So I'm in Bahston...

[Screw_Michigan]

The Sam Adams pub is good.

Went there in 2002. It was pretty sweet. Jamaica Plains is a trip, though.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Jamaica Plains is a trip, though.

I worked at a consulting firm from 2004-2007. Our largest client was a hospital in JP right smack dab in the middle of the “Murder Mile.” I had to work on-site MWF at this shithole and it was some scary shit. I hardly ever went out for lunch or ran errands on these days. I was born in Boston and raised in JP. I used to drive by our old house occasionally. Crack dealers on every corner these days.

[Dinsdale]

I suppose if I had a bitch on Boston, I’d figure it would do you all well to import a few roofers and gardeners to open up a taqueria-or-seven. Course, a quarter century has probably changed the demographic a bit, but for one who grew up on a weekly dose of chipotles y frijoles, Chowdville came up severely short. And I’ll leave barbecue out of the discussion. I’m sure you’d find the lobster and scallops sorely lacking in these parts as well.

The OL is from Boston. And until she transplanted here, she was completely unfamiliar with hole-in-the-wall Jose' $4 burritos.

And had never seen Tater Tots served in a restaurant before... which is apparently a U&L thing (on a sidenote, OreIda just celebrated the 50th aniversary of the Tater Tot this past summer... yeah, they're an Oregon thing).

And she has an issue with our Chinese food -- even though I've explained that the Chinese food here is limited because it's made by actual, real Chinese people).

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

And had never seen Tater Tots served in a restaurant before...

Until Napoleon Dynamite came out, I don't think it was all that big anywhere.

[Dinsdale]

And had never seen Tater Tots served in a restaurant before...

Until Napoleon Dynamite came out, I don't think it was all that big anywhere.

Oh contrare, misware.

Been a staple at bars and mom&pops around here as long as I can remember.

But then again, we take our processed potato products pretty seriously around here. I could go on to mention that every processed/frozen potato product you've ever eaten in your life all came out of Hermiston, OR (kind of a shithole), where the processing plant is about the size of Boston... but that doesn't really have much to do with restaurant recommendations in Boston... which I don't have, but I'll bet the Woman does, since she lived there most of her life.

[Mikey]

And she has an issue with our Chinese food -- even though I've explained that the Chinese food here is limited because it's made by actual, real Chinese people).

Went to a place called House of Nanking when I was in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. It was about two blocks from my hotel on Kearny Street, and I had been told by an old friend in the Bay Area that it was a place to try. Small, not well lit, piles of cardboard boxes and stuff on the floor, you have to sit at long tables with strangers and the tables and chairs don't necessarily have four equal length legs.

About the best Chinese I've had though. Went back for a second dinner the next night.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

DINS -- Admittedly, I never saw them on a menu before the movie came out, but now they're served in a few places... mostly your sports bars and/or "campus" bars.

As far as the U&L serving them eons ago... I am not doubting you. You fuckers seem to be ahead of the curve and most likely "invented" restaurant tater tots.

[Dinsdale]

As far as the U&L serving them eons ago... I am not doubting you. You fuckers seem to be ahead of the curve and most likely "invented" restaurant tater tots.

Didn't just "invent" restaurant Tater Tots... we invented Tater Tots.


Proper Tater Tots are deep fried... screw that baked shit.

Heck, you can find Tater Tot burritos around here... and there the Oregon Burrito, which has hash browns in it. Some places substitute Tots for corn chips in nachos.

As I said, we take our agrocorp overly processed taters pretty seriously around here.

[indyfrisco]

Loved tots from Sonic covered in cheese along with a cherry-vanilla Dr. Pepper.

Especially love tots in my breakfast burritos.

[Dinsdale]

Especially love tots in my breakfast burritos.

Cut them in half before cooking for burritos.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Hmm... not really huge fan of tots/fries and the company is clear across the country... so why would I know this:

Ore Ida is a fucking portmanteau of two bordering states. Learn something new everyday, I guess. Nice chat as per usual, Dins.

[Dinsdale]

Also -- they just opened a Sonic right down the street from me (I'm kind of food-spoiled in my hood, adjacent to a major business hiway, with probably at least 3-4 dozen places to eat in less than a 10 minute walk)...

and Sonic is simply inedible.

And I can't think of a finer place for idiots to be running around on roller skates that NW Oregon, where it rains for 3 months straight (they build big canopies over their shit around here).

