One food you have never had... but are curious

[drainbamage]

Confession: World-class and gas-station-class barbecue taste pretty much the same to me. A nice place tends to have better and more-innovative barbecue sauces, better breads if you're getting something sandwich style, and way better sides. The meat is probably worlds apart if your palate is tuned to barbecue, but to a rookie like me it basically all tastes like meat slathered in barbecue sauce.

The texture is the trickiest part. You don't want the meat too dry or tough, but you also don't want to go the opposite direction and get an amorphous blob of BBQ-flavored stuff, like those plastic tubs of BBQ you find in the frozen food section. (That junk makes me cry)

Good BBQ should be tender, but with still enough consistency to be recognizable as meat. Some crispy bits from around the outside are appropriate too, especially on brisket.

Damn, now I'm hungry.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Durian fruit.

Tried it once that was enough. The taste is okay, strawberry kiwi-ish. The texture is soft and creamy, but it smells like someone left the gas stove on, without lighting the burner.

 

[1977Brewer]

The texture is the trickiest part. You don't want the meat too dry or tough, but you also don't want to go the opposite direction and get an amorphous blob of BBQ-flavored stuff, like those plastic tubs of BBQ you find in the frozen food section. (That junk makes me cry)

Good BBQ should be tender, but with still enough consistency to be recognizable as meat. Some crispy bits from around the outside are appropriate too, especially on brisket.

Damn, now I'm hungry.

This. I'm so spoiled when it comes to good brisket I won't even order the chopped sandwich at most places, even though it's usually half the price. There's a place downtown where you order straight off the pit, and they have free beans and bread. 1/2 lb of brisket, or pork loin and a drink for like $10. Heavenly.

I've eaten most animals and vegetables that I'd even consider to be food. Real Japanese sushi and sashimi might be the only thing on my stomach's bucket list.

 

[unionrdr]

I like sushi with a wheat ale or the like. Wouldn't want it everyday, but it's better than you'd think. But I'd rather have pit bbq!...:rockin:

 

[Gibberoni]

Really good texas bbq would be great, bit far of a swim to the US though ;D

Real vietnamese pho would be nice to try, to see if it is overhyped or really that good.

I've tried many asian foods thanks to friends from those countries, but even they admit that without the right local ingredients, it's not quite the same.

When I was in Paris a few months ago, my Fiance's professor took us to the asian section of the city. There was a Pho restaurant, called Pho 18 I think? OH MY GOD. It was amazing. I cannot even begin to describe how awesome it was.

Fortunately, there is a great Pho place semi-close to me (2.5 hours away) Savannah, GA. If you are there, be sure to check out the Flying Monk Noodle Bar. Their Pho is great, not quite as good as Paris, but still great.

If you are ever near Atlanta, Johns Creek and Buford Highway have some of the BEST Asian restaurants outside of Asia.

 

[drainbamage]

I've tried to make pho a couple times at home. The 1st time had too much coriander in the broth but the 2nd was decent. It's a pretty time consuming process. Well, maybe not compared to brewing.

 

[Venari]

I'd like to try haggis. I don't think I'll like it, but I'll try it.

I'd like to give a list of things I've eaten that the average white folk probably has not.

Kangaroo meat (friend's bday, obtained from a quebec butcher shop)
Raw caribou
Raw Walrus
Raw seal
Raw whale blubber (muktuk)
Clams from a walrus stomach (digestive system cooks it)

The raw foods I grew up on. I find it tastes better that way, rather than cooking it.

 

[normonster]

Venari wins the Internet Savage award. Weirdest thing I ever tried were rattle snake and RM oysters....yuck x 2

 

[Jetski]

There's a place downtown where you order straight off the pit, and they have free beans and bread. 1/2 lb of brisket, or pork loin and a drink for like $10. Heavenly.

Hard 8 BBQ??

 

[Gavin C]

Always wanted to try whale meat.

Never had geoduck; king of the clams. Not sure how to prepare it. See it the supermarket all the time.

Kangaroo and emu are excellent and meh respectively.

Young kangaroo fillets are really good rare. Emu is saussage-meat in my mind.

Haggis is delicious. No doubt about it. Lots of takes on that though so it depends on the Haggis.

 

[iijakii]

Time for a different direction -- not something odd or unusual, just expensive: I really want to try a Beef Wellington but doubt I'll ever muster up the money to go to a celebrity chef's restaurant.

 

[Kharnynb]

When I was in Paris a few months ago, my Fiance's professor took us to the asian section of the city. There was a Pho restaurant, called Pho 18 I think? OH MY GOD. It was amazing. I cannot even begin to describe how awesome it was.

Fortunately, there is a great Pho place semi-close to me (2.5 hours away) Savannah, GA. If you are there, be sure to check out the Flying Monk Noodle Bar. Their Pho is great, not quite as good as Paris, but still great.

