Poll -Jay Reatard #4 Frenzy

[smiller]

You people need to chill!! All the lunch items will be combined in to an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet at noon anyway! You're treating this Schezwan HOT Chicken like an artifact!

[TTT]

ha!  yeah it doesnt taste the same!  for real, they're just trying to put it on ebay anyways.   And I've been collecting all the other pieces of the "post-lunch-surprise" compilation dish for forever now!  i dont wanna buy the whole thing again, i want my chicken!

yes mike, i wish there were 5,000 lbs of each Schezwan Chicken made.  we just wanna eat some food! 

[TTT]

they're trying to sell the same chicken twice!!!!!  even if there's no money in it, thats just gross!!!!!

[TTT]

Around 11:45 I'll be preordering my lunch from the Chinese place next door. I can get extra stuff if anyone's interested in a trade.

yeah pick me one up!  send me your want list.  i just ran into an original pressing of FEAR The Sausage by the way.

[TTT]

i thought i was the only one who filled tacos with cannon balls and cum.

[Hugh Jass]

Some hole in the wall Chicago place where you have order in Spanish is likely to be "authentic" and know their spices, but its very doubtful that they're gonna have quality meats. 

This is also true at "authentic" Mexican places in California, the SW, and Mexico, unless you're going to upscale places. Places that charge $1.25 for a taco are not going to be using top-shelf cuts of meat. Like with any "cuisine of the people", the whole idea with Mexican street food is to take cheapo ingredients and make them taste delicious via preparation and seasoning. I've had upscale Mexican food a few times and I could totally taste the difference in the quality of the ingredients. While the food was indeed good, it tasted "wrong" somehow because I'm so used to eating from trucks and stands where guys polish a turd.

Authentic Chinese food is a whole different animal (literally) from Mexican. Believe me, 99% of non-Asian Americans are not going to want to eat the bulk of the authentic stuff they're serving at those places. There's a reason many places around here have a Chinese-only menu in addition to their menu that's in both English and Chinese. People who can't read Chinese do NOT want to eat what's on that Chinese-only menu.

When it comes to Mexican food, I'm all about eating what the Mexicans eat. With Chinese food, not so much.

[rnld]

1.25 for a taco is alot of money , i prefer them to be $.75 - $1

[TTT]

ron been eatin that "people burrito" from da truck. 


 tacos have become a rip.  does taco bell ever do that 49 cent taco promotion anymore?  i loved getting like 10 tacos there for $5.  they had some sweet deal, still do i guess.

[jalapeno eyes]

Some hole in the wall Chicago place where you have order in Spanish is likely to be "authentic" and know their spices, but its very doubtful that they're gonna have quality meats. 

Like with any "cuisine of the people", the whole idea with Mexican street food is to take cheapo ingredients and make them taste delicious via preparation and seasoning.

I work in the kitchen at a fairly upscale South American restaurant, and the freezer has boxes and boxes of pork butt (chorizo).

[Asshole Face]

I think pig ass is used a little more in Carnitas???  I'm sure chorizo has piggy butt in it too.....but I think you have to sausage-ize it...

I love carnitas....mmm......

[Sukebe GG]

Some hole in the wall Chicago place where you have order in Spanish is likely to be "authentic" and know their spices, but its very doubtful that they're gonna have quality meats. 

This is also true at "authentic" Mexican places in California, the SW, and Mexico, unless you're going to upscale places. Places that charge $1.25 for a taco are not going to be using top-shelf cuts of meat. Like with any "cuisine of the people", the whole idea with Mexican street food is to take cheapo ingredients and make them taste delicious via preparation and seasoning. I've had upscale Mexican food a few times and I could totally taste the difference in the quality of the ingredients. While the food was indeed good, it tasted "wrong" somehow because I'm so used to eating from trucks and stands where guys polish a turd.

Authentic Chinese food is a whole different animal (literally) from Mexican. Believe me, 99% of non-Asian Americans are not going to want to eat the bulk of the authentic stuff they're serving at those places. There's a reason many places around here have a Chinese-only menu in addition to their menu that's in both English and Chinese. People who can't read Chinese do NOT want to eat what's on that Chinese-only menu.

When it comes to Mexican food, I'm all about eating what the Mexicans eat. With Chinese food, not so much.

Exactly. "Upscale" Mexican food wouldn't be tacos but  rather stuff like chicken in mole or real carne asada. A truly authentic place would serve a comida corrida between 1 and 4 PM with bread on the side because that's the standard Mexican midday meal. I lived in Mexico City for about five years but I'm not going to get into it about authentic. It's like anywhere, it's never going to be the same as it is in the home country for one reason or another.

Not sure about the Chinese comment though maybe the real rural food- like rotten tofu- is nasty. I was in Shanghai  last year and ate at some very local joints and had home cooking and it was all great and palatable.

[vint]

Shaun ate rat over there. Said it was kinda like chicken but more greasy. He's in Harbin though, which isn't a tourist destination. I'm sure those fuckers eat plenty of nasty ass shit I wouldn't go near.

[rnld]

im gonna eat some .75 tacos tonight
"upscale mexican food" is for faggot whites

[Shaun Failure]

I've been here for over a year now, and I'm pretty used to eating the food. The closest thing here that people eat back home is gong bao ji ding (kung pao chicken) and guo bao rou (sweet and sour pork). Right now, I am eating some awesome cabbage, red peppers , green peppers, and random meat. I order food from the same restaurant for luch every day, because I know it's clean. When foreigners come here, there's a lot of food poisoning from the filthy conditions of the resaturants. People here are generally unclean, so it's good to find a place where the people are friendly and hygenic. The good thing is that once you find the 100 or so good places here, the food is super cheap ( 5-10 RMB or .75 to 1.20 for a huge meal) and it's much better than in the states. I've lost a bunch of weight here (in a good way), and it has a lot to do with the diet over here.

[Shaun Failure]

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Not sure about the Chinese comment though maybe the real rural food- like rotten tofu- is nasty.
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Weird, I visited my girlfriends family in the countryside once, and I thought the food is awesome, especially the tofu. I eat that shit nearly every day.

What were you doing in Shanghai?