I'm going to eat that?

[Beer Snob]

My dinner tonight kind of reminded me of something that is sort of "The trial of someone living in Rochester, NY." You can't call yourself a Rochestarian if you have not eaten one of these.



It's from a place called Nick Tahou Hots and what you are seeing above is called the "Garbage Plate" for reasons why you an imagine.

http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=218

So... what are the trials of your place of residence?

 

[kaptain_karma]

In columbia, MO we've got this mexican joint called El Rancho. It's open real late so you can hit it up after the bar. The food is awesome; it's all made to order right in front of you, and they drizzle most everything in creamy delicious goat cheese. The problem arises when you drizzle their habernero hot sauce all over it. Seems like such a good idea when you're drunk, but the only thing that sucks more than having a hangover at work is having a searing case of mexican sh*ts whilst hungover at work.

 

[Ivan Lendl]

That looks like a good pre-binge drinking meal! The presentation and all the plastic and paper really class it up too!

 

[Beer Snob]

That looks like a good pre-binge drinking meal! The presentation and all the plastic and paper really class it up too!

The counter is lined with all sorts of hot sauces too. This place is located in not what you would call the classiest area of Rochester. Lets just say I would not necessarily want to walk around there alone at night.

 

[Cheesefood]

I think the real famous meal out of Chicago isn't the pizza (which most of us really don't care for) but the Italian Beef Sandwich. Now, there's a bazillion places that make the so-called "World's Best", but without a doubt, the winner is the Portillo's Beef and Cheddar Croissant.

You take thin-sliced beef that's been cooking in its juices, and spice it up. Opn a croissant and slop in the beef, making sure to get the juice in there. Put some giardinara and cheddar on it and you're done. No ketchup or sauce. No lettuce, onion, tomato or anything else.

If you're ever in the Chicago area, ask someone to take you to Portillo's for a beef and maybe a dog or a Maxwell Street Polish. Since you've already blown your diet, get some rings.

Second best would be either our gyros or our burritos.

The best sandwich in town is from Jimmy John's.

Now, the grand-daddy is from a little place in the city of Joliet, IL (the city made famous by Joliet Jake in the Blues Brothers.) There's a little restaurant called Merichka's ("Mary's", in Slovenian) that serves a Poor Boy sandwich that requires a deep-vein roto-rooter. Here's the recipe:

1. Take a piece of french bread and submerge it in garlic butter. When saturated, put it on the flat-grill.
2. Take a piece of ground steak and dunk it in garlic butter, then put it on the flat grill.
3. While the meat is cooking, ladle garlic butter over it on each turn.
4. When the meat is cooked and the bread is relatively crispy on the outside, serve it with grilled onions, provolone and pickle chips.
5. Chase your wife around for the next three days, trying to give her a "garlic kiss of death".

You're not going to lose weight off this meal and you'll shorten your life span by about 4 weeks, but it's worth it. Oh, man are they good.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Here in WI the local thing (Besides Bratwurst) is the Friday Fish Fry. Every local tavern and/or restaurant has one. It's usually all-you-can-eat, with rye bread and cole slaw. Yummy.

 

[dancingbarefoot]

Did you order that on purpose?

When I lived in Hawaii, I was horrified yet vaguely intrigued by loco moco. It's two scoops of rice, topped with a burger patty and fried egg, and smothered in gravy. With a scoop of macaroni salad on the side, of course. Heart attack on a plate!

Can't think of any trying Alaskan dishes at the moment. Not that there aren't any, just can't think of any. Eskimo ice cream? But that's not sold at restaurants. Caribou sausage pizza? Too delicious to be a trial.

 

[alemonkey]

We have Mountain Oysters here. There's actually a town that has a Testicle Festival. They're actually good once you get past the fact that you're eating cow nads.

 

[AHammer16]

the winner is the Portillo's Beef and Cheddar Croissant.

Hell yes! That is the best sandwich around. With a order of cheese fries and some choclate cake. FAT ASS!

 

[AHammer16]

Can't think of any trying Alaskan dishes at the moment. Not that there aren't any, just can't think of any. Eskimo ice cream? But that's not sold at restaurants. Caribou sausage pizza? Too delicious to be a trial.

When i was up in Alaska I was at a local burger joint by some glacier and they had a 1/2 or 3/4 pound burger called the garbage grinder. Ground beef patty,fried egg, caniadian bacon, american bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion,mushrooms and some other slop that i dont know wat it was.

 

[Regicider]

We have Mountain Oysters here. There's actually a town that has a Testicle Festival. They're actually good once you get past the fact that you're eating cow nads.

Bull!

 

[dancingbarefoot]

Bull!

Not after the nads are removed, he's not.

 

[alemonkey]

Oh, and then there's my mom's cooking. I love her to death, but the woman can't cook. I grew up thinking half raw fried potatos with no seasoning at all was normal. And DRY roast beef, also with no seasoning. Ugh.

 

[Beer Snob]

We have Mountain Oysters here. There's actually a town that has a Testicle Festival. They're actually good once you get past the fact that you're eating cow nads.

Ah gad.... a girlfriend got me to try oysters once..... I kinda make it a rule to try everything before casting an opinion, but I was right on the nail with this one....

 

[Ize]

Holy crap, Portillo's and the Testical Festival in one thread....

Being in radio, the Test Fest kind of comes with the turf. We had our own once. Deep fried turkey and hogs testicals served up one morning on the front lawn of our radio station for any listener brave enuf to sample. They were lined up at 6am...

We even had a State Senator show up (a family farmer) with the lovely tool they used to castrate the pigs on their farm... NOT PRETTY....

I've heard they taste like liver. Since I hate liver I passed....

I think the real famous meal out of Chicago isn't the pizza (which most of us really don't care for) but the Italian Beef Sandwich. Now, there's a bazillion places that make the so-called "World's Best", but without a doubt, the winner is the Portillo's Beef and Cheddar Croissant.

You take thin-sliced beef that's been cooking in its juices, and spice it up. Opn a croissant and slop in the beef, making sure to get the juice in there. Put some giardinara and cheddar on it and you're done. No ketchup or sauce. No lettuce, onion, tomato or anything else.

If you're ever in the Chicago area, ask someone to take you to Portillo's for a beef and maybe a dog or a Maxwell Street Polish. Since you've already blown your diet, get some rings.

Cheese, you win with this one. My brother worked at the Portillo's in Bolingbrook in the early 80's and your post was a blast from the past. I LOVED Portillo's Italian beef....

For mine now tho, it's from a little tavern across the street from me called "The Wharf" They have what's called a "Wharfburger" (insert joke here....)

Half pound pattie cooked to order, sauteed onions, Canadian bacon, and cheddar cheese, topped with lettuce, tomato, and Thousand Island dressing. Sloppy as hell but awesome. Get a side of Floyd Fries, (greasy nasty fries just like you get at a county fair) and your Doc is gonna be pissed at you the rest of the year....


Damn, I had a steak for dinner but now I'm hungry again....


Ize