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Anyone love asian food as much as I do? Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc. Spicy stuff is great, though I need a pitcher of water to help calm the flames. Let's see I like curry, with Roast duck, Eggrolls esp the Vietnamese, with the fish sauce, that stuff is great. Beef with Potato.
Anyone like Kim Chee? I love it but it is soo hot!
I'll stop because it's making me hungry and I don't eat midnight snacks anymore.
What's everyones favorite dish?
VC spring rolls > all other spring/egg rolls.
and none of that take-out fake chinky shit. you won't catch my dad cooking that shit up at home. don't have a particular fav. dish though. i like some japanese, and i've never really had korean (just some thick noodles in this brown doo doo lookin' sauce that you have to cut with scissors, shit was good and freshly made). kim chee is alright though. i've never had it too spicey.
Yeah, if we're talking real Asian food, not the crap that America calls Asian food, there's a lot to like. Some Japanese food is absolutely horrific, but some of it is pretty darn good. Japanese ramen, udon, sukiyaki, yakitori, tonkatsu, mitarashi dango, etc. And, of course, being that I lived in Osaka, I'm a big fan of okonomiyaki, yakisoba, and while I'm not a huge fan of octopuss, I like takoyaki every now and then.
Korean food is the shit. Bibinba, bulgogi, anything dealing with Kimchee. I had this spicy kimchee soup with vegetables and noodles that was similar to Japanese sukiyaki at a restaurant in Japan, and that was some of the best food I've ever had.
More authentic Chinese food is both good and bad. It's sort of like Japanese food for me - some of it is great, but some of it I wouldn't be caught dead eating.
I haven't had Korean, but I am a big fan of Chinese, Japanese, and especially Thai. I love Kaeng Matsman Goong. Shrimp, peanuts, and green beans in a green curry sauce... Mmmmmm....
well no true "authentic" asian places in my area. just the usual take outs and buffets. the one cook lady at one of the buffets is always really friendly and asks how everything is. i always see some of the guys from another one at the local fresh market and chat with them since ive been going to their restarant for the better half of 10 years. some good stuff that i HAVE had is real quality Turkish food. theres a small diner here called the Ali Baba (yeah i know) that is family run. i had a friend on my floor in college that was from Turkey and he asked if we had any places like that. we checked the phone book and found that. we brought him along because we figured if it wasnt "authentic" he could tell. from the get-go him and the owner chatted it up. actually ended up being from the same neighborood in Turkey. so he sat with us the entire time (we were the only people in there). now i dont know if its their normal custom or because we had our friend with us but when we finished the man asked if we were full. well i wasnt so i said no and he said nobody leaves unless theyre full and brought me out more food at no charge. i dont remember what it was but it was some spicy chicken. real great stuff. my other friend got lamb with olive leaves and koos koos (i know spelling). when we left our friend was really happy and said thats about as close as we should expect. really nice people too.
Indian is probably my favorite kind of Asian food but if we're talking just Oriental stuff then Thai and Szechuan are my favorites. I hate seafood though so that rules out a lot of Japanese stuff for me.
Ok....off the top of my head, I am thinking about the Japanese pork bun that I saved from last night......:drool:
I am a fan of Asian foods because you are likely to eat something that tastes sweeter than most other foods. At least to my recolection anyway.
yup me too. tho for some reason i can put the sushi and california rolls down no problem. probably the small amount of seafood thats actually in it. sometimes when i go out to eat (and this isnt just with chinese/asian food) i get really bad pains in all my joints. to the point where i cant even move. sometimes my entire chest cavity just aches making it really hard to breathe. sometimes it goes away quick and sometimes (like last week when i went to KFC) it lasts a while. i had to have my buddy drive us home because i could hardly sit up straight. ive been told it sounds like MSG poisoning/reaction but its really weird. i usually eat the same stuff when i go somewhere so you would figure if thats the case it would happen all the time instead of just hit and miss. like KFC, i usually get the chicken tender meal. same thing every time. yet this doesnt always happen. weird stuff and completely off topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater
i do often wonder tho. when i get the habachi fresh grilled food at the buffets, i swear the clear liquid they put on the food is laxitive. is there just something about this american/chinese food that makes this happen? i mean sometimes i dont even get out of the building before it hits.
