old one? Three Floyd's version is quite tasty, though.

Shasson wrote:Steve that egg-n-corn muffin sounds like the item at Sweet Cakes bakery on Damen, next to Cafe Dodo.

I also had a similar muffin at M. Henry a few months ago -- but with the added benefit of bits of bacon in the corn muffin surrounding the hard-boiled egg. Delicious.

Many years ago, in grad school round 1, I came across something very like a Scotch egg in an article about Afghan food. The boiled egg was wrapped in a a layer of fatty chopped lamb and garlic, and then pan fried and served with a tomato sauce. I still have that recipe somewhere, I'm sure. But I wonder if this might be an example of a dish that made its way from East to West via some early British East India company cook. I love convoluted theories. In defense of them: the Dutch passion for the flower from the Mongolian steppes.

Josephine wrote: In defense of them: the Dutch passion for the flower from the Mongolian steppes.

The opium poppy?

EvilUs wrote:Three Floyd's Brew Pub in Munster Indiana serves them. While you're there, have a few great beers.

The FFF Scotch egg is pretty good and at $3, a pretty good deal. Yes, the beers are great and they serve stuff you never see in Chicago.

stevez wrote:It was a hard boiled egg surrounded by a (very well made with kernels of corn in the batter) corn muffin rather than sausage.

A Cozy Egg! Jam a stick in it and you'll really have something. I wonder how long it will be before these are featured at the Illinois State Fair. The other day I noticed an egg-on-a-stick and of course corn dog after corn dog after corn dog. It's only a matter of time before some genius combines the two.

Rene G wrote:The other day I noticed an egg-on-a-stick and of course corn dog after corn dog after corn dog. It's only a matter of time before some genius combines the two.

Calling Gus ...

YoYoPedro wrote:

Josephine wrote: In defense of them: the Dutch passion for the flower from the Mongolian steppes.

The opium poppy?

stevez wrote:I was treated to a "modified scotch egg" at jazzfood's house this week. It was a hard boiled egg surrounded by a (very well made with kernels of corn in the batter) corn muffin rather than sausage.

I had breakfast at M. Henry this morning and spotted something like this in the pastry case; it was advertised as a bacon, egg, and corn muffin or something like that...


I don't go for hard boiled eggs, but I thought it might appeal to the Scotch Egg fans; I hadn't recalled this sighting of a more exact match elsewhere until I reviewed the thread...

M Henry
5707 N Clark St, Chicago
(773) 561-1600

I've never had Scotch eggs at a restaurant, but given my fondness for hard boiled eggs, I did make Michel Roux's recipe for a mini version using quail eggs (p. 36 of Roux's Eggs) last year and was very pleased. This is the one exception to my general aversion to hard boiled eggs adorned. For those who like hard cooked eggs wrapped in meat, there's also a traditional Filipino dish (taken from Spain, por supuesto) called Morcon, that's basically hardboiled eggs and a bunch of vegetables wrapped in marinated flank steak and boiled. It might be worth trying, again, if you like your eggs messed with...