Behind The Lens

I know I’ve been on a Melt-related posting bender over the last few days, but this article was too good to pass up.

There is a group of people that are petitioning Melt Bar and Grilled owner/chef Matt Fish to put the Purple Parma, which features breaded/fried eggplant, permanently on the menu. They even circulated a petition and made t-shirts to help their cause.

That being said, we feel the introduction of the Purple Parma has been seen by many as a blessing of almost biblical proportions (see ‘manna in the desert’). Since the dawn of the eggplant in southeast India nearly 4,000 years ago, a service of this magnitude has not been paid. Though you may think this verbose, perhaps an overstatement, the field of eggplant sandwichry has been lacking key ingredients. This oversight has kept the eggplant out of the spotlight while arguably bland meats have been bathed in the finest of seasonings, even the hotdog has gained carts and vendors to peddle the streets. Your interpretation of the eggplant and its breading has been a heroic protest to this stagnant chain of thought. Silently, and occasionally audibly (through the approving ‘mmm’s of customers) this eggplant has been tried and tested, and in the pages attached, these people have offered their overwhelming approval.

You can read the rest of the story at the Lakewood Observer.

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