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#52 Jun 05 2013 at 12:52 AM Rating: Good
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It's just LOLOL ADD MORE SALT AND FAT AND MEAT AND BOOZE! every time.
Don't knock it until you've tried making one.
Yeah, no, sorry. I'm not a fan of heart attacks and obesity and I like vegetables in my food.
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#54 Jun 05 2013 at 1:36 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
The One and Only Poldaran wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
It's just LOLOL ADD MORE SALT AND FAT AND MEAT AND BOOZE! every time.
Don't knock it until you've tried making one.
Yeah, no, sorry. I'm not a fan of heart attacks and obesity and I like vegetables in my food.
So you make a half portion, split it with friends and have vegetables on the side. I'm not saying eat something like that every day. Smiley: rolleyes
#55 Jun 05 2013 at 10:49 AM Rating: Good
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Vegetables just get in the way of all that delicious meat going through your system.
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Vegetables just get in the way of all that delicious meat going through your system.


Tell that to my BLT.
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#57 Jun 05 2013 at 11:20 AM Rating: Good
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Put it closer to the speaker?
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Then who was phone?
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#61 Jun 05 2013 at 12:28 PM Rating: Good
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I've been trying REALLY hard not to make sexual innuendos out of this discussion (delicious meat going through your system I mean c'mon).

A reference to the most phallic of fruits has put me over the edge.

You have no one to blame but yourself.
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idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
I've been [...] REALLY hard [...] (delicious meat going through your system I mean c'mon).

A reference to the most phallic of fruits has put me over the edge.

You have no one to blame but yourself.
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#63 Jun 06 2013 at 7:14 AM Rating: Decent
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lolgaxe wrote:
Vegetables just get in the way of all that delicious meat going through your system.


The Japanese have mastered the way of making vegetables compliment meat.
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Vegetables just get in the way of all that delicious meat going through your system.


The Japanese have mastered the way of making vegetables compliment meat.


There are some things the Japanese do well and maybe better than others. But I don't think they have any sort of mastery that a skilled chef of any other cuisine has.
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#65 Jun 06 2013 at 9:47 PM Rating: Good
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There are some things the Japanese do well and maybe better than others.


Yes, yes there is.

(possibly nsfw, depends on how strict your boss is).

Edited, Jun 6th 2013 11:48pm by TirithRR
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Sogoro wrote:
Deadgye wrote:
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Vegetables just get in the way of all that delicious meat going through your system.


The Japanese have mastered the way of making vegetables compliment meat.


There are some things the Japanese do well and maybe better than others. But I don't think they have any sort of mastery that a skilled chef of any other cuisine has.


But high class cuisine isn't something that you eat everyday unless you're rich. When the everyday cheap foods are delicious, zomg, you never want to stop eating. Then again, this is probably just because it's something I don't get to eat often. I think everyone should spend 1-2 months eating one style of food and then switching, then repeat, etc. It'd probably be pretty awesome for your tastebuds.
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#67 Jun 08 2013 at 9:32 AM Rating: Decent
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Nothing like authentic noodles... That's going to be the first thing I eat when I touch down....
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This may sound obvious, but I imagine that what Japanese chefs have over other chefs is a mastery of the Japanese concept of cuisine.

You can replace the "Japanese" uses in that sentence with any cultural group, really.

There was this big event in the culinary world years ago (in the 2000s, or whatever that decade is called, I think) where the top Chinese chefs were invited to the US to tour some of the best American restaurants. This may have continued into the EU - I can't remember.

Long story short, the Chinese chefs thought the food wasn't good. Because it didn't exemplify anything that they believed was a precondition for quality cuisine. And even when it came to taste, the sort of flavor profiles they had culturally learned to appreciate weren't being presented.

So I don't really see much reason to compare chefs across culinary disciplines. They're all going to be trained to present the most delicious food they can to the demographic they serve.
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#69 Jun 09 2013 at 3:36 AM Rating: Good
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It is odd hearing about Japanese food as being something not really available.... But then again here sushi is plentiful, my city not so cheap but in Vancouver it is ridiculous,

http://www.organicocean.com/article31.htm

Also, Vancouver has a reputation for having some of the best chinese food in the world.

http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/502251?pageNumber=1

Basically, if you just want to eat, Vancouver is the destination of choice.

