Unfortunately, I can’t do much better than that this time around as my short time to Dallas meant one of either Ichigoh Ramen Lounge or Pecan Lodge would be for lunch and the other for my layover in Chicago.  Ramen seemed far less travel-friendly than a barbecue sandwich, though given that TSA selected the latter for special screening, it may not have mattered.

Regardless, I bypassed the line by ordering the Pitmaster from the bar and found its trio of meats–brisket, pulled pork, and jalapeno sausage–to be a terrific delight. No complaints about dry brisket this time, though I think prefer Terry Black’s rendition of jalapeno sausage because of its inclusion of cheese, which works especially well in a sandwich. But this minor critique aside, this was a terrific sandwich in large part due to the inclusion of: crispy cole slaw and pickles; spicy and peppery jalapenos and onions layered on top of the sandwich; and most of all, an oversized, buttery, brioche-like bun that held everything together even as I wolfed it down in a dark cabin rattling in the turbulent air somewhere over Indiana. (Rest assured that my meat tasting notes are from the bites I snuck in before packing up the sandwich)