23. My fettucine with avocado and basil pesto topped with roasted pine-nuts and sun-dried tomatos. Damn I'm hungry.
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9/5/07 at 11:46pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage
31- The Chicken Phad Thai from Bangkok, a small food court restaurant in the Faubourg mall in downtown Montreal. It forced some of it's neighbors out of business, having lineups until closing time on weekly nights when the whole mall is empty. Being own by a lady who was a street food cook in the titular city, it's the best Thai food I've had so far, outclassing upperscale places from Toronto to New York, and it cost 7$. And when you ask for a spicy meal, they make sure you'll end up in orbit later on.
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Originally Posted by englebert
A better way to tell quality would be to observe if there are actually Asians eating there. If not, you might as well go somewhere else.
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Originally Posted by englebert
It's my experience that upperscale Asian restaurants are rarely the best. I know some places that are borderline filthy, but I can't get enough of their food. A better way to tell quality would be to observe if there are actually Asians eating there. If not, you might as well go somewhere else.
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Originally Posted by DaveB
26. I know Boris already mentioned pizza up at #3, but Uno's Deep Dish? That's not even the best Chicago style/stuffed crust I've had, and I've only had a few! Maybe the Chicago Uno locations do it better, but the pizza at the chain locations I've been to are only sort of okay. Edwardo's, the other Chicago-style chain around here, does a way better job, and I'd guess there are Chicago-only places that probably do a better job than either.
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
32. Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby ice cream. It shouldn't work, but dear God, it does, it does.
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Originally Posted by Guttenberg Fan Club
The Uno's chain is just awful. The two restaurants downtown are nothing remotely like the chains and they have great pizza. In fact, I believe they were the first to create the deep-dish style that Chicago is now known for.
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Originally Posted by Jcassady
That is true. What I despised about living in NW DC was that there were ZERO good pizza restaurants. Franchise shit (which I dealt with) and some local garbage (giant slices were disgusting sober - awesome when drunk).
Even as I live in the middle-of-nowhere New Jersey, there are 4 legit pizza places within 10 miles. Oh #34 New York Style Pizza - I am the personification of gluttony when I'm around good New York Style pizza. |
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Banks is my hero
Not a fan of Chicago style. It's just too much dough for me. It's like eating pizza-flavored cake.
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Originally Posted by Jcassady
That is true. What I despised about living in NW DC was that there were ZERO good pizza restaurants.
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Originally Posted by Guttenberg Fan Club
You may not be eating the good stuff. It's a deep dish, but it shouldn't be a huge crust. That's where the Uno chain goes wrong in that it has this really thick Pizza-Hut style crust without the cheese, toppings and sauce to even it out. Most of the heft in a good Chicago style comes from the copious amounts of cheese in it. A great crust on Chicago style is a bit thicker than most NYC (not by a lot, though. Neopolitain is the real thin crust), but it's also buttery and flaky like a heftier croissant. In that way, I think it's got something above NYC in that the crust isn't just a vehicle for toppings and texture, but an actual player in the flavor department.
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Originally Posted by Martianman
I love Chicago-style pizza, and ate at Giordano's when I was last up there in February. They have a place here in Atlanta called "Nancy's", and I'll have to say, it's pretty damn good for not being in Chicago. I hit that place about once every two months or so, as it's in Buckhead, so it's a trek for me to get down there from the 'burbs.
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Originally Posted by JudgeSmails
#36 - Combos.
Yes, that's right, I said Combos. The greatest snack food of all time. No one dislikes pretzels. No one dislikes cheese. Especially the fake, processed super spiced cheese filling. Wrap that cheese up in a tubular, salty pretzel and you have the modern day equivalent of processed food perfection. Mmmmmm Combos...... |
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Originally Posted by Guttenberg Fan Club
You may not be eating the good stuff. It's a deep dish, but it shouldn't be a huge crust. That's where the Uno chain goes wrong in that it has this really thick Pizza-Hut style crust without the cheese, toppings and sauce to even it out. Most of the heft in a good Chicago style comes from the copious amounts of cheese in it. A great crust on Chicago style is a bit thicker than most NYC (not by a lot, though. Neopolitain is the real thin crust), but it's also buttery and flaky like a heftier croissant. In that way, I think it's got something above NYC in that the crust isn't just a vehicle for toppings and texture, but an actual player in the flavor department.
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Originally Posted by LisaNewYork
#10 - The spicy salmon crunchy rolls and spicy tuna crunchy rolls from J.J.'s Grand Tofu Japanese Restaurant at 3705 31st St. in Astoria, NY. (718) 626-8888, in case you're nearby and want the best sushi rolls you'll ever have in your life. Order them both together (which is why I've counted them as a favorite single food or meal).
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
37. Nutella. Simply the greatest thing ever created. Spread it on a sliced round Italian loaf for best results, but it works with anything- I've had Nutella Pizza that's amazing.
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
Holy shit. I just had both rolls last weekend at that place, along with a california roll and some of those awesome potstickers. And lots of lots of house sake. Fucking random!
Agree completely, though- the best sushi I've ever had. Ever. Can't wait to go back. |
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage
There's as many Mac & Cheese recipes as there is families. It's amazing how something so simple can differ and variate. My wife's recipe is as basic as you can get: get some Cheddar cheese into the cooked and drained noodles. Let's the heat melt it. Add tomato juice. Add salt and pepper and enjoy. I love doing it, as it takes me 10 minutes from start to finish. Mine is more of what MissZooey posted.
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Originally Posted by Minsky
a food hammer (or whatever the fuck they're called- food whacker?)
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