Favorite Food
 

I like learning more about Cellar users. So... here's my next question:

What's your favorite food?

This is a really really hard one for me, as I am a lover of good food. I enjoy a good steak any day of the week. A tasty cheesesteak (hey, sycamore!) is good too. Cheese. Mmmm. I'm a big fan of Chinese - particularly sweet & sour chicken and shrimp egg f[u|o|oo] y[o|ou|u]ng (however you want to spell it). Man, do I love a good pizza. Mexican is great too - I really dig a good quesadilla or chimichanga. Wow. Not to mention cream of potato soup or a good thick clam chowder...

But... I think I have to settle on pasta, more specifically spaghetti and fettucini alfredo. There's just something about them both... nice, thick sauce, some good garlic bread... Man, I love pasta... but spaghetti... mmmmmmmmmmmm... fettucini alfredo.... mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... doesn't get any better... I love a good pasta dinner.

Got to be the combination of Pizza and Beer!

Of course, roasted duck, stuffed with sausage and bread stuffing and served with a rasberry demi-glaze ain't too bad, either.

Foooooood!!!
 

Food is a beautiful thing...in moderation of course. :)

--Mexican: I've always loved Mexican food, but about 4 years ago, I discovered that I was denying myself the Holy Grail. At the time, St. Louis was just starting to get a larger Hispanic population, and so a down-home Mexican restaurant was hard to find. Then I started dating Mimi, who lived in Chicago at the time, and found out what I was missing. All these wonderful mom-and-pop hole-in-the-walls all over Chicago, where the food was tasty and cheap. Places that most folks would probably overlook b/c a) a lot of them were along W. Chicago Ave. and b) you're up the creek if you don't speak Spanish. I didn't eat Taco Bell again for over 2 years.

One of the few things I DON'T like about Philadelphia (other than the sucky economy and SEPTA) is the lack of good Mexican restaurants, but there is a fabulous one called El Azteca, at Grant and Bustleton Aves. Well worth the trip.

(Incidentally dham, I used to frequent a nice place over on Connecticut Ave. in DC, near the Cleveland Park Metro, called Alero. Great food, although I think they might have closed shop. I believe the block they were on was sold to developers.)

--White Castle: I am so fucking pissed that they went belly up in Philadelphia, but there is one right across the Tacony-Palmyra bridge in Palmyra, NJ. Nothing like being drunk as hell and going to Chez Whiteys for a sack of cheeseburgers and cheese fries.

--Jack in the Box: The closest one to here is in St. Louis...they're mostly in the Western US. Perhaps the greatest fast food restaurant chain around. Nothing like having 4 deep-fried tacos and a Sourdough Breakfast Sandwich at 7 in the morning...for $4.

--Italian: A beautiful similarity between St. Louis and Philadelphia--great Italian restaurants. I'm a fan of fetuccine alfredo or a nice order of manicotti. I also wouldn't mind a nice thin crust pizza from Imo's or Cecil Whittaker's right about now.

--Chinese: Not as big of a fan as I used to be. For whatever reason, the way it is made on the East Coast is different than the Midwest. *shrugs* Why, I have no idea.

--Cheesesteaks: Do I really need to say anything here? I prefer chicken over actual steak though. I'm not a huge fan of beef.

Potato soup is also good...nice and thick, with a bit of cheddar and bacon in it. Add some soda bread to it, an Irish band in the background, and Guinness all around, and you've got a party.

...I would have to agree that this is a recipe for deliciously good fun.

But White Castle Sliders--Ugh. sorry cant do that. That burger is steamed man. Steamed beef square is an acquired taste.

How about some good BBQ! slow smoked, sauce with a kick and a side of beans and slaw. with some good and greasy roots band- I believe I'd go with a nice Texas beer like Shiner Bock.

And my all time favorite food. Corn- roasted on the ear with butter and salt. I will stand in a long line for a long time for a taste of this.I dont care if I have to pick it outta my teeth for the next hour. yum. I gotta check whats in the fridge....

I'm going to have to say macaroni and cheese, sushi, and pizza.

Easy:

1. Sushi
2. Shellfish - almost any kind, though clams are first on the list
3. Raviolli or stuffed shells
4. Chinese

Carne et Carne
 

A nice prime rib, perfectly cooked to medium-rare goodness. A good porterhouse steak seared on the outside and pink on the inside is a close second.

