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11.18.09 - On the Rox, Please. Salt Rox

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Anyone who went to the Incredible Food Show at Rupp Arena has been buzzing about Salt Rox ever since. Partners from the local startup Mary McKee and John Tucker demonstrated the shot glasses made of pink Himalayan salt by inviting everyone who stopped by their table to “lick it.”

McKee explained in a little more detail, “The quick and dirty is that you can season your food with it, cook your food on it and shoot your tequila out of it!” You can grill, sauté, cure, chill, bake, or just serve on the salt ware.

The new Lexington startup imports Pink Himalayan Salt and then hand carves everything from cooking stones to serving ware, plates, sushi chop sticks, Salt Shotz and more. Conveniently, John Tucker already had more than 20 years of carving experience as the former owner of Tucker Marble and Tile. SaltRox salt slabs and shots are now found all over Lexington — from the kitchen at Azur, where Chef Jeremy Ashby cooks on
them — to bars like Mia’s and Furlong’s and Merrick Inn. (You can also buy some of the products locally at retailers like L.V. Harkness downtown and Chrisman Mill in Hamburg.)

And anyone with flu season in mind will appreciate salt’s antimicrobial properties.

Earlier this week, the SaltRox partners hosted a tapas tasting menu, and a Top Chef style evening, at The Dish on Ashland Avenue. A wine tasting menu is fairly traditional, but Chef Jeremiah and proprietor Trish worked together to pair courses that incorporated spirits without overwhelming the food.

The first course was rock shrimp ceviche and English Cucumber Capellini tossed with fresh mint vinaigrette served on chilled pink salt: paired with a muddled cucumber, cilantro, jalapeno, and tequila shot.

The second course was sugar and salt cured salmon with orange reduction with wilted spinach and fresh mango — paired with fresh muddled limes and oranges served on the rocks with Guava Rum, topped with soda.

One guest observed jovially, “I think I might have to go to the hospital. I have high blood pressure.” Reassured that this was the LOW sodium Himalayan salt, he laughed, “am I bleeding from my ears yet?” (Then he soldiered on to dessert.)

Dessert was chocolate peanut butter pie with chocolate ganache and salt rox roasted peanut brittle. Paired with a chocolate covered pretzel shot.

The only flaw anyone expressed about the three course meal was that it wasn’t a five-course meal.

McKee would like to see SaltRox turn up in the swag bags at the Oscars and Emmys — but for now, they’re an official Ace Favorite Thing for the Holidays, 2009.

SaltRox will offer a tasting at Ace’s Holiday Hop at Woodland Computers at 5pm on Friday. You can now follow @SaltRoxLex on Twitter. (SaltRox is also on Facebook, with Upcoming Events, and Photos.).

by: Matt Sparks

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