General Food/Eating Discussion

[Geo]

the shin of beef course at Wisharts in Edinburgh is the best cow i have eaten bar none, but the Ritz in Paris is my favourite restaurant . . . it's totally over the top but the food is great and the service is tremendous

other than that, fish 'n chips in Cadiz

[Seul]

Me mums white beans in tomatosauce…

[HeavyGenes]

Top 3 food options So. Cal style.
1.California burrito (from Lolitas)
2.Phil's BBQ
3.Pho (from Saigon)

[Geo]

@Seul:

Me mums white beans in tomatosauce…

is that the BIG white beans . . . gigantes is what we call then in cyprus - lovely in tomato sauce

[DougNg]

Geo, you're from Cyprus?

I had a girlfriend from Nicosia

[Geo]

not per se - born in scotland, dad's family are welsh, mothers side are part cypriot. have a lot of friends and family from and around akrotiri

[Jpo1932]

This thread needs more photos…
Went to a Japanese restaurant that I really like

Also had steamed monkfish liver with ponzu sauce.. but ate it so fast I forgot to take a picture.

[Giles]

Don't see stuff like this in UK:

[nooblet333]

@HeavyGenes:

Top 3 food options So. Cal style.
1.California burrito (from Lolitas)
2.Phil's BBQ
3.Pho (from Saigon)

Ooh SD kid! California burrito el grande is where its at!
Also I reccommend pho at pho ca dao way better then saigon or try pho hoa, down at 52nd ST! (Live right there hah)

[Seul]

@Geo:

@Seul:

Me mums white beans in tomatosauce…

is that the BIG white beans . . . gigantes is what we call then in cyprus - lovely in tomato sauce

3-4 cms?.. Not the regular small ones… You gotta soak these for a night for starters...

[Geo]

yeah - big creamy white mofo's - in tomato and garlic

[Finn666]

This is the best pizza after a night of party and on all other days 

[gollotti]

^ That look simply scrumptious!!!

[Chris]

Wow, what's on that thing?

[Finn666]

@Chris:

Wow, what's on that thing?

do you guys know "doner kebab" in the US ?

well it's just everything with what a doner kebab is stuffed with (lamb, salat, coleslaw, onions and fries), on a pizza 

[HeavyGenes]

Never have come across that particular shop. But it sounds/looks delicious.

We do have a place called "kebab shop" which is great. But on a pizza is genius.  Needs to be imported.

[Finn666]

^well actually it isn't a shop. "doner kebab" is the actual the name of that "thing" here in germany (actually called "döner kebab") …

maybe you can ask the guys at "kebab shop" to put all of the stuff on a pizza+fries...believe me, i could have this everyday

[Geo]

these are normally only eaten in the UK in the early hours of the morning . . .

[DougNg]

@Finn666:

@Chris:

Wow, what's on that thing?

do you guys know "doner kebab" in the US ?

well it's just everything with what a doner kebab is stuffed with (lamb, salat, coleslaw, onions and fries), on a pizza 

We call it a gyro

I have it on good authority its the same thing because my greek friend and my turkish ex had a shouting match over it's name

I just say "gimme a number three"

[Chris]

@DougNg:

We call it a gyro

I have it on good authority its the same thing because my greek friend and my turkish ex had a shouting match over it's name

I just say "gimme a number three"

Lemme guess- your Turkish ex said that the above is called a gyro, and your Greek friend said that it most definitely is not?

I'm with the Greeks on this one; that is not a gyro.  A gyro is lamb, tomatoes, onion and tzatziki sauce on a fluffy pita.  That's it, nothing else.

Whatever you call it, though, a pizza with lamb and fries and all that other stuff is genius.