Filet. [Insert Homer "savoring" noise here]

oh man, thats a ahrd one
dpends on my mood

Viet beef/noodle soup
Sweet/sour pork (homemade)
tortalini in cream/bacon sauce
Sushi

my faves
 

Pat's cheesesteaks, rare filet mignon, most anything Italian, honey roasted Virginia ham, Chicago hot dogs smothered with chili, Moroccan lamb, true Southern barbeque, steamed shellfish (clams, oysters, lobsters, shrimp etc), New York cherry cheesecake or Jewish apple cake for dessert.

And a fine wine matched to the main course and cognac or brandy after the meal. Oh yes! Perhaps even a fine cigar (weather permitting).

Brian

Chicago hot dogs
 

Oh my God! how could I forget! Vienna beef, poppyseed bun, tomato, onion, mustard, uber-green relish and sport peppers. - The Goldcoast Char dog. It schmecks!

I'm from Queens man, with a White Castle a handful of blocks away. If you grow up near a White Castle, you love White Castle. I was so happy when I was on a visit back home, and I saw they were selling Castle burgers frozen in Waldbaum's. Not as good as the real thing, of course, but at least it's something I can take back.

Anyhow, here's the list (in no particular order).

1) Chinese food from one particular restaurant. There's this place three blocks from my dad's place in Queens, called Great Wall. The best Chinese food in the town. What's mind-blowing fantastic about it all is that a "Great Wall" opened up down the highway from where I live now, and they must be related to the one in NYC. The food is literally the same. Tastes the same, looks the same, served the same. And UT, I believe the exact wording for Homer's phrase is "auggggghhhhhhh". 5 g's, 7 h's.

2) Pizza. And not just any pizza, Pizzarama pizza. Pizzarama was the local pizza parlor when I grew up (local as in right across the street). Fantastic stuff. I've actually gotten them to make pies in such a way that the taste isn't lost too much when I take it with me back to Pittsburgh (God bless the privately-owned shop) After that, I run a shipping concern in Italian food from Queens-Pitsburgh. AlphaGeek is a satisfied customer of said service.

3) KFC chicken and/or Crown Royal chicken in the South Bronx and/or breaded like my mother makes it.

4) Burger King

5) Angel hair pasta with Mama Gentalella's sauce prepared with sweet sausage and meatballs. That's the stuff.

6) My mother's Thanksgiving stuffing. She makes this only once a year, for Thanksgiving, and it's stuffing made from scratch with sweet sausage inside. Guys, you have no idea.

That's what comes to mind. I might remember more, so expect another post.

Savoringly,

~Mike

Let me share a delicious dish that I had last week while in Massachusetts:

A lobster omelette. There is this restaurant chain up in MA called Bickford's...it's like an IHOP or Denny's. We went over there last Saturday for a late breakfast, and October was Lobster Month there, apparently. One of their offerings was the lobster omelette. Fantastic...chocked full of lobster...also served with 3 delicious pancakes. Well worth the $9.99.

Jese, people. One of these days I'm going to close all the threads nearly a year old.

Actually, I would argue against doing that UT. I think it's cool to keep a thread going, especially when it's still relevant.

Food is always relevant. And who's Jese? :-)

i finally figured out how to make decent cashew chicken. for at least the next couple weeks or so, thats my favourite food. before the cashew chicken it was pesto chicken pizza. thin crust, pesto sauce, mozzerella and asiago cheese, chicken and sundried tomatoes (if thats your bent) topped with fresh parmesan. easy to make, goes good with beer.

~james

I don't have a favorite food, as general food. It's all in how well whatever-it-is is made, not in what it is.

Canned diced beets, btw, are about the favorite food's polar opposite. That, and overcooked liver. You can spot that stuff by the faintly greenish discoloration it gets. Raw liver always looked more appetizing to me -- and I think my psyche was trying to tell me something.

However, I will stack my mom's take on the condensed-milk recipe for lemon meringue pie (the Carnation recipe off the can label) against any other dessert on planet Earth. I'll post it if anyone is interested. The secret is in the graham-cracker crust: it has to be freshly home-made, scratchbuilt.

When I get time to eat (damn these 18 credits!):
<drool>
Barbeque. I was born in Texas, and very little beats a big side of steer cooked for twenty-four hours, then slathered in one of several forms of sweet and spicy goodness.

