FOOD THREAD VOL. GRUB LIFE

[Deleted member 204831]

Not sure if its worthy of the "hype". i sure as hell wouldn't wait in line for them. Honestly, the thought of a couple white dudes taking a basic japanese convenience store sandwich concept and selling them for $10-14 a pop made me feel a little gross.

The sandwiches themselves were ok, I was looking forward to the egg salad the most and while the flavor was on point, the salt wasn't mixed very well so some bites ended up being too salty. The katsu was about what you would expect, but just way overpriced at $14.

For a minute I thought it might have been from a Japanese store in LA’s Japantown or something similar, then when I saw your yelp link and the video I was surprised and kinda turned off by it. It’s pretty much opened and made by hipster. I’ve had the ones in Japan and unless they use the same ingredients and products from there then there’s no way it could even come close. Even for a simple sandwich like these.

 

[B Sox]

B Sox

Put me on to a good bbq sauce and a good hot sauce.

There are better people to ask for that than me, like Sauce God SC kid .

I mostly just use Tapatio.

 

[slaughterx]

Went to Mimi's Cafe for the first time yesterday for dinner... food was trash. Might give them another try for breakfast one day.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

B Sox

Put me on to a good bbq sauce and a good hot sauce.

What is your spice tolerance?

 

[plansb]

Few things from the weekend

Chicken cutlets

Chili lime shrimp w corn salsa and guacamole

Homemade cheesesteak

 

[frshstunna]

DC was real slick with instigating the butter bagel beef , great job, I see you

 

[checks grossman]

Tried those sandwiches from popeyes yesterday - they're average chicken sandwiches at best.

PROS:
bread- I know theres hella pics floating around on here with the bottom bun looking thinner than a sheet of paper, but they held up surprisingly well against the sauce and hot chicken "patty"

pickles- strong briny flavor that cut like a knife though all that grease and sauce

heft- overall a good sized sandwich for $4 and some change


CONS:
breading- soggy, flimsy, inconsistent at best. Some bites were perfect but between 2 sandwiches I had too many bites where Im getting nothing but breading and bun, and others where Im getting chicken no breading.

"spicy" sauce- a good mild sauce, not spicy but good flavor.

chicken- I don't know what cut or CUTS of chicken went into that sandwich, but not many things worse than going in on a chicken sandwich and biting with the grains of the meat. 2nd sandwich was very "stringy" and a bit dry. Not to mention these chicken "patties" weren't seasoned spicy just deep fried and dressed with a "spicy" mayo compared to the classic with basic mayo.

Overall: 6.25/10 - would not seek again.

No pics, they aren't worthy.

 

[checks grossman]

DC was real slick with instigating the butter bagel beef , great job, I see you

He had me rollin with all the likes he was givin out

 

[fx2]

BBQ pork + rice from noodle express

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

What is your spice tolerance?

Not playing your mind games, man.

 

[Deleted member 204831]

BBQ pork + rice from noodle express

Just had the same thing but asked for extra lean and rice of course. Trying to eat less fat this week. Not from Noodle Express tho. Ordered to go and ate it at work. 3/4lbs of it.

 

[SC kid]

What's in that small container

 

[Deleted member 204831]

What's in that small container

Chinese BBQ Pork (Cha Siu) with a honey like sauce.

 

[fx2]

What's in that small container

i thought it was vinegar

 

[Deleted member 204831]

i thought it was vinegar

Haha nah I don’t think that will be a good combo.

 

[ALNotSure]

These Popeyes chicken sandwiches tho....

 

[lawdog1]

For those of you who haven’t seen, CFA and Popeye’s are beefing on Twitter over sandwiches. Wendy’s just got involved. It’s serious business out here...

 

[Roderick Kingsley]

 

[jjs07]

Don't mean to start a firestorm, but on the heels of butter bagel-gate, what happened w/ the black pepper? What was that about?

 

[kingkoopa]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

jjs07

https://niketalk.com/threads/food-thread-vol-grub-life.505699/page-1072#post-30930281

 

[Comparison Ford]

Yeah I like to revisit arguments like this at a later time because it's much easier to step back and take a look at everything that was said.

Brief synopsis: TomDigninson makes the claim that "too much black pepper is bad for you as a man," people start asking him how he knows that, he gets angry and tells the people questioning him to "do their own research," Kimchi piles on with a source that doesn't address the claim made, proceeds to get angry and double down on the "do your own research if you're so interested" narrative, the argument devolves into Kimchi questioning DC's professional credentials and TomDigninson trying to correct the grammar of the people he's arguing against while he makes grammatical errors himself.

I love NT.

 

[アミーゴ]

DC was real slick with instigating the butter bagel beef , great job, I see you

Top troll on the board

 

[isyouserious]

Giovanni's Shrimp Truck

 

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Giovanni's Shrimp Truck

I knew it
That sauce is amazing