General Food/Eating Discussion

[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.

[Seul]

We call it 'pita', but the Turks here call it Kebab… I have it with falafel and feta cheese and garlic sauce...

[injunjack]

[education]
Pita is the bread
Gyro has been explained…
Döner is the meat in the turkish version of "pita" or gyro (specially made in the upright pole, usually lamb or mix of lamb and beef, sometimes made also of chicken)
Kebab is same as shaslik (russia) or souvlaki (in greece); meat skewers
[education ends]