They accomplished the seemingly-impossible -- to be worse than Burger King.

[Screw_Michigan]

Ore Ida

[indyfrisco]

Dins,

Sonic burgers are not good, but any place can fry frozen tots and slap a piece of American cheese on it which is what they do. I have them drop some jalapenos in a well. And a soda with flavor syrup is about the same anywhere you go.

[Dinsdale]

Ore Ida is a fucking portmanteau of two bordering states. Learn something new everyday, I guess.

Pretty sure every Native around here (all 50 of us) learned this right after they learned to pronounce "mommie" and "daddie."

I seem to recall they have a massive plant in Ontario, or some place near the border. I believe (could be wrong) that Heinz also owns the MASSIVE plant in Hermiston. Those places are really something to see -- those buildings look like they cover a square mile.

Out in the desert, but with big rivers to irrigate with -- ideal for cranking out huge yields of potatoes and onions.

[Dinsdale]

Ore Ida

"If it says Ore-Ida, it's allllllllright-a!!!!!"


At least those inbreds over there (sup Trampis) can chop up a potato pretty good and slap it in a bag.

[BSmack]

portmanteau

Pray for him.

[OCmike]

Went to a place called House of Nanking when I was in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. It was about two blocks from my hotel on Kearny Street, and I had been told by an old friend in the Bay Area that it was a place to try. Small, not well lit, piles of cardboard boxes and stuff on the floor, you have to sit at long tables with strangers and the tables and chairs don't necessarily have four equal length legs.

About the best Chinese I've had though. Went back for a second dinner the next night.

You gotta be careful eating on Kearny St. For every House of Nanking, there are three. real Chinese restaurants where you'll be eating soup made out of fish eyes and chicken cocks.

If you love sushi, Kearny St in SF's Japantown is the best in the US. That's where us NorCals got our sushi for decades before sushi restaurants sprung up in every city in the 90's.

[Mikey]

And she has an issue with our Chinese food -- even though I've explained that the Chinese food here is limited because it's made by actual, real Chinese people).

Went to a place called House of Nanking when I was in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. It was about two blocks from my hotel on Kearny Street, and I had been told by an old friend in the Bay Area that it was a place to try. Small, not well lit, piles of cardboard boxes and stuff on the floor, you have to sit at long tables with strangers and the tables and chairs don't necessarily have four equal length legs.

About the best Chinese I've had though. Went back for a second dinner the next night.

You gotta be careful eating on Kearny St. For every House of Nanking, there are three [j]real[/i] Chinese restaurants where you'll be eating soup made out of fish eyes and chicken cocks.

If you love sushi, Kearny St in SF's Japantown is the best in the US. That's where us NorCals got our sushi for decades before sushi restaurants sprung up in every city in the 90's.

Used to go to Sam Wo's on Washington many years ago. The owner (Edsel Ford Fong, RIP) was somewhat of a local SF celebrity back then. Anyway, you'd walk in through the kitchen on the ground floor and then up the back stairs to the 2nd, 3rd or 4th floor dining rooms. The whole thing was about 15 feet across with a two table on one side and a four table on the other. Eddie would throw a couple of dogeared menus and a pad of paper on the table and say "you write down order, and you must specify!! Make sure you specify!!"

Fucking good times. My friend told me it's not what it used to be anymore. Too bad.

[Dinsdale]

sushi

Why do you hate America?

So many reasons...

Like that the Unification Church moonies run the vast majority of sushi distributors, and use it to finance their anti-American activities.

Or that it's BY FAR the leading cause of foodborne illness in the US.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Dinsdale must be an entertaining dinner guest. He has to spend an hour Googling his entree before he can decide if his principles allow him to eat it or not.

[War Wagon]

Also -- they just opened a Sonic right down the street from me (I'm kind of food-spoiled in my hood, adjacent to a major business hiway, with probably at least 3-4 dozen places to eat in less than a 10 minute walk)...

and Sonic is simply inedible.

There are a shitload of Sonic's in these parts. I don't stop there often, but every once in awhile I'll get a hankerin' for a foot long chili cheese coney.... and a large tater tot. Only thing I'll ever order.

[Dinsdale]

Dinsdale must be an entertaining dinner guest. He has to spend an hour Googling his entree before he can decide if his principles allow him to eat it or not.

