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[flyershockey]

@FLYguy3911 This is your fault. It's now been zero days since Chinese (Szechuan) food.

Did you order for the whole neighborhood?

My new activity list during social isolation...
1. Finish a bunch of crap my wife asked me to do months ago.
2. Drink beer and catch up on shows I've been meaning to watch.
3. Play with the kids in the yard.

I spent a ridiculous amount of money at Levante on takeout the other day. They make some really tasty beers.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I’m bored.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Details and more pics please!

Thermonuclear (actually hot, not white person hot) hot pot with pressed tofu, long hot peppers, etc. Second one is Dan Dan Noodles. This is mine.

Mao's Pork Belly

Dumplings in chil oil. Also thermonuclear.

And a bunch more stuff. Too busy eating.

 

[Chinatown88]

Thermonuclear (actually hot, not white person hot) hot pot with pressed tofu, long hot peppers, etc. Second one is Dan Dan Noodles. This is mine.

Mao's Pork Belly

Dumplings in chil oil. Also thermonuclear.

And a bunch more stuff. Too busy eating.

I always knew I liked you.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Did you order for the whole neighborhood?

My new activity list during social isolation...
1. Finish a bunch of crap my wife asked me to do months ago.
2. Drink beer and catch up on shows I've been meaning to watch.
3. Play with the kids in the yard.

I spent a ridiculous amount of money at Levante on takeout the other day. They make some really tasty beers.

If you're going to get takeout/delivery right now, how could you not get enough for a bunch of meals?

 

[DancingPanther]

Trusting take-out seems risky...

Is it as risky as shopping in a crowded grocery store?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Thermonuclear (actually hot, not white person hot) hot pot with pressed tofu, long hot peppers, etc. Second one is Dan Dan Noodles. This is mine.

Mao's Pork Belly

Dumplings in chil oil. Also thermonuclear.

And a bunch more stuff. Too busy eating.

I know all about real hot vs white hot. Ordering food from around here can get adventurous really fast.

We have a very large Korean immigrant population here. I asked a friend how he eats like that daily. He said the bleeding intestinal ulcers eventually become calluses

 

[Striiker]

Is it as risky as shopping in a crowded grocery store?

I think so.

Going to the store once and stocking up on as much as possible (I got a bunch of stuff that will last a long time, so I probably don't need to buy anything else for a few weeks) and then cooking your own meals seems much safer than trusting the cleanliness standards of any restaurant.

 

[Starat327]

Thermonuclear (actually hot, not white person hot) hot pot with pressed tofu, long hot peppers, etc. Second one is Dan Dan Noodles. This is mine.

Mao's Pork Belly

Dumplings in chil oil. Also thermonuclear.

And a bunch more stuff. Too busy eating.

Sign me up for those dumplings

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I know all about real hot vs white hot. Ordering food from around here can get adventurous really fast.

We have a very large Korean immigrant population here. I asked a friend how he eats like that daily. He said the bleeding intestinal ulcers eventually become calluses

Are you trying to sell me on Virginia as a tourist destination? Because large Asian communities with family-run restaurants are an attraction in my book.

Also yes. This is how you dull the pain. You suffer for years, then it doesn't matter anymore.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Our daycare provider is from Sri Lanka and she occasionally has little get togethers for all the parents, where she makes god-tier food.

Her definition of "not spicy at all" is something the average American would consider quite spicy

 

[flyershockey]

If you're going to get takeout/delivery right now, how could you not get enough for a bunch of meals?

That's entirely fair, but the reheat... never as good as the original.

Btw, where did you order from?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Sign me up for those dumplings

They're extremely close to the Mt. Laurel Wegman's. Order some.

 

[Embiid]

I’m bored.

Why couldn't this happen when we were enduring HAKSTOK-00??

 

[Striiker]

That's entirely fair, but the reheat... never as good as the original.

I think that depends on the type of food.

I think a lot of Italian food is better when reheated, especially pasta dishes.

 

[Starat327]

They're extremely close to the Mt. Laurel Wegman's. Order some.

Name?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Are you trying to sell me on Virginia as a tourist destination? Because large Asian communities with family-run restaurants are an attraction in my book.

Also yes. This is how you dull the pain. You suffer for years, then it doesn't matter anymore.

We have plenty here. Korean BBQ, numerous restuarants, a brewery in town, a fantastic American style restaurant and brewery that makes everything in-house, easy access to multiple other breweries and wineries, a great BBQ place nearby, the Udvar-Hazy Air And Space Museum (part of the Smithsonian, this is worth an entire day all on its own).

