Dinner is ready in the time it takes to chop a head of broccoli, and the only tools to clean are a squeeze bottle of water and a spatula.
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Like yesterday and the day before, it is nearly 100 degrees in Austin, so hot that I feel like a melting figure in a Dali painting. Want me to heat my skillet or oven? Prepare an ambitious recipe? Call me in November, when fall actually begins in Texas and my mood can no longer be described as “sweaty.” That’s why, this summer, myhas been my savior.
In the sprawling suburbs of Cypress, Texas, just northwest of Houston, summers are best described by their duality—the heat of the Gulf Coast and the cool of the shopping mall, where it’s always a brisk 65 degrees. The mall raised me, from when I was five running around permanently sticky play places to when I was 13 going on Forever 21. It’s in my DNA—even my prom was at the mall. And while some kids were raised on PB&J or Little Caesars’ Hot-N-Readys, I grew up on Sarku Japan.
Now, at home, the Royal Gourmet grill challenges me to escape the rigidity of daily menu planning. Armed with a squirt bottle and spatula, I’m riffing. Whether it’s smash burgers, tacos al pastor, or my favorite diner breakfast, the flattop makes it easy for me to just show up, without the pressure of perfection. No timers, no thermometers, just me and my mise en place flowing.
Now that I’ve left my hometown, the nearest Sarku Japan is about a 30-minute drive, in an unfamiliar mall that raised someone else but still boasts the best summertime air-conditioning this side of the Colorado River. A trip to the mall feels a little sad now. Some things, like low-rise jeans, are better left in the past. But thanks to my Royal Gourmet grill, I can have food court teppanyaki whenever I want.
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