Have you had the burger from Emily/Emmy Squared? Now that is a burger.Originally Posted by Luca
The Sunday hoagie and Monday TFT (tofu-fried tofu) are meant to be good, so maybe I’ll go back, but I was expecting more from the burger.
Imagine not thinking that vegetables are delicious.
Edit: I might go to Shake Shack tomorrow to atone for my sin of having a veggie burger.
We have all you can eat meat places (usually badged as Brazilian) but they tend to lure you in with one piece of nice meat and then keep balling around with salty gammon and cheap sausages for the rest of your visit.
Ribs (and corn on the cob) are the least sociable thing to eat, but if everyone’s audibly gnawing them out of their greasy paws, it’s less of a concern.
I'm a twit
Least sociable suggests anybody should be giving even the teeniest of tiny fucks if somebody they're with chooses to eat them, which they should not. If they do then disregard them entirely.
Emmy Squared is on the list. I will report back.
Cafeteria style restaurants exist in a variety of forms from salad bars to Chinese buffets and are almost always “all you can eat.” But anything specifically marketed as “all you can eat” is almost certainly the worst form of the restaurant possible: the kid’s birthday party pizza place with off-brand characters, the exceedingly dark Chinese buffet place that may or may not double as a strip parlor, or you’ve just made whatever inexplicably bad life decisions that led to stepping foot in Vegas.
Amen. All-you-can-eat sushi being the worst offender of the lot.
I’m not saying that I haven’t partaken (because I have), but you never leave feeling particularly nice about anything you ate.
There's an all you can eat Chinese place here which is good because it's not buffet style. You have to order X amount of dishes from the menu and then when you've finished you can order anything you like from the menu as many times as you want.
The only good buffet I've been to was in Vegas at Caesar's Palace.
$50 for Lunch is mental but I'd eat so much that I wouldn't need dinner later.
Vegas is probably the exception to the rule because they are just trying to get you to stay so you’ll wander over to the casino.
The other exception being the various fundraisers for social / religious groups. The $10 fish fry put on by volunteers at a VFW, Shriner’s, or church in the Midwest will be good. As will the the local Orthodox Church’s roast lamb / baklava fundraisers.
But getting roped into a visit to some awful
“Souper Salad” which seems to have a mission to recreate classic 70’s airline food? Ugh
When we had all the shit weather a few years ago and I couldn't get home from Glasgow they put me up in a moderately swish hotel overnight so I used my budget for their fancy all you can eat buffet and it was amazing, featuring things like crispy pork belly and whatnot.
I was a big fan of the prime rib beef roast.
I think I had 4 massive slices one day.
Actually yeah, tell you what, nice hotels could be an exception to the rule (not always, of course). I was staying at the Ritz in Singapore a few months ago for work, and the buffet was tremendous(ly expensive, as well).
Those crap ones that offer "FOOD FROM ROUND THE WORLD"
There's an Indian "buffet" in Southampton that is amazing - mostly because it's not a buffet, they just bring you loads of dishes based on what sort of things you like. And at any point, you can ask for more of anything. All for around £15 per head.
The all you can eat Chinese place in Hull used to (and probably still does) charge kids over a certain height as adults. The local paper was like a compo face rogues' gallery when they brought that in, as if Chinese businesses aren't the most shameless entities known to man.
Some are fine. One by my work is pricey but one of the options is Hoi sin duck pancakes which would be in the running if I had to choose something to gorge myself to death on.Those crap ones that offer "FOOD FROM ROUND THE WORLD"
So full of pancakes.
I have failed to arrange stuff for pancakes and am backshift at home so won't be doing that now.
It's really just reminding me that I need to go back to Stack & Still.
I watched a documentary about buffets (because I'm sad like that) and its hard to get your head around that even after someone has 6,7 or 8 plates they can still make a profit on that one customer.
Madness. Strategic placement helps too but still.
Had duck pancakes in Amsterdam recently from some Chinese place and they were the best thing I've eaten in ages. Crispy duck is just one of those you can eat for hours/until death.
