Green Goddess-dressed salads: where are they?
Hello... I vaguely recall sporadic mention from time to time of retro green goddess dressing making its way on to menus (and salads) around town. Possibly at the tres-retro Billingsley? Was hoping that salad lovers might chime in and recommend where the green goddess is still worshipped as a regular offering, on everything from simple iceberg wedges to exotic organic greenery. Would prefer more basic places that do not require me to necessarily invest in a $50 steak in order to get me my green goddess fix on a side salad. Just looking for bountiful and simply dressed salads with that cool and velvety dressing that is so perfect on these hot summer nights. Thank you!
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silence9, I was at TJs this afternoon and they have a bottled dressing called "Goddess Dressing". I read the ingredients; it has fresh herbs and tarragon vinegar but no anchovies. A very light green in color, more beige than green, herbs are apparent, though. $1.99, inexpensive if you want to try.
And finally (I PROMISE)I found a very good-looking recipe on this site: www.melindalee.com. Go to Recipe Archive's, type in Green Goddess Salad Dressing and a yummy-sounding recipe comes up, complete with a history of how it got its name.
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At Elysee Cafe & Bakery they have it:
http://www.elyseebakery.com/salads2.htm
1099 Galey Ave.
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re: bocarw
Ah yes, I remember it well. I used to frequent the Tracton's on La Cienega across from Fedco and indulge in scampi, the salad, stone crab claws and Tanqueray martinis. The one on Ventura in the Valley also had the salad but I didn't think that the dressing was as good although it undoubtedly was made with the same recipe. These two Tracton's closed in about '78 or '79, I think. There's a Tracton's in Del Mar but I'm not sure if there's any connection. They don't have stone crabs and I can't recall if they have GG dressing.
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Have to say that the green goddess dressing at the BUggy Whip is the best thing at the place - I"m not a fan of this steakhouse but the green goddess is truly sublime.
Also, call Chez Jay. I think they have it. If they do, get that, get the sand dabs, get nothing else except maybe a bloody mary and that's a pretty good meal. I don't likeanything else they have - but i adore their sand dabs.›1 Reply-
re: Jerome
Chez Jay's sand dabs are great. Yesterday I indulged in TWO lunches in San Francisco: Tadich Grill and Cafe Tiramisu, and had sand dabs at both. Tadich's were dusted in corn meal and sauteed (excellent) and Tiramisu's were dipped in egg wash and sauteed, stuffed with bay shrimp and artichoke hearts in a butter/caper sauce. Delicious and the thickest dabs I've seen. But Chez Jay's are better, at least to my taste.
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silence9, if you choose to make the dressing, may I suggest www.cooks.com for a good recipe site? In the searchbar, type in Green Goddess salad dressing and more recipes than I could count appear. Hope you find one you like.
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We had it there (Billingsley's) last night and it competes although our server, wildly enough on this occasion, was touting the house made blue cheese or 1000 island. The best I've had in awhile was at Max in Sherman Oaks. It was offered on a special salad of butter lettuce, tomato, avocado, orange, and fried scallions. Wonderful.
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There's a VERY old skool steakhouse on LaTierja on the way to LAX, called The Buggy Whip. Gotta be the best GG I've ever had. Pretty good steaks done well and Taylor's level cheaply among the blue-hair old lady set. A total time warp, and not just for the GG -- a truly great spot.
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tokyoastrogirl
Jul 18, 2006 09:26 PM
Not really having grown up eating Green Goddess Salad nor knowing what it was, I had it at Edendale Grill in Silverlake (on Rowena) and must say, it struck every creamy, crunchy and cool chord in my taste buds the right way. Not sure if they serve it anymore but worth a shot!
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i hesitate to point out the obvious, but green goddess is really easy to make at home and always so much better than the bottled. the hallmarks of a true green goddess are fresh tarragon (and tarragon vinegar), and salted anchovies. bottled dressings never get enough of any of them.
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monkeyrotica
Jul 18, 2006 05:10 PM
You may be better off just ordering it yourself and bringing a bottle with you.
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/sh...
I'm sure if they charge a corkage fee for bringing your own wine, they'd do something similar for bringing your own salad dressing. I've yet to encounter the stuff in sitdown restaurant, but love it nonetheless. Maybe this will start a trend?
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