If you are ever near Atlanta, Johns Creek and Buford Highway have some of the BEST Asian restaurants outside of Asia.

I'm more likely to get to paris than the US....

Growing up in the Netherlands and living in finland, having traveled a bit in asia, africa and south-america, the only "cuisine" i'm totally unfamiliar with is north-american foods, outside of weak fakes served over here.

 

[1977Brewer]

Hard 8 BBQ??

Oh yeah, them too. I was talking about Cooper's across the street from Billy Bib's. Not downtown to Funkytown folks, but close enough for everyone here.

 

[iijakii]

Ever been to Smoke out in Dallas? It's more yuppie than your typical bbq place, but damn is it fantastic.

 

[1977Brewer]

Ever been to Smoke out in Dallas? It's more yuppie than your typical bbq place, but damn is it fantastic.

I love that place and would go all the time if I had money. Great beer, great atmosphere. Yes, it's uptown, but it's not pretentious.


I just ate a 1/2 lb. patty melt and now I'm hungry again.

 

[Gavin C]

Ever been to Smoke out in Dallas? It's more yuppie than your typical bbq place, but damn is it fantastic.

Sounds good.

heading to Hard8 tonight for some BBQ after reading this thread.

For treemendous BBQ you can't beat The SaltLick near Austin.

There are no words.

 

[1977Brewer]

Sounds good.



heading to Hard8 tonight for some BBQ after reading this thread.



For treemendous BBQ you can't beat The SaltLick near Austin.

There are no words.

*drool*

 

[drainbamage]

Sounds good.

heading to Hard8 tonight for some BBQ after reading this thread.

For treemendous BBQ you can't beat The SaltLick near Austin.

There are no words.

Drool.

You guys are killing me.

 

[rlmiller10]

I'd like to try haggis. I don't think I'll like it, but I'll try it.



I'd like to give a list of things I've eaten that the average white folk probably has not.



Kangaroo meat (friend's bday, obtained from a quebec butcher shop)

Raw caribou

Raw Walrus

Raw seal

Raw whale blubber (muktuk)

Clams from a walrus stomach (digestive system cooks it)



The raw foods I grew up on. I find it tastes better that way, rather than cooking it.

Wow I would like to try all of those.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

There are no words.

Everything in that photo looks plastic. Even the fire looks fake.

Wow I would like to try all of those.

I'll pass on the raw part and the digestive juice cooked clams.

 

[bjbear]

View attachment 305248Chinese street food. Some day we want to take a foody trip to China.......

These are probably all here

Pretty much any animal that's not typical. Got to eat them all! ...and gain their power haha.

Deer, snake, shark, bear, buffalo, emu, tiger, bald eagle, etc...

 

[Roadliner]

Time for a different direction -- not something odd or unusual, just expensive: I really want to try a Beef Wellington but doubt I'll ever muster up the money to go to a celebrity chef's restaurant.

You should make one. They aren't all that tough.. more time consuming than anything. And still a little pricey.

 

[Rhumbline]

Time for a different direction -- not something odd or unusual, just expensive: I really want to try a Beef Wellington but doubt I'll ever muster up the money to go to a celebrity chef's restaurant.

Look up Gordon Ramsay's recipe on YouTube. I've made it several times and it is great.

 

[FatDragon]

These are probably all here

If you're referring to all of the different animals from the second quote, I wish. Street barbecue meat is pretty basic - pork, beef, usually some chicken and mutton, fish with a ton of bones, maybe pond snails and imitation crab. There are often a few vendors in tourist-heavy food streets who have camel, ostrich, venison, maybe yak if you're out west, but nothing super exciting, and you have to go to tourist central to get them, which is a definite minus.

 

[Venari]

I'll pass on the raw part and the digestive juice cooked clams.

More for me!

 

[MaxStout]

Never tried truffles. I saw pizza with diced truffles on the menu at a little restaurant we stopped at in Nice, France, but I ordered the bouillabaisse instead, which was incredible, BTW.

 

[bjbear]

If you're referring to all of the different animals from the second quote, I wish. Street barbecue meat is pretty basic - pork, beef, usually some chicken and mutton, fish with a ton of bones, maybe pond snails and imitation crab. There are often a few vendors in tourist-heavy food streets who have camel, ostrich, venison, maybe yak if you're out west, but nothing super exciting, and you have to go to tourist central to get them, which is a definite minus.

Meerly my poor attempt at humour. From my experience in some parts of China they eat anything that moves

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

More for me!

I'll cook the raw bits with a lighter if I have too.

You can have the clams though. I'll wait for the ones that weren't in a walrus.

 

[Rhumbline]

You can have the clams though. I'll wait for the ones that weren't in a walrus.

That might be my favorite quote of 2015.

 

[Venari]

You can have the clams though. I'll wait for the ones that weren't in a walrus.

But they make an excellent salad when put on seaweed!​