Type | Sandwich |
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Place of origin | United States |
Region or state | Oregon |
Main ingredients | Grilled cheese sandwiches, ham, bacon, cheese, eggs, Spam |
Redonkadonk is a grilled burger with ham, bacon, cheese, egg and Spam inside two grilled cheese sandwiches made with extra-thick Texas toast style bread. It was served by Portland, Oregon's Brunch Box food cart and restaurants. [1] Brunch Box operated in Portland for 12 years, first as a food cart in downtown Portland and then two additional brick and mortar locations in the city; the business permanently closed in September 2021. [2]
It has been identified as one of the fattiest foods in the U.S. by Health.com [3] [4] The sandwich is featured on the Cooking Channel's Eat St. show in its second episode. [5] [6] [7] The Cooking Channel includes the recipe on its website. [8] [9]
The Redonkadonk competed on Portland's food truck and food cart scene against the Big-A** Sandwich's Gutbomb: "a basic Big-A** with double the meat, double the cheese and the girth of a fishbowl", as well as the Original Cheesus from the Grilled Cheese Grill: a Colby Jack and grilled onion grilled cheese sandwich and an American cheese grilled cheese sandwich with pickles encasing a one-third pound burger with lettuce, tomato, ketchup and mustard. [10]
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