I have a few Asian friends, one whose relatives are from the Phillipines, and another whose parents are from Vietnam, and I must say; I don't think that it's possible to have a spring roll that's better than fresh homemade. Yeah, I can't eat a lot of Asian food, as I am also not a big fan of seafood (I've tried many times to make myself like it). When I was at the Philipino family's house for a party or something, the only thing there that wasn't seafood was spring rolls and blood-basted beef. I ate about 10 spring rolls that evening, lol.
However, I do like sushi. I've only had it a few times, and my reaction to it was directly related to how much it cost. Simply put, the buffet stuff tasted like crap (and like it sat on its plate for a while), while the salmon I had from a real Japanese restaurant was superb.
Um, I guess the only real traditional asian food Ive ever ate is Sushi. It is near impossible to get real versions of any other kinds of food Id imagine. Anyway, I love sushi. Even the cheap stuff I get at the local supermarket is good, as long as it is halfway fresh.
Besides that, we tend to spend lots of money on Thai food.
I eat sushi about once a month. I would eat it every day if it didn't cost so much.
Example: went out with my parents last week, and we spent almost $300 on dinner.
If it is what I'm thinking - nikuman - it's more of a Chinese food, just adopted by the Japanese and changed slightly. (Much like Japanese ramen, gyoza, etc.) Damn those things are tasty, especially with some hot mustard. I swear, Japanese convenience stores have the best food. Those, karaage, sandwiches, etc. Man, I would KILL for those 7-11 ham and cucumber or egg salad sandwiches again. *sigh*Quote:
Originally Posted by Gymkata
As far as sushi, I actually liked the cheap stuff over in Japan. (Of course, their "cheap" stuff is probably better quality than a lot of our mid-range stuff here.) They had one of the sushi places with the conveyor blet near my apartment, and at 100yen for a place of two pieces, you couldn't beat that. Filling up on sushi for $6 was awesome.
It might not be an extremly asian cusine, but:
sauteed mushrooms own my life.
I could eat those things like cheetoe's. :)
That's the only thing on my mind, in fact.
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Excuse me, while I fetch a bucket.
the only problem i have is knowing whats in the sushi in the first place. when its all veggies you can tell right away, also with the salmon or imitation crab. but when you get into the stuff with what looks like chocolate pudding, when you know it really isnt. thats when i start to stay away.
and i tried wasabi the other day. didnt seem bad at first but then that stuff just kicked my ass. great stuff. little soy/wasabi mix. good stuff.
Chinese people eat the most messed up stuff on the planet.
I've seen my girlfriend and her family eat some totally screwy food, and also some other Chinese folks chowing down on stuff that makes me choke just thinking about it. I walk through those Asian food markets and nearly blow chunks at some of the stuff you can buy. And don't even talk about seafood... ugh. The other day for breakfast my girl ate these nasty sausage things that smelled terrible, some sort of bread that's made with soy-milk and tastes like tofu, and (the worst of it all) this stuff in a glass jar floating in what looked like the fluid they use for pig's feet. The glass jar stuff, amid all the Chinese words, said, "WHEAT GLUTEN". Absolutely disgusting. And then she was burping all day.
American Chinese food = good. I'll take some kungpao chicken, or shacha.
I like Chinese and Japanese but I've mostly only had the Americanized stuff. I have however had some real Vietnamese food and a lot of it is really good.
I love Phud Thai with double beef. And peanut sauce... But there is so much more that I love to eat. Eating is my favorite thing in the world, so there are way too many dishes to list.
I don't eat that much asian food seeing as it is a lot of seafood but I do love Tempura chicken and veggies. It rocks my socks.
Best Korean food are Kalbi and Dukguk, Mandu is also very good but I think it was stolen from the Chinese. Pulgogi is okay when done right, but its one of my mother's weaker efforts. I despire Kimchee, so I'm usually relagated to eating American food when I with my Korean relatives.
I spend most of my eating money on Thai and sushi. I can never get enough. Unfortunately, for as much as I like Thai food, my body doesn't. My nose starts running fairly quick once I start eating anything with curry.
