And of course the Canadians got there first.
We have a Mexican sushi joint in town callec Japañero's.
I had a kebab with pico de gallo for lunch today.
Long Beach used to have, maybe still has, an Oriental Mexican Fish Market and Video Store.
This is progressively a thing, I think.
I want a pierogi filled with shawarma and bacon.
I want a munchy box, and I only heard of them an hour ago.
A munchy box filled with low-hanging fruit.
That's clearly for younger people. I routinely eat fries, wings, and onion rings. But that was just gross.
Just an awkward name, not a blended one, but the new local Persian place is at the top of my list to try once Lee goes back to work and I let myself hang around her neighborhood in safety. The great Mexican place is a block or two from me, and (luckily for us if not for the state of local culinary affairs) a river runs between.
By far the most common non-Italian restaurant I've seen in Italy is Japanese. No mashup names but some of the dishes appear to be typical Italian meats arranged like sushi.
The hairy plums are low-hanging fruit, and I can get ahold of those.
Wagers on how old Anthony Weiner will be when he sends his last dick pic? Like, 81, right?
15: Depends how long he lives. He's obviously never going to stop.
That's on a giant sign on the way through Omaha with a picture of John Wayne. Usually I just make a lung cancer joke.
What is 18 trying to say? Everyone in Omaha is a quitter?
That everybody in Omaha who has something bad happen to them has only themselves to blame because they lacked grit.
It's really a bit Calvinist for Omaha, but if you've got the money, why not.
17 "Weiner's death bed dick pics shocker"
Now I'm wondering if 15 was in response to the incident a couple weeks ago where he was catfished by a right-winger, or if he did it again more recently.
Weiner and Trump locked in a room together, a single cell phone between them.
There's a 12 step program but the first step, admitting you are powerless against your own penis, makes you want to take more pictures if it.
Trump obviously never got past step 1 at all.
There's at least one halal Mexican joint here. Most of the rest are actually Chilean, run by the descendants of refugees who fetched up here after 9/11 (Kissinger version).
I want a pierogi filled with shawarma and bacon.
In the cooking contest I lost the other night, the winning entry was pierogi with dosa filling (I think masala potatoes) served with South Indian-style green beans. I didn't have the beans but the pierogi were great.
I only eat green beans if they're done very well and other people are looking.
the winning entry was pierogi with dosa filling (I think masala potatoes)
Like... a samosa?
It's like a burrito.
Also, I know some people do deep fry a pierogi, but think of them as being sauteed and soft in texture. I think of a samosa being crispy.
I don't actually go to Indian restaurants, so it's good to have the confirmation.
I don't actually go to Indian restaurants
You can also sometimes get samosas in Portuguese restaurants for reasons of historical imperialism, but they're not as good as the Indian ones.
Samosas with Portuguese fillings? I'd try those.
Anyway, I'm one for appreciating the best in all cultures, but only in a abstract kind of way that doesn't impact how I live.
Mossheimat has both Portuguese and Indians in abundance, but I've never heard of P-samosas. I think very few of them come from Goa, so.
Alas, the Portuguese somosas I've had (in Lisbon) have been extremely boring and under-flavoured.
Here, however, is a white Englishwoman with a recipe for black pudding somosas that I think I want to try.
Damn you, Chris Y, for linking me that recipe when I don't have a kitchen to cook in.
Doubt it, but moot point. I think I'll send that recipe to my dad, he'll be all over it. He can do great Portuguese stews as well, so he can fulfill the potential of the pamosa.
There are two Mexican-Asian fusion restaurants in my neighbor. 6 months ago or so one of them closed, and a completely different Mexican-Asian fusion restaurant opened in the same spot. It's not too surprising because there's definitely going to be some kind of take-out food in that spot (i.e. on a corner, fairly small, one block from a college), but still, what are the odds? This is not a heavily Mexican or heavily Asian neighborhood.
That actually sounds pretty gross. I don't think mole was meant to go with cabbage.
Speaking of not very good, does Asia (excluding the Near East) just have shitty desserts or have I had bad luck?
I have to ask you people because I think it might be rude to ask the person who brought in the candy from China.
50/51: I don't know. I'll check later this weekend. I'm definitely going to one of them soon and maybe both. Cassandane is taking Atossa to visit the grandparents for the week. I'll actually probably be eating more healthily than expected because a neighbor is going out of town and gave me some produce that would spoil before she got back, but I'll still be eating a lot more takeout than usual. (I get the pun, but it's as good an excuse as any to brag about having the house to myself and completely living the bachelor lifestyle for a week.)
52: Mango sticky rice must be Asian and isn't shitty. Is that considered the Near East?
Sticky rice doesn't sound like its going to replace a chocolate chip cookie any time soon, but I'll admit I've never had it.
A good gulab jamun can be very good, but tbh I find most south Asian sweets OK but a bit samey, and I don't much care for Chinese sweets. I don't think I've ever eaten e.g. a Thai dessert, or a Vietnamese one, or a Malay one. What are they like?
I don't know. That's why I asked. I've mostly had Chinese sweets and my thought is that after 3,500 years of written history, they should really be doing better than a mooncake.
Maybe the dumplings were so good they didn't see the need to try very hard. Bean paste and fuck you if you didn't get enough of the pork to be full.
Yes, in general east Asian desserts suck, and Asian candy is Russian roulette. There are exceptions; I personally love sesame balls, and there's a giant doughnut from Guangzhou (not a youtiao) that is nominally a breakfast food that's pretty good. Thailand has waffles with green custard which is fairly bomb, and the Vietnamese have stolen French cuisine and thus make creme puffs and such. The Cambodians do too, but they're not as good at it. Laos has bananas.
Thanks. It's good to know that somebody hasn't been holding out on me.
And that trying new things probably isn't worth the effort.
Traditional Japanese confectionery (wagashi) looks amazing but isn't to everyone's taste: Japanese sweets and desserts in general are based on on rice dumplings, red bean paste, sweetened soybean powder, green tea, and black sugar syrup. Anmitsu is a good starting point for Westerners, especially if it's served with ice cream.
Oh, there's good candy, it's just a high stakes game finding out which. Green tea Kit Kat, for instance, is quite tasty.
There are so many more Japanese varieties of KitKat than green tea (over 200 and rising), and they change regularly as Nestlé makes both seasonal and local variations. The weirdest one I've actually eaten was roast sweetcorn, but I have yet to try wasabi or edamame or purple sweet potato (which I bet is really good) or hojicha roasted tea flavours.
Roc Islanders really like baking but aren't very good at it. Their first rule seemingly is 'When in doubt, add custard.' Which is admirable! But not exactly fine confectionery. Indian sweets are the best.
Still, not worth it on the risk-reward ratio. Saving mental bandwidth by reification of my stereotype.
I would say fine, more for me, but burfi isn't the most fungible of goods.
Every year right after Eid-al-Fitr my mom's Muslim students would bring her left over sweets from the festival, as she was a teacher and well respected in the community. There were all sorts of sweets from India and Pakistan, all weird colors and flavors. Some were off the hook delicious and others were more of the "why did you let me put this in my mouth?" variety.
68 is true on all counts, my mom is also a teacher. I found avoiding the more garish colors was a good rule.
Just like a country club before the Supreme Court fixed it.
Bing soo (AKA patbingsu) is generally good.