Diggity Diggity Dog

Diggity Diggity Dog, located at shop A06 on the 40^th Street border of Bryant Park, proffers «New Style Hot Dogs,» which is not to be confused with New York style hot dogs, as distinguished from their midwestern counterpart, the Chicago-​style dog. Rather, DDD is throwing its hat into the ring of the latest Asian fusion hot dog craze. For $ 4, customers can choose between a beef, chicken (a crime against nature imho), or veggie dog, then have it topped with various Asian toppings by choosing a cutesy variety, such as the «Yellow Cab,» which could appeal only to out of state tourists, the «Mr. Kim,» the Korean dog with kimchi and seaweed, the «Super Mario,» which appeals to the hoards of kids running amok in the park this season, the «California Dog,» which basically amounts to California roll toppings on a hot dog, or the «Ms. Sunshine,» with mango peach salsa and cucumber which I tried. The dogs are grilled (but not well done with any grill marks) and decent, but they do not taste any better than a standard boiled dirty water dog which retails for less than ½ the price. The toppings were tasty but messy and seemed jarred rather than homemade in the case of the salsa and pickled rather than fresh in the case of the cucumber. A wide variety of bubble teas are also on offer, but I did not try them. If you find yourself wandering among this clusterf*ck of tourists during the holiday season, I suggest you save your money for the tried and true Wafels & Dinges stand, or Dumpling Soup House or Pickle Me Pete’s, both of which looked good. «No diggity, I got to bag it up, bag it up»…or, no dig these diggity diggity dogs, rather.