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847badgerfan

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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #140 on: April 10, 2023, 02:57:20 PM »
Over all of my years up there I managed to find the spots, outside of Chinatown even.

I'm working on that here. I found the Pho spot but still working on the Chinese, Thai, etc.

Not a whole lot of Asians down here.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #141 on: April 10, 2023, 03:11:33 PM »
Asian food we have aplenty around here in walking distance, all of it good, to me anyway.  My step son's GF from HK pronounced one of the places as outstanding, better than they had in SF, but she was being nice I supposed.  We had lunch yesterday at one of the Persian places and it was massively disappointing, was fifth time there.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #142 on: April 10, 2023, 03:21:56 PM »
disappointing 5 times?
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #143 on: April 10, 2023, 03:23:31 PM »
Sushi burrito. That has me written all over it.

We'll be in the Gaslamp Quarter right across from the baseball field. 
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #144 on: April 10, 2023, 03:25:38 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on April 10, 2023, 03:21:56 PM
disappointing 5 times?
No, it was great the first four times, so my wife suggested we go back.  Maybe they were slammed with Easter.  

Maybe I ordered the wrong thing, but service was SLOW.  Tables next to us who showed up later got served before we did by 20 minutes.
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« Reply #145 on: April 10, 2023, 03:29:16 PM »
Quote from: LetsGoPeay on April 10, 2023, 03:23:31 PM
Sushi burrito. That has me written all over it.

We'll be in the Gaslamp Quarter right across from the baseball field.
I'll be curious to hear your thoughts on what that area looks like right now. It was my favorite place to go in San Diego.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #146 on: April 10, 2023, 03:49:14 PM »
Mercedes owners....

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« Reply #147 on: April 10, 2023, 03:49:58 PM »
Ole Miss grads
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« Reply #148 on: April 10, 2023, 04:06:54 PM »
I did that one time. It was when I had the Volvo.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #149 on: April 10, 2023, 04:22:06 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 10, 2023, 03:11:33 PM
Asian food we have aplenty around here in walking distance, all of it good, to me anyway.  My step son's GF from HK pronounced one of the places as outstanding, better than they had in SF, but she was being nice I supposed.  We had lunch yesterday at one of the Persian places and it was massively disappointing, was fifth time there.
Yeah, I know in downtown ATL there are better offerings. When I lived in Marietta, tho, there wasn't even any good Mexican food, much less Chinese, much less other less ubiquitous Asian cuisines. 

Found some good Mexican eventually, but had to drive all the way to Buford Highway to get it. 
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #150 on: April 10, 2023, 04:29:13 PM »
Quote from: LetsGoPeay on April 10, 2023, 03:23:31 PM
Sushi burrito. That has me written all over it.

We'll be in the Gaslamp Quarter right across from the baseball field.
If you've heard of Hodad's (burgers), it's not far from there. It was featured on DDD at one point, and it's an iconic surf-style burger joint. It's excellent. 

DO NOT WALK THERE FROM THE GASLAMP. Uber it. 

Last time my wife and I were there (2021), we parked only a few blocks from Hodad's and walked over, and she reminded me of my well-worn tradition of walking her through awful neighborhoods every time we're on vacation. Literally I'm sure if it wasn't me (6'5" 265# with a "dont F with us" look on my face) and the middle of the day, we might have had a problem. 
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #151 on: April 10, 2023, 05:45:44 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on April 10, 2023, 02:45:20 PM
I get that. Especially if you're specifically referring to Chicago's Chinatown. But in general Chicago will have the population to support good authentic ethnic cuisine of nearly every type. It wouldn't surprise me if (outside of Chinatown) you really need to search carefully for the legit joints. 

The same is true here of course. Finding really excellent Chinese food in/around Mission Viejo is hard. Drive 10 miles north to Irvine, and it's easy. Finding decent Thai or pho here is not hard, but if you really want authentic South Asian cuisine, you go 10 mi further north to Westminster / Garden Grove. Those areas are far more dense enclaves of those particular nationalities, and thus the food reflects it.

The West Coast has a much higher population density of Asian descent than most places eastward. So you'll get more variety of authentic options in LA/OC, SF Bay Area, Seattle, or Vancouver than you'll get in most cities east of the Rockies, with places like Chicago and NY as notable exceptions.

Houston has a large Asian population and the cuisine to go along with it.  Austin has a smaller Asian population, but it's highly concentrated because of the university and all of the high tech companies that exist here, so there's some excellent Asian food here as well.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #152 on: April 10, 2023, 05:46:07 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on April 10, 2023, 04:22:06 PM
Yeah, I know in downtown ATL there are better offerings. When I lived in Marietta, tho, there wasn't even any good Mexican food, much less Chinese, much less other less ubiquitous Asian cuisines.
Downtown is basically a food desert with a few exceptions.  It's sports bars and tourist spots mostly.  Midtown is a mecca except for French cuisine.  We have two superb Indian places and two Persian places, one of which just disappointed me.  Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, galore.  These places mostly survived COVID because they are good for takeout/delivery.  You can't really get French cuisine as takeout.  

Cuisine is an odd work, like entree, we morphed it.

American food in restaurnts is almost disappearing other than fast food and Cracker Barrel et al.  We have some "fried chicken" southern places.  Chicken and waffles is big for some reason.  I've never had it.  And of course shrimp and grits, which I have had, but don't order any more.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #153 on: April 10, 2023, 05:51:32 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on April 10, 2023, 02:57:20 PM
Over all of my years up there I managed to find the spots, outside of Chinatown even.

I'm working on that here. I found the Pho spot but still working on the Chinese, Thai, etc.

Not a whole lot of Asians down here.
If they wanted a lush, mosquito-infested sauna where it rained every day, they would have stayed home.
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