Random Fashion Thoughts (Part 3: Style farmer strikes back) - our general discussion thread

[Baron]

Don't sleep on the dark chocolate peanut butter cups.

 

[double00]

choose a fabric that breathes

 

[FlyingMonkey]

I don't really consider butter chicken "Indian" food, but I think that anglo-Indian is a valid cuisine in the same vein as Hong Kong cafe or Italian American. The food that immigrants took from native lands and adapted to new ingredients and new audiences is one of the great things about global mobility.

Err... butter chicken is Indian. It's not 'traditional' but it was invented in Delhi. You may be thinking of Chicken Tikka Masala, which is a dish invented in Britain by Indian immigrants to appease white palates.

 

[GoldenTribe]

palates

 

[whorishconsumer]

Plates.

 

[1969]

TJ's hashbrowns are pretty good. Not that grating a potato is hard, but they have that fast food crunch that's hard to replicate at home.

 

[shopcanoeclub]

TJ hashbrowns do bang. also the dark chocolate peanut butter cups as @Baron stated. green chili frozen mac n cheese, any of the gyoza. the frozen bag of chicken fried rice is next level i'm just remembering that and need to stop and get some today or tomorrow.

it's lit

 

[asaa1000]

Any recs for loose tapered black jeans? Something light and comfy, along the lines of Hatski.

 

[whorishconsumer]

It should have registered with me sooner that dealers are shipping via other than EMS/Japan Post. Got these in a day via DHL.

 

[keykoo]

It should have registered with me sooner that dealers are shipping via other than EMS/Japan Post. Got these in a day via DHL.

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Where are you picking up these records? In Japan for an extended period of time and not sure where to start.

 

[accordion]

So I order a Veilance Isogon jacket from Haven during sales. It arrives, I try on briefly before realizing it's too small. I list on ebay the same day. The jacket sells via auction, I ship in the original garment bag/box. The buyer receives it, then the next day tells me the jacket smells like detergent and requests a refund. I didn't wash the jacket, but I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt because I do remember a bleach-like smell coming from the garment bag. I do not remember the jacket itself as having any odor, nor did I notice anything else that would make me think it had been used/washed.

It's possible that the buyer freaked out at the bleach smell, which I should find strange also, even though the jacket itself is new. But if he is right and I'm dumb, is it plausible that a store like Haven would actually sell a used jacket? I'm planning on going to the Arcteryx store to ask.

 

[whorishconsumer]

Where are you picking up these records? In Japan for an extended period of time and not sure where to start.

I wish I had that problem.

I bought off of Discogs, but the vendor is Ella Records: https://www.ella-records.com/. Haven't been, but would check out if you're in the area of either location.

 

[double00]

there is not really much chinese food in my town and i don't mind trying my own hand at. would love to get a rec or 2 of a good cookbook primer for both 'american' tool/technique/palette and maybe also something that points me to more homegrown regional basics if there is such a cookbook. if anybody has some guide/basic recipes that they like to go to?

 

[trafficjam]

Just watch chinese cooking demystified on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC54SLBnD5k5U3Q6N__UjbAw

One video taught me everything I was doing wrong with my mapo tofu.

 

[Parker]

@whorishconsumer two of my favorite albums of all time. nice.