Korean food is pretty good. I had Bobimbob (sp?) twice. I ate it wrong the first time, not realizing I was supposed to mix together all the ingredients in the bowl.
Finally! Another Tempura fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Like Wasabi
Is anyone brave enough to try Natto? :evil:
Not a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seven Force
Kimchee rocks.
The only other Asian food I've eaten is pretty much just Americanized Chinese food, which I love.
That's just fried bread dough. Gluten is the protein that makes dough stretchy when you knead it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
Mongolian barbecue kicks ass. The place I go to has one dish they serve to you skewed on a sword if you ask.
american chinese food rules in the right places - i know a little place that for not much money, makes a great sweet and sour chicken plate. Damn... *yum*
I like everything but vietnamese. Pho soup tastes like crap, same with that chilli fish sauce.
Anyone try anko before? It's a sweet bean paste that's usually inside a bun. The Japanese love that stuff. I think it blows.
I seriously live for teh asain food. I'll eat pretty much any dish served up that is asian. Sushi and dim sum being my favorites.
LOL... there's a lot of Asian food I'm sure that typical Western people would find ...um... unpalatable. I wonder if you'd take that statement back. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkCrow676
Truly excellent authentic Asian food is so hard to find in America.
I love red bean flavoring. I tried it once on a whim, and I think it's delicious. Dorayaki with tea is something I can definitely live with. Red bean flavored boba is also awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miniboss
The grocery store here used to sell canned red bean paste that we made some delicious things with over winter break, but they seem to have stopped carrying it. That, and the delicious canned eel with fermented black beans they had, too. Well, I'm only here for 4 months. The asian grocery stores in Boston will keep me stocked up on that stuff.
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miniboss
I'll have chicken heart yakitori before I eat that shit.
Asian tofu dishes are usually really awesome. Next time you guys go to a Vietnamese place order sesame chicken, but ask them to substitute chicken with tofu. It somehow tastes better.
I've tried it. When I went with a friend to visit his mother (who is Japanese) in Chicago a year ago, she offered us some at dinner. My friend passed on it. I went for it, being curious to try something new. At first I thought it smelled a tad funny- but IMO it's not bad when wrapped up with rice in seaweed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seven Force
One dish that I've taken a liking to lately is Singapore Noodles with double curry. Some kinds of sushi I'll eat are Kani (boiled crab), Unagi (BBQ'd eel), and Ebi (boiled shrimp). There's an Indian restaurant near my Dave & Buster's that I'd like to give a try sometime.
If I had to guess, I'd say that is surely an MSG (monosodium glutamate) reaction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
It's not just Chinese food that has MSG added. KFC definitely does use MSG in their chicken. In fact many Chinese/Asian food places I've been to either don't add the white powder of doom or will leave it out on request. Taking supplements of Taurine may be a good idea- it counters MSG.
mmmmmmm Fuck it.
I'm going to have more Fake chinese take out, left over from dinner...
Nah, those are just my favorites. I have tried many many different types of Asian food. Hell, there was hardly a thing I wouldn't have liked to try at the Japanese grocery store in Seatle.Quote:
Originally Posted by negitoro
If you're ever in Chicago then be sure to check out Mitsuwa (formerly Yaohan) on East Algonquin Road. I was there April 2003 and they had quite a selection.
One highlight of this Japanese grocery store is the sushi starting at $1 a piece- get 15 or more and it's 80c a piece. I bought a load of green tea and various Japanese snacks (rice crackers, Pocky, etc) while there.
Other stuff of note includes a Japanese toy shop, liquor store, bookstore, and appliances.
Yes! I have a lot of family on the north shore, and I used to spend months at a time out there. I had been there quite a few times when it was Yaohan, they had a nice selection of j-rock CDs at the time. Good stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by gameoverDude
Off-topic, but an IL-related question. Ever heard of Cyberzone Games? I used to buy sometimes-overpriced imports through them, went as far as to preorder DC Soul Calibur from home in PA to pick it up the week it came out when I was in IL. I was curious if they were still open, I haven't been out that way in a while now. I think they're in Schaumburg. I remember they had a neon "Ultra 64" logo sign in their store that I always coveted, hah.