Things that are pissing you off- Food & Drink Edition

itsstillmatt · May 26, 2011

Originally Posted by Rambo

Do you see it that often out there in SF? I've never seen a single menu that has had C&W unless you're in a soul food joint.

Yes. It seems to be a specialty of gourmet food trucks.

braised · May 26, 2011

Originally Posted by foodguy

there are many schools of fried chicken. pan fry/deep fry (yes, you got it right); batter coating/flour coating, midwest v. south etc. i pretty much like them all. probably the most memorable fried chicken i've had (maybe the best), was at an old place called deacon burton's in atlanta. walk in and they had basically a half-dozen home stoves lined up, each with a big cast-iron pan covering each burner and each filled with fried chicken sizzling away.

That's the way I do it but I have a chef friend who swears by a pressure fryer. We recently looked at a restaurant opportunity in our town and were going to build a menu around it but the space went off the market.

Piobaire · May 26, 2011

For fast food joints, the one I grew up with in southern Ontario, was Harvey's. ****-tastic frozen burgers that are grilled and then you have about a dozen toppings to pick from to have it custom built in front of you behind a sneeze guard. They also have good fries which they serve as poutine. Usually open until after the bars close so perfect for the post-drunk pig out.

As for the most ****-tastic middle market sit down place...Swiss Chalet.

Rambo · May 26, 2011

Originally Posted by iammatt

Yes. It seems to be a specialty of gourmet food trucks.
I can see how that might get annoying. Another thing we don't have down here - food trucks.

foodguy · May 26, 2011

Originally Posted by Rambo

I can see how that might get annoying. Another thing we don't have down here - food trucks.

you will. worst food trend since the cupcake.

mm84321 · May 26, 2011

"Gourmet" versions of anything really infuriate me. They are opening up a "gourmet" mac and cheese place nearby. I think it's just an excuse for people to eat unhealthy food but not be as guilty about it because somehow it's better than the Kraft **** you find at the supermarket.

itsstillmatt · May 26, 2011

Originally Posted by foodguy

you will. worst food trend since the cupcake.
How about pop-ups and underground restaurants? The latter, in San Francisco, is as sweaty and hairy as you might imagine.

foodguy · May 26, 2011

Originally Posted by iammatt

How about pop-ups and underground restaurants? The latter, in San Francisco, is as sweaty and hairy as you might imagine.

sounds like they have them at the post office?
i know david tanis does those in paris. sound like a lot of fun, actually.
and really, i like the way a lot of these things are opening up the idea of what a restaurant is and (more important) what it takes to open one. in socal these days, you've got to have a couple mill really to think about opening a decent restaurant. these things can be opened much more cheaply. it's kind of like punk bands against stadium rockers.
not that i go to them very often myself.

ramuman · May 27, 2011

Why does Le Creuset use that plastic knob? I know that it can handle temps typical for what a french/dutch oven would be used for, but it sorta cheapens a $230 piece of cookware...especially when they have the nerve to sell a stainless version of the knob for $10 more.

impolyt_one · May 27, 2011

It's Bakelite I think, it's functional, why not? I have LC and Staub and damned if I don't forget about the staub's chrome handles and bun the **** out of my hand every time I use them in the oven.

ramuman · May 27, 2011

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

It's Bakelite I think, it's functional, why not? I have LC and Staub and damned if I don't forget about the staub's chrome handles and bun the **** out of my hand every time I use them in the oven.
If they wanted to be entirely pragmatic, I think aluminum would be the best choice for a knob because it can both handle any oven temp and it has a low heat capacity per volume. I know the entire thing is a big hunk of iron that gets hot, but something about that knob botherd me today (first time using my LC) for some reason, even though I was just braising and stayed well south of the knob's upper limit.

Alter · May 27, 2011

Originally Posted by Piobaire

For fast food joints, the one I grew up with in southern Ontario, was Harvey's. ****-tastic frozen burgers that are grilled and then you have about a dozen toppings to pick from to have it custom built in front of you behind a sneeze guard. They also have good fries which they serve as poutine. Usually open until after the bars close so perfect for the post-drunk pig out.

As for the most ****-tastic middle market sit down place...Swiss Chalet.

I ate at Harveys around once a week when I was a kid. It is on my must-do list every time I go back home for a visit.

marg · May 27, 2011

Originally Posted by foodguy

worst food trend since the cupcake.

where did the fascination with cupcakes come from? my gf is very careful with what she eats, but when we brought home crumbs cupcakes after visiting friends in nyc, and she went crazy over them. they weren't bad, but certainly not earth moving.

i don't get it. did women not go to enough elementary school birthday parties when they were younger?

Piobaire · May 27, 2011

Originally Posted by Alter

I ate at Harveys around once a week when I was a kid. It is on my must-do list every time I go back home for a visit.

Mine is right by the U of W, right off the Ambassador Bridge, on Wyandotte.

mm84321 · May 27, 2011

Originally Posted by marg

where did the fascination with cupcakes come from? my gf is very careful with what she eats, but when we brought home crumbs cupcakes after visiting friends in nyc, and she went crazy over them. they weren't bad, but certainly not earth moving. i don't get it. did women not go to enough elementary school birthday parties when they were younger?
It provides a compact and condensed source of endorphins to temporarily fulfill and replace their lustful desires, while being small, thus low in calories, so once they do feel like actually copulating they remain in relatively decent shape.

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