cheeA hungry man is an angry man, and there are many other variations on how hunger pangs negatively affects a person. Well, if you’re into grilled cheese sandwiches, then you might want to check out what Jonathan Kaplan – the man behind the company who created the now defunct Flip Video camcorder, has in store for you. Kaplan’s latest brainchild is known as The Melt, opening in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood to add to the restaurant list there.
What’s so special about this restaurant? For starters, he begun to research grilled cheese more than a decade ago to see whether it might end up as the main food attraction for a national chain, and he came away impressed with the surveys he made. Guess the timing was such that it is only now where he is able to execute such an audacious idea, solving the problem of getting consistent sandwiches without a professional chef behind the counter.
Kaplan got the help of Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux to develop a special contraption which will be able to create uniform grilled cheese sandwiches, and this machine sports a couple of induction burners, a microwave and non-stick pads, where the combination works well to toast the bread while the cheese melts – all without letting the sandwich get squished in the manner where a panini press does.
Even better is the fact that you can place an order on your smartphone via The Melt’s website if you hate waiting in line, receive a QR code after that, bring it to a code reader at the restaurant, scan it, and have the employee send your order immediately.
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