It's just the best. My parents used to make it at home sometimes and my mum never used to eat any of the skin until one fateful day I made the monumentally stupid decision of making her try it so she'd realise how delicious it is.
I'm genuinely considering going back there one day and eating nothing but duck pancakes.
Just had an extremely poor kebab. Pitta bread
One of the worst things you've ever said.Pitta bread
They have their place but they’re fucking useless for a kebab. Sauce ratio was very bad too which made things worse.
The test of a good kebab is can it be eaten without dropping a bit. A large wrap or naan, not too much sauce, and a good tight wrap are the only ways to accomplish this.
Is their place as a shit replacement for 2 slices of bread?
Wow, snap. Mine was also pretty shit, and NONE of the bastard takeaways in Norwich do em in naan. Fuck authentic, with the disgusting massive mixed kebabs I get, they're a necessity. Pitta is basically just a serving bowl you can eat afterwards.
You're a disgrace.
They're shit. They're a cunt to open, they tear when you're trying to stuff them and they're usually as dry as a Nun's pocket.
There is literally nothing that isn't better in a wrap / flat bread.
It’s really hard to get one in a naan anywhere here. There’s one place I know does a really good one in a big wrap though, should have got that.
On the bright side they put in an extra bag of chips by accident so they’re going in the air fryer later on.
Pitta fresh from the oven with stuff to dip 'em in.
Other than that you're better off with something else.
The Turkish döner place I used to frequent when living in Milan (because it was right across the street) used to bake flatbread to order for each sandwich.
They were mental (I once witnessed them beating some drunkard who tried to rob them with a rolling pin) but they made fantastic food.
I’m in the city tomorrow night on the beer and by fuck I’m getting a Zaytoon. It’ll more than make up for this shit.
You don't try to rob a Turk. Even Churchill learnt that.
Clearly not authentic, as if they were they have been having a go with that fucking great big knife/sword thing they use to cut the meat. Tottenham style.The Turkish döner place I used to frequent when living in Milan (because it was right across the street) used to bake flatbread to order for each sandwich.
They were mental (I once witnessed them beating some drunkard who tried to rob them with a rolling pin) but they made fantastic food.
'The best kebab shop in Fulham' used to do kebabs in pitta bread, which is about all you need to know about that.
Somewhat weirdly, when I lived off kebabs for a week or so in Istanbul they were almost exclusively served in baguette style bread, which was actually pretty great.
If he was an actual threat, as opposed to some pissed-up college kid, I think they would have.
A what?
I've got right into Middle Eastern food in the last couple of years, or at least Lebanese and Turkish. The stuff they can do with a simple bit of lamb is unparallelled.
Turkish grilled lamb ribs
Our local also does a starter called hummus kavurma which is hummus topped with very finely chopped up pieces of lamb and oil on top.
It's glorious.
Middle eastern food is probably the best in the world if you're a non meat eater. A load of good flatbread, 4 or 5 quality dips, olives, pickles etc is one of my favourite meals.
Iskanders was also another class option when in town too, a more dirty 2am kebab variety, but when I looked it up I seen this.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cons...ades-1.4137311
I went to the Lebanese Bakery last time I was in London and it was bob on. Me and the old man go to some knock-off Nando's that Hezbollah own round here as well, so they are clearly top, top lads.
I'm going to have to get a big dirty kebab tonight because of this thread.
#nopitta
They all do Pitta round here. Shit as they are, I'll power through.
You’re in my thoughts and prayers.
This evening I made a duck confit overtop a bean stew, with a tarragon salsa verde and garlic chips. Sort of a play on a cassoulet but with some brightness and acid to counteract the richness.
For dessert I made chocolate-tobacco truffles, which were just ridiculously good.
Did you get it?
Yes, I had a large Doner, but they didn't have any large pitta's, so they gave me 2 small ones. The extra one was put on top of the box before they wrapped it in paper.
Livid.
Place should be closed down.
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