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The salt bar was a blip at the Central Market Dallas. Meanwhile, the salt bar at Southlake is a thing of envy. Besides black and red Hawaiian salt, Cypress flake white and Cypress black, there's an array of flavored salts: Thai ginger. Habanero heat. Sri Lankan curry ($42.99). Fume de sel chardonnay oak. Other smokin' options include applewood smoke, Durango hickory smoke, alderwood smoke - can you say great grilling rubs?
What's the difference here between Southlake and Dallas consumers? I'm clueless. Meanwhile, Southlake lacks the luscious Italian Creminelli salumi that Dallas has in abundance. Does Southlake covet? I can't get over all those flavored salts.
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the southlake cm is my local one and I have used the salt bar to much success. the himalyan pink rock salt is chunky and colorful, the hawaiin red salt gives a great texture w/o being overpowering, the pink flake australain is great for egg dishes i found and the fume de sel is indeed smoky and has added great flavor to what I thought was already a great homemade rub.
There are stark differences in the inventory of the various CM's in the area. Is it demographics perhaps? Plano stocks the best corn tortillas on the planet, El Milagro but Southlake does not. Southlake has a bulk tea selection that rivals Teavana in Northpark and The Galleria but Plano only stocks Republic of Tea and one other brand that escapes me at the moment in the bulk department.
You make a good point, Toni. I'm sure there's some interplay of demographics and hunch. The salt thing pretty much flopped at CM Dallas (but then there weren't as many or as varied flavors). But I'm at a loss to figure why it would play so well at Southlake instead.
Dallas also stocks El Milagro corn tortillas and I agree - they are the best I've ever had.
Was in the Plano CM yesterday, and their salt selection has expanded, 20+ choices.