I think I agree with everything joygoat said. But am abstaining because of the extreme difficulty of tasting good Mexican food in the UK (presumably except for Loldon).
― Calamari Merkin (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 2 August 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm going to Wahaca in the week. i had a burrito from Tortilla earlier.
― unban dictionary (blueski), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Based on this thread, about 60% of ILX is genuinely, certifiably insane and should take a long hard look at themselves before lashing out over what goes on a pizza. I say this as an entirely unbiased Mediterranean, of course, but come on.
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, August 2, 2009 9:45 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark
based on this post you are an idiot
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 <3
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
mexican, because beans
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i think this thread demands an LJ chill, one internet discussion ain't gonna make italian food any less nice
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Even with pizza counting, I choose Mexican.
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
lj have you even had mexican food? you can only get it in america
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Wahaca is great, as is Taqueria on Westbourne Grove. I also had a fab Mexican meal at La Perla on Charlotte Street last week and just down the road from my office I can get a drool-worthy lunchtime burrito that weighs about a kilo.
In short, I can get very very excited about Mexican in a way I can't about Italian. Although that probably has to do with only having fairly cheap shonky Italian meals that do a disservice to that country's cuisine. Real Italian icecream is NOMMMMMMMMMMMM tho.
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
actual Italian, as opposed to Italo-American pizza is vile
truth bomb
okay vile might be over the top, but italian-style pizza just isn't that interesting
― iatee, Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
have only really had the fast-foody burrito/taco/quesadilla/whatever stuff, from some pretty authentic and reputable joints, and sure it's nice, and sure if i had a goat's cheese tostada i might cream myself a little, but *sigh* O Italian food. O. O.
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
goat's cheese tostada
so...you haven't had mexican food have you
― iatee, Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
it's okay to admit it
his mind is made up
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i still voted yh
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.aintnosurfintexas.com/zz%20top%20tres%20hombres%20mexican%20feast3%20copy.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.dallasfood.org/photos/mexjefferson/lahechizerajefftlacoyo.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.lataco.com/taco/wp-content/uploads/tlapazola4.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm going to Mexico some day
― unban dictionary (blueski), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
the fact that you guys are talking about a mexican place called WAHACA (as opposed to OAXACA, the real spelling) just shows that britishes can't talk anything about mexican food.
seriously, lj, i don't blame you for voting on ancestry etc etc., but you have no idea what mexican food is. no idea.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't believe there is even a question about this. Without a doubt Mexican. MOLE!!!!!!
http://toppayingideas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rick-bayless.jpg
― Jeff, Sunday, 2 August 2009 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
italian
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Guy I work with from Cali reps for Wahaca, table. Don't be such a priss,
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
most people from cali are morons, did you know that?
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
the best thing about mexican food is that you can have it in a HOAGIE
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
with CHEESE
Italian, but I don't know if I've ever had decent Mexican - Mexican restaurants in London being notoriously shit.
― chap, Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, August 2, 2009 3:06 PM Bookmark
I hear you can get it in Mexico, too.
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
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― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:04 PM Bookmark
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― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
lj have you even had italian food? you can only get it in america
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
LJ, in mexico and in the US, that is called a TORTA. not hoagie bread, though.
http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/food/07/06/04_sotw_lg.jpg
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
there's no difference between good flan and bad flan
― a narwhal done gored my sister nell (cankles), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
chorizo con jamon up in this biz
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
rev ughhhhhh that was a joke
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Did not know that most people from California were morons, as all those i've come into contact with have been rather bright. Are their tastebuds moronic too?
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
whenever I end up with mediocre Italian pasta I don't know what to do but when I end up with mediocre Mexican food I know I can open up a bottle of hot sauce and have a good time
plus Mexican beer is great
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe they just knew if they didn't spell it that way people would be going around saying they ate at oh-ox-ah-ca
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i'm gonna start pronouncing it "Owaksaka" on purpose now
― unban dictionary (blueski), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Here's a hint: If it is smothered in ridiculous amounts of queso, it is not Mexican, it is Tex-Mex. Thank you.
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Mexican beer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Italian beer
^^^important point
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
thread turning out about as well as expected
― velko, Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
no-- if anything, the hedonism that pervades much of california is downright foodie. look at this map.