Actually, it doesn't take rocket-surgery levels of scrutiny to deduce that eating raw fucking fish, handled by a guy named Jose (whose "culture" breed Hep A like they do anchor babies), after having been out of the water goodness-knows-how-long, is a really piss-poor idea.



A friend came down with a mystery illness, which they though might be hep before test results came back...

First thing the docs and health department people asked was "have you eaten sushi in the last 2 weeks?"

Just filthy fucking food, which every study ever done has confirmed.

Darwin loves sushi-eaters.

[OCmike]

Or that it's BY FAR the leading cause of foodborne illness in the US.

People are stupid. If you eat at a sushi restaurant that is located more than 1 hr from a major fishing port, you deserve an all-day porcelain power launch session.

But you're wrong about the #1 source of foodborne illness. It's "having your food prepared by a Mexican." There's a reason every restaurant bathroom has a sign reading "lavese las manos". The next Mexican cook who washes up after taking a dump will be the first.

[indyfrisco]

Dinsdale must be an entertaining dinner guest. He has to spend an hour Googling his entree before he can decide if his principles allow him to eat it or not.

Google is Dins. Dins is Google.

It's as certain as Finkle is Einhorn.

[Dinsdale]

But you're wrong about the #1 source of foodborne illness. It's "having your food prepared by a Mexican."

You nailed the double-whammy...

I know a guy (that knows a guy that knows a guy) at the Moonies sushi distributor (Pacific Seafood, I believe) here in town...


You can tell which guy I'm talking about -- he's the only gringo there. Seriously.


Filthy fucking food with filthy fucking people handling it. Buncha brainiacs eating that shit (literally), alright. Noro, Hep, and a host of other goodies await the stupid.

[Mikey]

Discussing sushi and foodborne illnesses with Dins is right up there with getting involved in a land war in Asia.

You may be right, but you'll never win.

[Dinsdale]

Unpastuerized/unprocessed "fresh" (but from a container) fruit juices aren't a real bright idea, either, both because of the ridiculous levels of bacteria, and the high likelihood that you're going to start a fermentation in your guts (which generally isn't terribly unhealthy, but ain't too pleasant).

[OCmike]

The all-you-can-eat salad joints are also a great way to get sick, because (of course) nothing is cooked and It's all prepared by a Latina who just went five-hole on herself.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Not a big fan of seafood in general, but just the thought of eating sushi gives me the douche chills.

[War Wagon]

Not a big fan of seafood in general...

Neither was I, until introduced to the all-you-can-eat crab leg buffet at the local casinos.

Decadence and sheer gluttony.

[OCmike]

Not a big fan of seafood in general...

Neither was I, until introduced to the all-you-can-eat crab leg buffet at the local casinos.

Decadence and sheer gluttony.

Yeah, but do you get suckered into dropping a couple of c-notes on blackjack and slots on your way out to the car?

[War Wagon]

yeah, I did a double take on that as well.

Next thing you know, Dins will be regaling us with epic stories of U&L spawn 'cept this time they won't be about salmon.

[Mikey]

I think he meant his mom.

[trev]

I think he meant his mom.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

The OL is from Boston..

OL?

Dins?


ORLY?

Dude are you finally joining the rest of us in Monogomy?

Fat bar skanks of Portaland weep

I am pretty sure Dins has spoken of his OL being from Boston long before this thread. Like... years ago and stuff.

[Goober McTuber]

Like I said, I don't eat out often

I've seen a picture of your wife. What's your fucking problem?

[indyfrisco]

Like I said, I don't eat out often

I've seen a picture of your wife. What's your fucking problem?

I make her whatever she wants every night. I'm the only cook in the family. 3 meals a night. One for the kids. One for her. One for me. She's a vegetarian so I make different veggie pastas, pizzas, sandies, etc. Too boring for me who loves steaks, chicken, turkey and seafood.

Now...when we travel, we eat out all the time even in Florida at the condo where we have a full kitchen. There's not much fine dining in our small town besides my kitchen. Besides, 8 years married with 2 kids aged 5 and 3 (and a 3rd due in 2 weeks), eating out is more work than enjoyment.

[Dinsdale]

IF, did you just feel something fly over your head at a high rate of speed?

Don't panic -- it was Goob's joke.

[smackaholic]

congrats on the impending leech, indy.

do you have any problems with traveling that close to the due date? i had to travel to chicago when the OL was extremely pregnant with my daughter. the wife wasn't real happy about that as it was our first.