Steak. There's a place here in the Cities called Murray's that serves a Silver Butterknife steak. So tender you can cut it with...you get the idea. Another place called Manny's has a baseball steak (twenty-two ounces :eek: !) that is similarly tender, but they drip it in garlic butter. My arteries clog at the thought.

But, what I like to make on my own:
macaroni and cheese, some peas for color, andouille sausage, pepper, a little italian seasoning, and some cajun spice.

</drool>

Might as well ask here
 

What is Vegemite? I have an e-friend in Germany who eats the stuff regularly yet cannot tell me what it is or what it tastes like. I looked around and found recipes and even a picture of a Vegemite Sandwich, but nothing on ingredients or taste.

Jag? Can you shed any light on this?

Brian

What? No one knows? Or no one will admit to knowing?

Brian

It's a disgusting Aussie product.

According to its website one of the main ingredients is the founder ... no, not flounder ... founder.

http://www.vegemite.com.au/bornbread.asp?area=6

Vegemite tv commercials are interesting, but the stuff looks like shit on toast.

is that the same stuff as marmite?

~james

Brian, I have a very educational link for you. :)

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/13/214522/234

Wait a fucking minute...

Jag will stick his damned head out to bitch about politics, but won't offer us insight to vegemite? What an asshole! :)

Nah, he's just a very busy guy.

I vehemently disagree with you. I think he's an asshole. ;)

If you're a man in this world, it's impossible to not be an asshole. The minute you piss a woman off, no matter how noble your intentions, no matter <i>how</i> right you were, it's "Asshole!". Even if they admit later that you were right. It's just not fair.

Hell, I couldn't even get him to talk about his own damn country.

something about assholes..
 

Most people who quit smoking soon become assholes, and it doesn't matter how long you have known them or merely thought that you did. I don't eat very much I am just a stickman who loves to stick to women. And it's ALL stick, baby!!

Joe, what do they say? There's nothing worse than a reformed smoker?

Yeah Blowmee...I forgot about that thread.

$10 says Jag is really some pimply-faced 14-year old living in Ontario...probably around the corner from Nic. :)

Kanata Smoke House has a distinctly Canadian flavour, I must say, (alluding to another Canadian, Martin Short's Ed Grimley) in a deft segue back to thread topic.

Good food? The next time one of you guys are in the area, hit me up for some Rudy's. Good stuff.

yeah but going ON 15 I will have you know!
 

I like fish, I like white fish..How did you know where I live, and about my zits? Do you think I might outgrow them one day? Signed J03L10T :(

After reading the link provided by juju, I learned two things:

1) Vegemite is allegedly good for you

2) I still don't know what it is!

Perth, it seems to be closely akin to malmite...and I do not like that stuff much.

Brian

Just havn't followed every thread, so put me down as asshole & busy, its only fair. Vegemite? Australian tradition, export product, bought in many airports at 3 times the normal price by tourists in tiny jars, great on toast. Can't really explain the flavour, its abit like someone poured two cans of beer and varios veggies intoa blender, blended it then boiled it overnight till you've got a thick, brown sludge. Quite a strong flavour. For refrence syc i'm here . Street is obviously wrong.

The e-mail addy in my profile is working, I check it at least once every couple of days.

Krispy Kreme coming soon to Australia and New Zealand, after UK.

mmmmm vegemite doughnuts

I don't know why people make such a big deal over KK do-nuts. They really aren't that great. In fact, I think they're a little too sweet and greasy to eat more than one. Now Dunkin Donuts or any of the local places around here are fine by me.
Give a hole lot of thanks to Hanson Gregory, though.

My God...you're deranged. ;)

Dunkin Donuts is good, but there are too many of them in the Northeastern US. Within a 10 minute drive of my apartment, there are at least 5 of them. DD never had that many locations in St. Louis...a few here and there.

I grew up on old-school bakery donuts. There's a place by my parents' house called "The Donut Shop"...they make fantastic donuts.

There is something about that glazed Krispy Kreme donut that sends me into sugar bliss. I might try to go back up there this afternoon.

I make my own doughnuts nowadays. I'm good at most all except glazed...can't ge tthe glazing to harden enough to stay on...it all drips off too fast to set. I'll figger it out someday

Brian