OT: The Menu 19 Renberg / Lord Defect/ Hotdog is not a sandwich edition

[Surrounded By Ahos]

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It's a bit overcooked, but it still looks fantastic.

 

[PDX Flyer]

There was a time that place used to put out really good beers. They used to do same day bottling and brewery, so at my local place in LA, I could get beer that was bottled that day.

Haven't really touched it since I left LA though. A lot of the stuff that makes it out here is their 'meh' stuff.

Didn’t goose island sell out to Budweiser’s parent company?

 

[Starat327]

Didn’t goose island sell out to Budweiser’s parent company?

Goose did, yeah. I was referring to El Segundo, though. If they've sold to InBev, it'd have to have been recently-ish.

 

[PDX Flyer]

Goose did, yeah. I was referring to El Segundo, though. If they've sold to InBev, it'd have to have been recently-ish.

Gotcha

 

[Appleyard]

Made Katsu Chicken completely from scratch today. Sauce from scratch. Flour, egg, baked breadcrumb base for chicken.

So f***ing good. Would advise anyone who likes it to make it for themselves. Can ofc modulate level of spice to preference. And that helped make it so much better. Added more curry powder, extra pepper and a bit of garam masala and turmeric.

 

[Tripod]

2 weeks since I got my gum graft done. Today they took out the protective stuff stitched into my gums and the roof of my mouth.

Roof feels like when you burn it eating hot pizza. Gums are fine.

Now to the important part....said to keep eating soft stuff for another 2 weeks and no biting into anything like a hamburger, for at least 3 weeks. FML.

I did make this though...breaded chicken Alfredo with MUSHROOMS!!

 

[Appleyard]

Wish every supermarket had the beer section places in the Netherlands do...

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Every market in NY has a beer section. Not all of them are the best, but we do. Wegmans is generally quite good though.

 

[Starat327]

Wish every supermarket had the beer section places in the Netherlands do...View attachment 506604

You don't need that full selection though. Just this shelf.

 

[Appleyard]

You don't need that full selection though. Just this shelf.

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Aha, true.

I pretty much exclusively drink Tripels when given the chance.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Every market in NY has a beer section. Not all of them are the best, but we do. Wegmans is generally quite good though.

Wegmans pretty much rules the grocery store beer sections.

Their wine is great too. The staff really know their stuff too

 

[Appleyard]

Kefta kebab, grilled pepper, Ras el hanout hummus and some pitta. GFs Mum sent over recipe and adapted the meat mix slightly.

Exceptional. Cant wait for Morocco later this year now.

 

[Lord Defect]

Lookie what I found, at a place I thought of as being trashy. I still do, but now I know it has a decent selection inside.

 

[Lord Defect]

Seriously, this beer distributor is trash as hell. You gotta push past vagrants begging for money aggressively to get inside and once inside they have a whole wall of plexiglass decorated with people who have stolen from them, then you have to maneuver around walls of warm cases of beer arranged to prevent people from doing a quick run in and grab style theft. Automatic doors, that only work in one direction to prevent grabbing warm cases.

 

[Young Sandwich]

Seriously, this beer distributor is trash as hell. You gotta push past vagrants begging for money aggressively to get inside and once inside they have a whole wall of plexiglass decorated with people who have stolen from them, then you have to maneuver around walls of warm cases of beer arranged to prevent people from doing a quick run in and grab style theft. Automatic doors, that only work in one direction to prevent grabbing warm cases.

Do you live in Kensington?

 

[Lord Defect]

Do you live in Kensington?

No but I grew up there. Fun times. The area I live is great unless you go a block the wrong direction then it’s a mini hood that knowing real hood wouldn’t consider hood.

 

[Young Sandwich]

Couple of Ooni pies from tonight:

 

[Cody Webster]

Couple of Ooni pies from tonight:

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Looks beautiful

 

[Young Sandwich]

Looks beautiful

Starting to get it dialed in now, it's awesome.

