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Post by cristina on Mar 7, 2010 7:13:19 GMT
Have to say, ever since I watched "Herald and Krumar go to White Castle" I really want to try those little burgers on a road trip sometime.. perhaps when I go to Chicago this fall! White Castles did not exist on the East Coast of the US when I was there, but its twin, Little Tavern did. Club LT, as it was affectionately known, was the go to place when I was in college, particularly after a night of too much alcohol. I look back on those days and wonder why I thought mini burgers and milk would forestall a hangover (or the spins). I'll leave Buck Snort BBQ and the topic of "fries" alone for the time being.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2011 13:10:13 GMT
We have a bounty of road food trucks here in NOLA. I spied this guy twice in the last week,once at night at a social function,and the other during the daytime in a busy parking lot just prior to lunch. He seems to do quite well. I sampled some of his hot cocoa,which was spiked a bit with some chili pepper and was outrageously good if a bit of a surprise. I also sampled one of his soup offerings,a Tomato Basil. It was quite good. I love seeing these guys about and try to patronize them whenever I can.
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Post by onlymark on Jan 21, 2011 14:21:12 GMT
I don't like being patronised.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 21, 2011 17:49:59 GMT
Stop misspelling 'patronized' and it's less likely to happen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 16:14:39 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2012 10:17:07 GMT
In Paris, there is an American food truck that has been getting a lot of press for obscure reasons, Le Camion Qui Fume. Not only is it horrendously overpriced -- 10€ = $13 for a burger from a food truck! -- but people wait often more than an hour to buy one. Go figure.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 21:45:28 GMT
I saw a new food truck in Paris today.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 15, 2012 11:32:36 GMT
I really like that food truck, K2.
Now I recall that when I was a kid in Montreal, there were horse drawn wagons that sold French Fries (chips) with salt and a splash of vinegar, for, IIRC, a dime. That was in Ville St. Laurent, about 1949-50.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 15, 2012 17:45:49 GMT
Certainly is a swanky vehicle and I bet the prices are just as plush - Noticed the GUCCI sign behind the truck so that means the target clientel must be posh slummers ;D This may seem a duh question but does it actually m o v e? Or is is just the shell of it's former self
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 17:53:39 GMT
It must move, because this was at Rond Point des Champs Elysées and nothing can stay there long.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 21:22:41 GMT
Very chic indeed!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 16, 2012 15:51:17 GMT
Don Cuevas ~~ you were a baby expat?
What does the flying flivver of French food sell?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2012 17:46:14 GMT
I will need to track it down again. I did not really inspect the offerings up close.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 12:25:57 GMT
An inevitable scene from Manhattan...
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 18, 2012 17:16:30 GMT
Bixa, I was older than a baby when we lived in Montreal. I was in the second grade in school.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 19, 2012 6:59:37 GMT
And yet you don't spell funny!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 11:49:21 GMT
Oh,the Sabrett hot dogs,on every corner in NYC yes!! One of the first things I do when I hit the street coming out of Grand Central Station is to eat a Sabrett!! We recently acquired a Sabrett vendor (although,indoors,not the same experience...) on our nearby neighborhood commercial strip. I have to say though,somehow they just don't taste the same here in NOLA. It may sound silly,but,without all the hustle and bustle of NYC about me,the grit and the grim,eating a Sabrett hotdog in sultry,hot and humid NOLA,doesn't hold the same culinary satisfaction for me.(the woman who runs the one here doesn't have quite the same condiments either,and,that is really lacking for me.) Needless to say,my initial enthusiasm has waned considerably since she opened.
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Post by fumobici on Mar 19, 2012 15:58:44 GMT
The secret of Sabretts is I'm told the proprietary onion sauce and sauerkraut. I prefer mine with brown mustard but that's what I'm told.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 16:05:27 GMT
I confess that I had never even noticed the name. The only name I know from that area is Nathan's.
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Post by komsomol on Mar 20, 2012 22:13:52 GMT
Hot dogs! My favorite food as a child, but I don't think I've eaten one for 20 years. Sausage disgusts me now. Bad meat. Meat. Bad.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2012 20:26:59 GMT
I'm really dithering over whether I'm going to make a trek to the NOLA Road Food fest on Friday. Having spied the offerings listed in the link,there isn't anything that unique that I can't get here. The out of town offerings aren't that special,frozen custard from Rochester,NY maybe,Beef Brisket from Taylor, Texas has possibilities. (the best brisket I ever had in my life was from a joint in Taylor,Texas). "Cheesedip and Chips" from North Little Rock, Arkansas, I dunno.... Does anyone know something I don't about this? I could be missing the culinary opportunity of a lifetime here. www.neworleansroadfoodfestival.com/Food/
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 21, 2012 22:15:15 GMT
"Cheesedip and Chips" is a Central Arkansas food specialty, otherwise known as Rotel and Velveeta melted together. It's not like, you know bad, but give me a break, folks... That is the sort of stuff they take pride in. That and pimento cheese spread sandwiches.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2012 19:57:39 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2012 11:16:16 GMT
Interesting offerings there in Boston Not a one taco...curious. I wish some of those trucks were going to be here today,which btw,looks as though it may get rained out...we shall see.
Thanks for the heads up on the Cheese& Chips Don C.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2012 3:48:56 GMT
Rotel cheese dip really belongs in the "old enough to remember" thread. This should jog several memories: But how did Arkansas come to lay claim to it? I thought Ro-tel was a Texas product. Incidentally, when I looked up the picture, I found several pics of something called White Rotel Dip. I shan't inflict them on you all, nor the photos of Rotel cheese dip with hamburger.
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Post by onlymark on Mar 24, 2012 8:17:15 GMT
Hmmm..........Rotel...... I wonder what the origins are of that word. The reason is I've never heard of that word, be it a makers name or not, for a few years - and I didn't know it was associated with anything other than in reference to what I know it as - a German overland company who use vehicles we referred to as "coffin ships" as the passengers slept inside rather than camping. Somewhat off topic, but for an idea of what I mean - www.rotel.de/bilder/bildergalerie/rund-ums-rotel.htmlAnyway, back to cheese dips.............
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 24, 2012 10:48:10 GMT
um... whenever I heard that name mentioned, it reminded me of an oven - a quick search shows they are industrial ovens. but my previous quick search about "rotel" brought up a japanese hi-fi making company.
ah well... yes, so did you attend, Casi, lovely person? if you did, how was it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2012 11:36:36 GMT
No, I didn't go Annie. There was nothing being offered that I had to have and pay exorbitant prices for amid an atmosphere of Final Four basketball fans and other tourists. The most appealing food on the list was all from here save maybe the beef brisket from Texas. (I also had an inside 'scoop' from someone 'in the know' who told me the same). Maybe next year they will have some more appealing lures. (It's an annual event).
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 24, 2012 17:25:17 GMT
um... whenever I heard that name mentioned, it reminded me of an oven - a quick search shows they are industrial ovens. but my previous quick search about "rotel" brought up a japanese hi-fi making company. Annie, try "Ro-Tel", with a hyphen. Here's a link to their web site. www.ro-tel.com/index.jsp
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 31, 2012 19:20:56 GMT
I found that Senor... gracias! but no... thank you
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