


The restaurant guaranteed that no filler, lips, or whatever else are stuffed in the meat as all ingredients are local! The hotdog buns are baked fresh everyday from a local bakery, the cheeses come from a local cheese factory, and the sauces are - you can assume- made with local ingredients. Let's talk about the sauces - they go from mild to spicy and there are plenty to choose from including a smokey ketchup, fig inspired mustard, wasabi mayo, and garlic aioli.
The deal is hot dogs are $2 and you add cheese and a sauce or two for $.25 each.

Be warned they are tiny dogs so you may need at least 2 or 3 - they are served on a plank like tapas. The size reminded me of those breakfast sausages you are served at a buffet breakfast, the meat consistency reminded me more of a merguese saussage than regular street meat and definitely the taste was healthy and similar to European cured meat.
I chose 2 Buddha dogs; one with a combination of jalepeno jelly and rhubard ketchup which was a great combination as it was sweet from the rhubarb and tangy with a little kick and for my other hotdog, I chose a spicy pumpkin papaya jerk sauce- it was very spicy and made me sweat a little!!. Tonya trusted the owner's recommendation and had her hotdog with pumpkin pie sauce - for real and it was really good! Actually it was the favourite of our entire meal - it was sweet and creamy sauce and worked really well with the hot dog. Her other dog was a fig inspired mustard and it was tangy and mustardy which is what she was looking for. Lily had the jalepeno jelly on hers with was nice and packed a small punch at the end as well as the garlic aioli on hers - which was creamy and a good blend.
We also shared their salad of the day $6 - which was a hot salad with potatoes and parsnips on a bed of frisee with blue cheese on top. The salad was really good with a good balance of texture from the potatoes which were softer and parsnips which were crunchier mixed in with the frisee salad. Balancing the spice of the hot dog + sauces off with the salad was a good compliment and it was soothing on a brisk day.
Did the dog enlighted us? Well not really, we didn't achieve nirvana but we're willing to come back and try it with other sauces next time! I would recommend this place as a good place for a light lunch or an evening snack as I don't think that noshing on dogs would be enough for a meal unless you plan on ordering 3 plus dogs.
*** stars Buddha Dog - 163 Roncesvalles Av

LOVE Buddha Dog! (also is 5 minutes from where I live!). You're right though, it's more like a snack than a meal.
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