"I don't know what time TikToker Kaylla Lewis went when she recorded these sticks' explosively molten cheese pulls, but when I visited on a weekday afternoon, the various fried mozzarellas and rice balls inside the counter display were being sold at room temperature. There was a microwave behind the cash register, but I decided to take my single "Bourbon St. spicy mozzarella stick" home for a careful reheat in my toaster oven."
"It's really more of a mozzarella bar, at least a quarter-pounder, which, to the credit of whoever prepared it, did not leak while reheating. When I took a bite, the melted cheese pooled at the bottom of the stick like a breaded pouch, but after pouring off a glob, I was able to redistribute the contents and take a proper, cheese-pulling bite.Worth the wait? In this case, it wasn't worth the trip. They should stick to meat."
Social-media popularity often creates long lines that do not always reflect superior quality. Viral mozzarella sticks at B & A Pork Store were displayed at room temperature; a purchased "Bourbon St. spicy mozzarella stick" required careful reheating at home. The item behaved like a quarter-pound mozzarella bar whose melted cheese pooled into a breaded pouch, necessitating pouring off and redistributing before achieving a proper cheese pull, and ultimately did not justify the trip. Mimi's Frozen Yogurt in Soho drew a late-evening corner-wrapped line for several flavors and a toppings bar priced at $1.20 per ounce; a sampled pint combined signature, vanilla, and raspberry flavors.
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