If you're into history you'll notice that we had a bit of a civil war fought here.

Alexandria VA is another low-key great spot. You can spend a weekend just food-touring King Street and it has easy Metro Access from there to DC.



My co-worker is Asian and has a much better spice immunity than I do. We have a chain from Korea here called Choong Man which basically makes Korean Popeyes chicken. Their spicy garlic sauce is possibly the spiciest meal I've ever tasted*. They have an even spicier pepper sauce which I seek to try during my Isolation, if I can. My co-worker told me even he found it brutal. I'm scared, but this has to be done.


*The Last Dab sauce my boss brought in (of Hot Ones fame) doesn't count because I didn't taste or feel it. It's so hot it worked as a local anesthetic. My mouth went numb, I didn't taste or feel anything until it calmed down enough to be easily bearable. My boss and co-worker had a much worse time because it didn't overwhelm them like that due to their higher tolerances.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Btw, where did you order from?

Name?

Yi Pin on the Moorestown/Mt Laurel border.

They have a place at 11th & Walnut too, but I haven't tried it yet.

 

[Beef Invictus]

That's entirely fair, but the reheat... never as good as the original.

Btw, where did you order from?

I don't know, Chinese takeout cold is an entirely different sort of meal that is usually just as good somehow.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I think a lot of Italian food is better when reheated, especially pasta dishes.

I'm going to pretend this was never said.

 

[flyershockey]

I think that depends on the type of food.

I think a lot of Italian food is better when reheated, especially pasta dishes.

I'm gonna boo this opinion. Only Sausage and Peppers are better the next day.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

We have plenty here. Korean BBQ, numerous restuarants, a brewery in town, a fantastic American style restaurant and brewery that makes everything in-house, easy access to multiple other breweries and wineries, a great BBQ place nearby, the Udvar-Hazy Air And Space Museum (part of the Smithsonian, this is worth an entire day all on its own).

If you're into history you'll notice that we had a bit of a civil war fought here.

Alexandria VA is another low-key great spot. You can spend a weekend just food-touring King Street and it has easy Metro Access from there to DC.



My co-worker is Asian and has a much better spice immunity than I do. We have a chain from Korea here called Choong Man which basically makes Korean Popeyes chicken. Their spicy garlic sauce is possibly the spiciest meal I've ever tasted*. They have an even spicier pepper sauce which I seek to try during my Isolation, if I can. My co-worker told me even he found it brutal. I'm scared, but this has to be done.


*The Last Dab sauce my boss brought in (of Hot Ones fame) doesn't count because I didn't taste or feel it. It's so hot it worked as a local anesthetic. My mouth went numb, I didn't taste or feel anything until it calmed down enough to be easily bearable. My boss and co-worker had a much worse time because it didn't overwhelm them like that due to their higher tolerances.

Oh god Korean Fried Chicken chains. Now we're really talking. I'd rather do that than wings every time.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yeah. You save the extra sauce and reheat that, but the pasta? Just make new pasta and put the sauce which has spent extra time blending together on it.

 

[kudymen]

Re-heated pasta? I am going to close this thread now and come back once the new thread is open..

 

[Appleyard]

I know all about real hot vs white hot. Ordering food from around here can get adventurous really fast.

We have a very large Korean immigrant population here. I asked a friend how he eats like that daily. He said the bleeding intestinal ulcers eventually become calluses

Once came back from training super, super late... takeaways all closed, supermarkets all closed... parents have nothing much in fridge.

However, the corner shop near my parents (old) house was still open, though closing in 5 mins.

Had a great relationship with the owner, Shah, who was originally from Pakistan (though you would never know it, speaks better English with no accent than the average Mancunian!), he is maybe ~20-25 years older than me but a cool as hell guy.

Used to lend him the Star Wars video games as he played them in the shop at times and he reciprocated with video games, films etc... and always had random stuff in just for me that no-one else bought (Parathas, Kulfi... try both if you never have! And also specific ciders I liked).

Anyway, this evening got in there and asked if he had anything meal wise. He did not, as really only sold snacks, chocolate, magazines, desserts, bread, eggs... just basic stuff, and wanted something to eat ASAP as had done ~4 hours training.

But then he gets a glint in his eye, tells me to wait, and goes in the back, and brings me down a curry that his wife made him for the day and he had not eaten.

It was AMAZING. But god damn. Hottest thing I have ever eaten, I was crying. I love spicy food generally and grew up in an area with a lot of South Asian immigration, so exposed to a lot of spicy food... but that was something else.