Looks like a Vietnamese Bánh Mì
Food thread/what are you eating?
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iowamcnabb
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bbq or smoking meats is one of the very few culinary paths I have not gone down. (Other than Jamaican Jerk)
kingsboi
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perhaps take some time to learn the craft and then add it to your repertoire, could bring more people through those doors at the smell of smoked meats
We took a trip to Oregon to visit family and a great burger spot is Yaks on the 5 (in Dunsmuir, CA - looks like they added one in Mt. Shasta City as well). If you get the chance, go. You won't be disappointed in the food (burgers were great and my wife was complaining about my garlic fries all afternoon 
); the staff were very friendly and engaging and also funny. It looks like a dump on the outside but is homey and inviting once you go in.
Yaks
); the staff were very friendly and engaging and also funny. It looks like a dump on the outside but is homey and inviting once you go in.Yaks
We took a trip to Oregon to visit family and a great burger spot is Yaks on the 5 (in Dunsmuir, CA - looks like they added one in Mt. Shasta City as well). If you get the chance, go. You won't be disappointed in the food (burgers were great and my wife was complaining about my garlic fries all afternoon
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I know a guy who hits Yaks every time he goes up 5, had a chance to catch it last summer. Good food, just absolute solid diner fare, heavy like you'd expect. Maybe a bit heavy when you have a long drive ahead of you!
Hot take: Aldi meatballs are better than Publix meatballs, for half the price.
I didn't realize that there was a belief on anyone's part that Aldi wasn't a national chain. Did y'all think it was only on the west coast?
macadocious
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never seen it in the US, only seen it in UK/Ireland
I know that the original Aldi was founded somewhere "over there," and I don't know when or where the first Aldi store in the US was located, but I know that Aldi has been a thing in the States since at least the early 80s, and I've never lived on the west coast.
I remember it being a source of embarrassment if the other kids in school knew that your parents shopped at Aldi. I don't know whether that's still the case, and there weren't any Aldi stores in Hampton Roads when my son was growing up, so it wouldn't have mattered for him, either way. What I can say is that my opinion of Aldi changed dramatically when I reached the age where I became responsible for buying the groceries. I'll also say, and I don't know if this is my memory ****ing with me or not, but the quality of the food at Aldi has leveled up since the eighties.
I remember it being a source of embarrassment if the other kids in school knew that your parents shopped at Aldi. I don't know whether that's still the case, and there weren't any Aldi stores in Hampton Roads when my son was growing up, so it wouldn't have mattered for him, either way. What I can say is that my opinion of Aldi changed dramatically when I reached the age where I became responsible for buying the groceries. I'll also say, and I don't know if this is my memory ****ing with me or not, but the quality of the food at Aldi has leveled up since the eighties.
kingsboi
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didn't realize that Aldi opened it's first US location in 76, but haven't seen one in the state I reside for the first time until only 2 or 3 years ago
QWERTYLICIOUS
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Um, I've lived on the west coast and have traveled fairly extensively and have seen, to my recollection, exactly one Aldi store. I think it was when my wife and I went to SoCal for a concert over Memorial Day weekend this year.
In looking at the store locations, they are concentrated in SoCal with nothing (at first glance) north of Fresno or so.
Which makes sense, as we actively avoid all things LA basin-ish as much as possible (traffic, smog, crush of people, it being LA and all, etc.), so it appears that they have been popping up down there since we stopped going to that area somewhat routinely about a decade ago (we used to go visit with my wife's family in Huntington Beach every year around Thanksgiving and take our son to Disneyland, back when he was young and it was much more affordable). Looks like the first one in CA opened in 2016.
In fact, there are also no stores in Oregon or Washington. So "west coast" is a bit of an overstatement, unless you think LA is the only thing between Mexico and Canada along Highway 1.
I'm sitting here complaining to myself about how this ramen I made ain't really hot. And meanwhile, I just realized that I'm sweating out of the top of my head.
Tetsujin
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Happened to be by the Tokyo offshoot/sister store of what is largely regarded as the top tsukemen dipping noodles shop in the world. Thought I’d share before the food coma sets in.
Not as good as the original location (which I admittedly haven’t been to for ten years) but a damn good bowl of noodles
Not as good as the original location (which I admittedly haven’t been to for ten years) but a damn good bowl of noodles
Did they steal that bowl from a local McDonalds?
I saw you post this on other social media and thought maybe you made it yourself!
SLAB
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My fam went to a Brazilian Steak House for my dad’s birthday the other night, and it was one of my favorite restaurant experiences ever. So many good proteins just walked around and given to you whenever you’re ready. And a salad bar loaded up on all the delicious cheeses you can eat.
Come hungry. I wish I had a bigger appetite because I wanted to keep going but my stomach shut me down.
Come hungry. I wish I had a bigger appetite because I wanted to keep going but my stomach shut me down.
I did not know that you could have a meat hangover until I went to a Brazilian steak house.
Tetsujin
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Haha no, the version we make at my place is a tad less thick and a little more rustic. It’s pretty much a completely different dish but then again tsukemwn’s not really what we’re known forDid they steal that bowl from a local McDonalds?
I saw you post this on other social media and thought maybe you made it yourself!
iowamcnabb
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My buddy was just in France and brought me some of what is considered the best butter in the world. I’m currently eating it with some local maple syrup on 2 eggo waffles while watching the kings game 
macadocious
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That pains me beyond words.
iowamcnabb
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Somebody sell me on bean sprouts.
macadocious
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They are crunchy.
And they taste like water. They're like crunchy water, but much nicer to bite into than a chunk of ice. So, if you want crunchy water that's not ice, try bean spouts.
kingsboi
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roast them to get more flavor out of them
They taste great in a bowl or Pho or any Vietnamese noodle dishes
Do they? The last time I had some in some ramen, they didn't taste like anything. That's what prompted the question, actually: I was talking to my sister last night, and told her I'd made some ramen for supper, and she asked me what I put in it. After I told her she asked me why no bok choy or bean sprouts? The first part of that question was ridiculous to me, because she knows that I hate cabbage, and the second part was because I didn't buy any bean sprouts, because every time I've had bean sprouts they tasted (as stated by @Capt. Factorial) like "crunchy water."
Sluggah
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Do clover or alfalfa sprouts have a flavor to you?
