10/11/2004: $100 Cheesesteak - Page 3

Katkeeper · 10-13-2004, 07:24 AM

Heirloom tomatoes are tomatoes grown from seeds from plants that are rarely grown, but which have more flavor. I have had them a couple fo times, and they are wonderful.

Kobe beef is supposed to be the best - the most flavorful, the most tender, etc. It is Japanese and very expensive.

Steak sandwich wine - any good red will do. Unless it is a Kobe beef steak in which case the Bordeaux still stands as arecommendation. (Ignoring the Thunderbird...)

Troubleshooter · 10-13-2004, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Philadelphia restauranteur Stephen Starr has come up with this offering for a new city location: a $100 cheesesteak. "...made of sliced Kobe beef, melted Taleggio cheese, shaved truffles, sauteed foie gras, caramelized onions and heirloom shaved tomatoes on a homemade brioche roll brushed with truffle butter and squirted with homemade mustard."

It sounds like he's trying to do to the sandwich what the Harley factory did to their bikes.

There's a reason there are so many of those "FTF" stickers on the cars of people who have been riding Harleys for a long time.

jinx · 10-13-2004, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Katkeeper

Kobe beef is supposed to be the best - the most flavorful, the most tender, etc. It is Japanese and very expensive.

I was underwhelmed with it myself.

glatt · 10-13-2004, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Katkeeper

Kobe beef is supposed to be the best - the most flavorful, the most tender, etc. It is Japanese and very expensive.

And it's certified mad cow free, unlike US beef. The Japanese test 100% of their beef, while we test a tenth of one percent.

russotto · 10-13-2004, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by alphageek31337

Questions:

What is an heirloom shaved tomato?

Is Kobe beef really all that worth it?

What wine would you recommend with a steak sandwich? (I'm thinking Thunderbird or Wild I)

1) Who cares? A tomato, while technically a fruit, is rather close to vegetable-ness, and I'm not eating it on a steak. The only vegetable-type things which belong on a steak are onions and (optionally) peppers (which are also fruits).

2) Kobe beef has flavors so subtle, you might even say it's tasteless. Doesn't belong on a steak either.

3) Anything red with a screw-top will do. If you MUST use a corked wine, just grab the red-wine special at the State Store; should run you about $6. Better yet, get a beer instead.

elSicomoro · 10-13-2004, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bobspoon

Sycamore, that looks for all the world like a turd in a bun.

Do they ever make them look any more appetising than that? With some salad, perhaps?

Keep in mind that I took the photo with a 35mm camera. Plus, that's a plain one (just meat and cheese)...some folks like to dress theirs up with onions, peppers, ketchup, hot sauce and/or mayo.

That was the first time I've ever had Dalessandro's, and it was pretty good. Not the best I've ever had, but way better than Pat's or Geno's.

jinx · 10-13-2004, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bobspoon

Do they ever make them look any more appetising than that? With some salad, perhaps?

That would be a cheese steak hoagie.

Undertoad · 10-13-2004, 05:13 PM

Dalessandro's is known for the immense amount of meat they give you which is one reason why it looks like that.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-13-2004, 06:18 PM

photographing food to look tasty is very difficult. Pro food photographers don't use real food most of the time. The props they use look gross in person but it works in pictures. Like meeting someone wearing stage makeup.
Plus Syc isn't the photographer in the family.

wolf · 10-13-2004, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

happy birthday, terry. wolf, does Pudge's still exist? THAT'S a proper cheesesteak. word. to your mamma.

Yep. Pudges was still there last time I drove past.

Since I am held prisoner at the nuthouse I don't get to have steaks from there very often though. I live about um ... 7 minutes away. in traffic.

BigV · 02-10-2005, 02:52 PM

or maybe with 100 sandwiches...

http://weird-news.news.designerz.com...r-martini.html

wolf · 02-11-2005, 01:29 AM

What if you slurp down the diamond? (yes, I know the biological processes which result in the return of the gemstone, but do they warn unknowning recipient about the prize?)

York · 02-11-2005, 10:29 AM

Damn guys, ive never seen that before! It just looks like a sandwich with pita-meat and cheese!!

I wouldnt be eating that for 100 bucks... il have a real Belgian " Croque Truf Tropic" Like a toast with cheese, truffels, some exotic fruit that is marinated in Champagne, and slices of thin meat called "Ossehaas".... for only 50 bucks...

wolf · 02-11-2005, 11:28 AM

If you ever get to Philadelphia, we'll get you a real cheesesteak.

For about $5.

Hajik · 02-11-2005, 12:00 PM

I'm all set with my ham sandwich. If I buy a $100 cheesesteak it better come with a TV, or at the very least a VCR.

10-13-2004, 06:18 PM	#39
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	photographing food to look tasty is very difficult. Pro food photographers don't use real food most of the time. The props they use look gross in person but it works in pictures. Like meeting someone wearing stage makeup. Plus Syc isn't the photographer in the family. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-10-2005, 02:52 PM	#41
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	what to drink with a $100 sandwich or maybe with 100 sandwiches... http://weird-news.news.designerz.com...r-martini.html __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-11-2005, 01:29 AM	#42
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	What if you slurp down the diamond? (yes, I know the biological processes which result in the return of the gemstone, but do they warn unknowning recipient about the prize?) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-11-2005, 11:28 AM	#44
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If you ever get to Philadelphia, we'll get you a real cheesesteak. For about $5. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-13-2004, 07:24 AM	#31
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Heirloom tomatoes are tomatoes grown from seeds from plants that are rarely grown, but which have more flavor. I have had them a couple fo times, and they are wonderful. Kobe beef is supposed to be the best - the most flavorful, the most tender, etc. It is Japanese and very expensive. Steak sandwich wine - any good red will do. Unless it is a Kobe beef steak in which case the Bordeaux still stands as arecommendation. (Ignoring the Thunderbird...)

10-13-2004, 05:13 PM	#38
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Dalessandro's is known for the immense amount of meat they give you which is one reason why it looks like that.

02-11-2005, 10:29 AM	#43
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	Damn guys, ive never seen that before! It just looks like a sandwich with pita-meat and cheese!! I wouldnt be eating that for 100 bucks... il have a real Belgian " Croque Truf Tropic" Like a toast with cheese, truffels, some exotic fruit that is marinated in Champagne, and slices of thin meat called "Ossehaas".... for only 50 bucks...

02-11-2005, 12:00 PM	#45
Hajik Glorified Gunslinger Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rhode Island.. The little state that could Posts: 18	I'm all set with my ham sandwich. If I buy a $100 cheesesteak it better come with a TV, or at the very least a VCR.

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