Ingredient

Onion

Onion is on 90 plates at 28 of the kitchens we read. The entree section holds 24 of them, and most often it is served as a burger, on sixteen.

From 40 menus · onion is on 90 plates · How we read them

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Onion, grilled or fried

Our reading of the menus lists it grilled at twelve kitchens, fried at ten, and both at seven: Bad Monkey, Bull on the Beach, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Coconuts Beach Bar, Seacrets (Jamaica USA), Sneaky Pete's, The Bayside Skillet.

On both sides: Bad Monkey, Bull on the Beach, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Coconuts Beach Bar, Seacrets (Jamaica USA), Sneaky Pete's, The Bayside Skillet.

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

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Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

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How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of onion

The same 90 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of onion: 90 plates, 32 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Onionfried — 16 plates (14%)friedgrilled — 16 plates (14%)grilledpickled — 11 plates (9%)pickledsauteed — 9 plates (8%)roasted — 8 plates (7%)smoked — 7 plates (6%)steamed — 4 plates (3%)barbecued — 3 plates (3%)other ways — 43 plates (37%)other waysburger — 4 plates (3%)not stated — 4 plates (3%)wrap — 3 plates (3%)salad — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)side — 1 plate (1%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)taco — 1 plate (1%)burger — 5 plates (4%)salad — 2 plates (2%)side — 2 plates (2%)small-plate — 2 plates (2%)wrap — 2 plates (2%)entree-plate — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)taco — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 3 plates (3%)burger — 2 plates (2%)salad — 2 plates (2%)taco — 2 plates (2%)bagel — 1 plate (1%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 4 plates (3%)burger — 2 plates (2%)sandwich — 2 plates (2%)pasta — 1 plate (1%)salad — 2 plates (2%)small-plate — 2 plates (2%)wrap — 2 plates (2%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 3 plates (3%)sandwich — 2 plates (2%)bagel — 1 plate (1%)burger — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (2%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)steamer-pot — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (2%)flatbread — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (2%)not stated — 2 plates (2%)appetizer — 2 plates (2%)entree — 2 plates (2%)entree — 3 plates (3%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 5 plates (4%)not statednot stated — 2 plates (2%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 2 plates (2%)entree — 2 plates (2%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 2 plates (2%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (2%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 3 plates (3%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (2%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 2 plates (2%)not stated — 2 plates (2%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (2%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 2 plates (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 2 plates (2%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedother ways43
How it comesburger5
Where on the menuentree3
Other97 other steps, added up212
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail45
Every wedge, as a table
90 plates carrying Onion, cooked 32 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 90. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
fried16
friedburger4
friedburgerentree2
friedburgernot stated2
friednot stated4
friednot statedappetizer2
friednot statedentree2
friedwrap3
friedwrapentree3
friedsalad1
friedsaladappetizer1
friedsandwich1
friedsandwichentree1
friedside1
friedsidebreakfast1
friedsmall-plate1
friedsmall-plateappetizer1
friedtaco1
friedtacoentree1
grilled16
grilledburger5
grilledburgernot stated5
grilledsalad2
grilledsaladnot stated2
grilledside2
grilledsidebreakfast1
grilledsidenot stated1
grilledsmall-plate2
grilledsmall-plateappetizer2
grilledwrap2
grilledwrapentree2
grilledentree-plate1
grilledentree-plateentree1
grillednot stated1
grillednot statedentree1
grilledtaco1
grilledtacoentree1
pickled11
picklednot stated3
picklednot statedappetizer2
picklednot statedentree1
pickledburger2
pickledburgerentree1
pickledburgernot stated1
pickledsalad2
pickledsaladnot stated2
pickledtaco2
pickledtacoentree1
pickledtaconot stated1
pickledbagel1
pickledbagelbreakfast1
pickledsmall-plate1
pickledsmall-plateappetizer1
sauteed9
sauteednot stated4
sauteednot statedentree3
sauteednot statedbreakfast1
sauteedburger2
sauteedburgernot stated2
sauteedsandwich2
sauteedsandwichentree1
sauteedsandwichnot stated1
sauteedpasta1
sauteedpastanot stated1
roasted8
roastedsalad2
roastedsaladappetizer1
roastedsaladentree1
roastedsmall-plate2
roastedsmall-plateappetizer2
roastedwrap2
roastedwrapnot stated2
roastednot stated1
roastednot statedentree1
roastedsandwich1
roastedsandwichnot stated1
smoked7
smokednot stated3
smokednot statedappetizer1
smokednot statedentree1
smokednot statednot stated1
smokedsandwich2
smokedsandwichentree2
smokedbagel1
smokedbagelbreakfast1
smokedburger1
smokedburgernot stated1
steamed4
steamednot stated2
steamednot statedappetizer2
steamedsmall-plate1
steamedsmall-plateappetizer1
steamedsteamer-pot1
steamedsteamer-potnot stated1
barbecued3
barbecuednot stated2
barbecuednot statedentree2
barbecuedflatbread1
barbecuedflatbreadnot stated1
other ways43
caramelized3
folded3
griddled3
wrapped3
baked2
blackened2
broiled2
chilled2
glazed2
marinated2
raw2
scrambled2
seared2
simmered2
slow-roasted2
brined1
cajun-rubbed1
country-fried1
cured1
pan-seared1
sliced1
smashed1
stuffed1
tempura1

Travels with

What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.

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Dishes

Show all 28 kitchens

Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Egg, omelette and hollandaise come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.

Our reading of the menu turns up cracker, fruit and cod.

Our reading of the menu turns up steamed, soft crab and crab.

Our reading of the menu lists burger, bacon jam and boom boom chicken.

Our reading of the menu lists egg, omelette and folded.

Correct a plate here

In the family

Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.

One entry is all the menus we read give this. All vegetable

Where on the island

The 28 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Onion at 28 kitchens across 7 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk1boardwalk
Lower Midtown6bayside · inland
Midtown6bayside · inland · oceanfront
Uptown4bayside · inland
North OC4inland
West Ocean City5harbor
Day-trips ring2inland