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Small pickles are the new caramelized onions. At places like Cobblestone Foods on Court St., and Zaytoon's on Smith St in Brooklyn, they're replacing caramelized onions with tasty little pickles that really help zest up meat.

At Cobblestone Foods I ordered a beef brisket sandwich and found tiny pickles inside. The pickles not only killed the taste of any weird meat that might be lingering, it also added a nice-salty vingery thrill. At Zaytoon's I ordered the Chicken Shawarma- (Slices of marinated Chicken from the rotisserie on a pita) and that too came with these tiny tasty pickles. I purchased three Shawarmas and brought them back to my office for my co-workers to try. Messy, we slurped up every bit, agreeing that the pickles totally made the sandwich.

http://www.zaytoonsrestaurant.com/
http://www.cobblestonefoods.com/