Crispy deviled eggs at Smashed Pig Gastropub 509 Fremont St., thesmashedpig.com
Crunchy, then creamy, then pickley — and hell oooo, paprika! The chorus line of tastes presented by these deep-fried lovelies got a whoop-whoop from every one of the 10,000 taste buds science says I have on my tongue. Now, sure, maybe my palate, tazed for years by hyperbolic fast-food flavoring, is easily beguiled by the cheap spectacle of deep-frying. But in the case of these eggs, I don’t think that’s it. Rather, the counterpoints of taste and texture are just that damn good.