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/236/Michelin-Rated-Restaurants-San-Francisco-2008
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
foodies are never morons
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty much my favourite beer these days (knowledge limited obv)
http://www.interstirn.si/files/negra_modelo/negramodelo1.jpg
but i had a dark beer in Venice that was just as good (assuming it was Italian but can't remember the name sadly)
― unban dictionary (blueski), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:07 PM Bookmark
yeah, I know, but your point that you can't get it in the UK is otm
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
tex mex owns
― a narwhal done gored my sister nell (cankles), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
true
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
italo tex is better
― velko, Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
lmfao i hadn't even realized this was some dandy transliteration omggggggggggggggggggggg
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Italian food is so easy to cook it is a crime to do it badly.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Saturday, 5 February 2022 14:35 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure as a kid there was one time I put ketchup on newspaper and called it spaghetti. How would that rate with the Italians?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 5 February 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link
Idk there is quite a bit of skill & technique in Italian cooking, including some of the most famous dishes. Cacio e pepe and carbonara are both famously tricky to get right consistently.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 5 February 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
who the fuck is starting pasta in COLD water
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 February 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
the good people of Hong Kong, who are much more familiar with their own rice-based noodles than with durum-wheat-based pasta
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 5 February 2022 17:57 (two years ago) link
Cheese with seafood is good.
― Sam Weller, Saturday, 5 February 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
yes, but they don't really complement one another. it's more of an uneasy truce between two good things to eat.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 5 February 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
It always strikes me as an arbitrary rule taken up by snobs on Top Chef.
― Sam Weller, Saturday, 5 February 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
Oh, sure, cacio e pepe being a particular bugbear for me. But there are oh 500 other pasta sauces/dishes you can make that are extremely forgiving.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Saturday, 5 February 2022 18:47 (two years ago) link
That's true. I finally wisened up and don't buy any jarred sauce. Yeah you can go all out and make a "Sunday gravy" if you want, but I can make a pretty tasty tomato sauce in 15 minutes with pantry items. And I actually prefer the rawer tomato taste to the one that develops after simmering them for hours.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 5 February 2022 18:59 (two years ago) link
cacio e pepe isn't so great
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 5 February 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
Minus the time it takes potatoes to bake ( a "set it and forget it" step), one can make, say, gnocchi alla sorrentina from scratch in 40 minutes. Can't believe it took me til I was in my 40s to realize how quick and relatively simple something like that is to make.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 5 February 2022 19:04 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4eaNqTbDDAThe 1st version shown here is best method I've encountered. You really have to like pepe to enjoy cacio e pepe. But you can use the same concept to make cacio e qualunque.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 5 February 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
cacio e pepe is a LIE the italians can keep it i cant make it correctly no matter how much i try & life is too short to cry over fkn noodles & cheese *DO NOT TELL ME HOW TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFULLY OR I WILL CUT YOU* i am personally done w it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 February 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
I think low effort defines success. It will never deliver on the hype.
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 February 2022 17:03 (two years ago) link
I've had great cacio e pepe, just never by my own hand.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Sunday, 6 February 2022 17:31 (two years ago) link
But how great really?
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 February 2022 20:51 (two years ago) link
Sitting in an alley in Rome it was pretty fucking great. As great as any three ingredient pasta where one of the three ingredients is water. It's super simple, which is what makes it hard.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
Sitting in an alley in Rome was the magic 4th ingredient.
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 February 2022 23:55 (two years ago) link
(pasta + cheese + water) x (scooters + accordions)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 February 2022 23:59 (two years ago) link
Well, yeah.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Monday, 7 February 2022 00:16 (two years ago) link
I've eaten some delicious cacio e pepe. I've made some miserable pasta wrapped with inedible grey ropes of claggy pecorino.
― There's A Goots In My House (stevie), Monday, 7 February 2022 09:23 (two years ago) link
I'm a dab hand at recreating Roberta's' pizza approximation of Cacio E Pepe, the deathless Cheesus Christ.
Carbonara is American. Most Italians hadn’t heard of pizza until the 1950s. Panettone is a modern invention.Meet Alberto Grandi, who has dedicated his career to debunking the myths around Italian food – FREE TO READ👇https://t.co/yQMdhNULts— FT Weekend (@ftweekend) March 23, 2023
― 龜, Friday, 24 March 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
Fascinating article. I knew I liked carbonara too much for it to be anything other than an American creation, built for filthy American palates.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 24 March 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
The chart in the thread is misleading. Carbonara (and Amatriciana) are not Cacio e Pepe with guanicale (and tomato) added.
― Rupal Gandhi (PBKR), Friday, 24 March 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link