 

[Cody Webster]

Starting to get it dialed in now, it's awesome.

They are fairly inexpensive, correct? Where do you store it when you're not using it?

 

[Young Sandwich]

They are fairly inexpensive, correct? Where do you store it when you're not using it?

Yeah I have the lowest end model (Koda 12) and it's perfect. The legs fold up underneath and it has a carrying bag I keep it in down in my basement when not using it. It's fully portable, you just need a propane tank. If you're on the fence about it, just pull the trigger.

 

[FlyerNutter]

This is one of the best beers I’ve had, and 750ml bottles. Beauty from France.

 

[Winston Wolf]

View attachment 506725 Kefta kebab, grilled pepper, Ras el hanout hummus and some pitta. GFs Mum sent over recipe and adapted the meat mix slightly.

Exceptional. Cant wait for Morocco later this year now.

I reallllly don't want to rain on your parade or dissuade you from going, but I'm a pretty experienced traveler and spent 3 weeks with my girlfriend in Morocco in August and September 2021. It was the worst place I've ever been to and I can't say a redeeming thing about the country. The food was generally terrible and the food that tasted the best made us sick. I was super excited about the trip and the experience, but I won't ever go back; there's too many other countries to see, not to mention the ones I've already visited and want to see more of. We went to Tangiers, Casablanca, Chefchaouen, Fes, Marrakech, Rabat, and Essaouira. Don't trust anybody and guard where you're staying and when you're going anywhere. We had a taxi drop us off at a hotel in Chefchaouen and his taxi driver friend was knocking on our door in the morning (he was demanding to drive us to another city, WTF?), as the hotel staff had so graciously given him our room number. Had plenty of others try to discern where we were staying at other points in the trip.

Everywhere I go I meet local people and end up eating and bonding with them, but Morocco quickly jaded me. EVERYONE there is trying to rip you off. Even random elders who one would think would generally be trusted in pretty much every other place in the world are scheming to rip you off in Morocco. If anyone ever tells you to follow them or tries to start a conversation with you offhand, just sternly tell them "shukran," thanks in Arabic, and keep on walking. Also, don't even think about letting a western girl go anywhere without you. My girlfriend dresses super conservatively no matter where she goes and she had guys scowling at her across the entire country. Not staring, as many people do to foreigners out of curiosity, like straight up in a hateful trance that could barely be broken by me waving at them trying to gain their attention from my girlfriend and letting the cavemen know I'll smash their faces in if they get too close. She's a mix of ethnicities and many people thought she's Moroccan, which is maybe why they had such hate for her being with a foreigner, but I've also heard similar stories from many other female acquaintances who have traveled to Morocco.

I've always wanted to visit Morocco and this region in general, but the only decent thing about the whole country is Moroccan mint tea. One of three countries to have shores on the Mediterranean and Atlantic, but all they can do is grow olives, oregano, and argan oil (which is fake almost everywhere in Morocco; go to the French supermarket Carrefour if you want guaranteed real.) A real tragedy of a country.

If you're an expert driver, I'd recommend renting cars wherever you go. Buses are not safe. Drivers pass trucks on curves with zero visibility and swerve out of oncoming traffic. Volubulis (thanks Rome!) was one of our favorite sites of the whole trip. Obviously the King Hassan II mosque is also a must see. Rabat was mostly fine as it's the financial capital, but the best food we ate there was at a Palestinian restaurant and it hardly made up for the rest of the trip. Outside of the train from Casablanca to Tangiers, a short taxi ride from Tangiers to Chefchaouen, and a bus from Chefchaouen to Fes, I drove everywhere the rest of the trip.

I really thought it would be a unique blend of Northern Africa with European influence, but instead a lot of places looked more like Iraq. But yeah, inshallah you'll have fun! Seriously, I hope you do.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Couple of Ooni pies from tonight:

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i need these

 

[Starat327]

Maple jalapeno cured bacon. And then some other filler.