Edited, Jun 9th 2013 2:44am by Olorinus
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Sushi isn't really standard Japanese fare. It's more frequently eaten for special occasions, or for times of celebration/elation in general, than anything else.

Sort of like... pizza? Sure, there are times you eat it just because, and sometimes you eat it just because you're happy it's the weekend. And sometimes you eat it because you're out with friends and it sounds like a fun time?

It's not a perfect analogy, by any means, because sushi is "classier" in general. But sushi in Japan can quickly become ridiculously expensive, as you move up the tiers of quality.

And the Japanese style restaurants in the US are rarely attempting to remain fully authentic to the native dishes. They try and remain as authentic as they can, while still serving what the general public wants. That's not to say you can't find authentic Japanese cuisine in the US, particularly in cities, just that what most people perceive as Japanese cuisine isn't what you'd really get as the average experience in Japan.

And if we're moving on to high-end Japanese cuisine, that's going to become vastly less common. Many chefs will incorporate Asian ingredients and styles into their cooking, but few will do so with the goals of honoring Japanese culinary ideals in general.

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I see that you were using Vancouver, not a US city. So this may be irrelevant - I know nothing about Vancouver's culinary scene.

Edited, Jun 9th 2013 8:55pm by idiggory
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#71 Jun 09 2013 at 10:04 PM Rating: Good
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The great thing about Japan is how accessible restaurants are. At any medium sized station there will be a good 5-10 restaurants on the outside available to eat at. Ranging from Japanese, Italian, French, and Chinese.

And just about every station that I pass through on a regular basis has places to eat inside and a bakery.

Sometimes I have way too many choices and end up going to a combini because I cannot decide what I want to eat and settle for onigiri.

Being new to a metropolis can shift your paradigm.

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Sogoro wrote:
Being new to a metropolis can shift your paradigm.
The reverse is also true, but not for the better. I can find whatever I want and it's of the highest quality because all those great international chefs come to NYC to open shop and make money. However, the minute I leave the city I find myself really annoyed because I've come to expect to find whatever I want whenever I want. Like finding Moroccan food in Georgia.
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Being new to a metropolis can shift your paradigm.
The reverse is also true, but not for the better. I can find whatever I want and it's of the highest quality because all those great international chefs come to NYC to open shop and make money. However, the minute I leave the city I find myself really annoyed because I've come to expect to find whatever I want whenever I want. Like finding Moroccan food in Georgia.

Ah man that is so true. Going from San Diego, Ca to Madison, Ohio was terrible. Your better off eating taco bell rather than looking for mexican food that tastes good.

Big city to smaller city :(
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San Diego is also pretty much beer heaven. You'd be hard pressed to find many places with a craft beer scene as big as there.
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idiggory, King of Bards wrote:

I see that you were using Vancouver, not a US city. So this may be irrelevant - I know nothing about Vancouver's culinary scene.


I'm using the term "sushi" really loosely. It's just what I generally call japanese food, and generally what the restaurants call themselves, not just maki etc. I only mentioned it cause a lot of the dishes being specifically spoken about are stuff that is quite common in restaurants around here.

I am quite sure there are all sorts of dishes available in Japan that aren't common here but stuff like Katsu Don is really common.

Authenticity is itself an interesting concept but that's a whole nother conversation. I know there is a lot of "innovation" happening that riffs off the Japanese theme (see the story I linked about the sushi chef in vancouver) but is, in itself totally different than what you'd be likely to find in Japan. So, your point generally stands as applied to Vancouver as well.

Though I'd say with Japanese food and Chinese food in particular the culinary scene in Vancouver is really tapped in - so while what's emphasized may not be what you'd see in the country of origin, it's building on the roots of that cuisine, not bastardizing it. (speaking of better restaurants anyway- in the sh*tty places there is probably lots of bastardization going on)

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San Diego is also pretty much beer heaven. You'd be hard pressed to find many places with a craft beer scene as big as there.


Yeah my city also has a huge craft beer scene. As lolgaxe pointed out, that's great, until you're sent to a suburb that thinks offering three kinds of Bud is "choice."



Edited, Jun 11th 2013 3:04pm by Olorinus
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Certainly Chinese and Vancouver; Japanese I'd still take Seattle.

Or just stay home and have the Mrs cook.
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