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I cannot handle bitter. Broccoli Rabe is putrid. Seriously, this shit...
is fucking gross. This is partially why there are few beers I really enjoy, I pick up on bitter very easily.
I've had durian ice cream before, found some of the taste quite enjoyable,.
"Hello" Thai?
For both those foods, it was the texture. Way too stringy.
For the longest time growing up, I never understood why I keep hearing how durian smells like that nastiest shit that ever shat out of a shit machine, because it only had a faint smell to me (a pleasant one, at that). Later one, I came to the conclusion that non-Asians are just flat-out defective when it comes to that fruit.
Another great thing about fresh durian is that, in a pinch, you can attach that sucker to a chain and maul zombies with it.
Given that it's the matter of being able to detect something, I'd probably guess that it's the other way around.
Given that there are plenty of asian countries with, 'hey, don't eat that here' durian rules, I don't think it's a 'non-asian' thing. You're probably just a weird exception, like the people who can't smell asparagus pee.
Crazily enough, the menu separation is done to "protect" you from getting food that they don't think a Westerner is gonna like and then say "holy shit, don't go to Madame Lu's Sichuan Bistro, they tried to kill me by setting fire to my asshole".
Some times you don't even need a joint, there's all sorts of crazy stuff turning up in trucks these days. Mmm... Korean BBQ tacos.
That reminds me, I need to go get some pumpkin curry before it's back out of season.
Do you have Uighur food?
I've never heard of that before so I just looked it up.
They, uh... They really like lamb, don't they?
Chinese? To keep you from ordering chicken feet.
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And a Burger King Whopper is delicious. Probably the best run of the mill fast food burger out there.
I was just looking at it. I'm guessing that they don't have many fish dishes, but I still want to try it, as it's probably the most obscure province.
It's a kind of goal of mine to eat food from every province. I should get started on it before I settle down.
So I've just moved to North America and what I really miss from Australia are the kebabs. Why can't you people do kebabs properly? Where's the choice of sauces? Why is it tiny and are those fucking beets? Why are there beets in my kebab? What the fuck?
That just looks absolutely delicious to me.
That's your penance after unleashing that horrible Vegemite stuff on the world.
Beets are fairly common in Iranian/Persian food. Not a core staple, but I'm not sure how they'd seem out of place with kebabs.
Where are you and what sort of shit place are you buying kebabs from o_O
If you are near a city, they should have an ethnic place where you can get all different styles of kebab and are quiet good and cheap. Hell I can problem name over a dozen off the top of my head in DC alone.
what city are you in??? I've only had good kebabs in and around Detroit due to the sheer number of middle eastern and mediterranean people that live there. Phoenix has suck-ass kebabs. Tried some while in LA once, sucked ass. Chicago, suck ass, though they make a mean gyro there.
I have no idea what the hell you're eating and I doubt the cook does either.
Though most of the time to get a kebab here I have to go to a Mediterranean place.
Though I hate places that sell kebabs and it's just burnt meat on a stick.
that sounds like shish kufta. I LOVE shish kufta (and I make a damned good beef kufta too)
Well... I liked them. Though fuck they do stink something awful and I would never take them home.
You obviously had no idea where to go in Chicago. There are plenty of great kebabs available in the more ethnic Indian and Middle Eastern neighborhoods, and at a handful of standout spots outside of the more concentrated locales.
I'm also fortunate to have an Indian father-in-law who makes some killer kebabs of several varieties, and Indian mother-in-law who is a whiz with sauces, chutneys, and anything else you might like to have with a kebab :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Where did you eat in LA? Don't eat in Little Armenia, the best kebabs are in Glendale (Helena's and Carousel).
LA's ethnic enclave labelling is stupid like that - the best Chinese isn't in Chinatown, the best Japanese isn't in Little Tokyo, etc. Only Koreatown earns its name.
Ok that phrase alone made my mouth water. I was just down in LA and at a hotel on the border of K-town. Was with some Chinese friends and mine, and they had a local friend who introduced me to Korean food and Korean BBQ for the first time (not a huge Korean community in my neck of the woods).
I wanted to try the Korean pizza place after that experience, and now I just have one more thing to add to my list if I ever make it back down there. That and some good Mexican food. I never did stop to try some good Mexican food while I was down there
I never finish anyth
Korean food is good, but it requires a place with a lot of koreans or it gets toned down. <3 anandale and fallschurch
oh I know. Every place we went to our local Korean friend got frowned at when they saw me.
"Why you bring white people here?! First one come, then more. No good!"
Not actually said, but I got that idea. Was fucking hilarious as far as I'm concerned.
I never finish anyth
I have to concur with this. It is breakfast perfection.
I meant towns, but same applies to food joints I guess. Whole portions of NoVA are either korean, vietnamese, mexican, peruvian, you know where to go for the eats.
I gave up on the Tucker Max Message Board years ago, but I remain eternally grateful for having read this interaction there:
Tucker: Dude---that thing looks disgusting. It has to be nasty, with the syrup shit in it. What is that?
SlingBlade: I can only assume from your cavalier attitude that you have yet to partake of the wonderment that is the McGriddle. Let me enlighten you. What happens is the One True God grows them on trees in the Elysian Fields using a heretofore unused incantation. He then proceeds to magica them down to your local eatery where whatever Ghetto Bastard cook your McDonalds has rescued from welfare that week proceeds to wrap it in cellophane and pass it along to you, the fortunate consumer. You proceed to ingest this finery in the vain hope that your obviously overmatched taste buds can somehow grasp the delectable intricacies it is suddenly faced with. Is that egg? Why yes it is, and bacon too. But wait---they didn't add....yes they did, yes they did indeed. They added cheese. And then, then my friends, they wrapped it in a sumptuous pancake bun! As your taste buds try to process that amazing information, IT hits them....the syrup nugget. THE MOTHERFUCKING SYRUP NUGGET! It announces itself with a burst of confectionary grandiosity the likes of which your palate has never seen."
Tucker: So you like them?
SlingBlade: If you EVER speak ill of the McGriddle again I will personally force-feed you one while I fuck you in the butt using the wrapper as a condom and then donkey punch you when the infused syrup nuggets explode in your mouth."
Be careful with that shit, man. I know of some sketchy as shit truck that sells shrimp, and I'd never go there.
Make sure you go to the Kogi truck, and not a knock-off. Signature is the tacos, but they also have Korean BBQ or kimchi quesadillas.