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It's weird but I would give some of it a shot. I would try the lobster but all the veggie crap nah.
man, have you ever had a BBQ lobster caught from the ocean just minutes ago? We used to do that all the time in college and it was good man. I admit, we Californians have weird culinary exploits, but we're not without clamor for other regions' foods. I remember growing up and my friend in HS was from Mississippi and his family introduced me to soul food and I have never forgotten it.
With that being said, Cali does do some kinda funny "Festivals" where they do sh#t like Crawfish Weekend or something along those lines...
It's weird but I would give some of it a shot. I would try the lobster but all the veggie crap nah.
It was recommended to me by a bunch of friends who were either from Japan or had lived a few years there as being the only place in LA where the fish was as fresh as they were used to over there. It's pretty inexpensive too (for sushi). If I had to pick one negative, I'd say their California rolls don't use real crab, but that's the only bad thing I can say about the place.
Yeah, and just to sound a little more Californian--I used to date a vegetarian and I was kind've influenced by her eating habits into incorporating more vegetarian dishes. I do plan, however, to try to go to the South (TX included) and try some of the BBQ. I don't know when, but it is going to happen.
Cali lobster can't hold a candle to Maine lobster IMO. The meat has the same texture, but doesn't have the sweetness of the east coast lobster. I'll take Cali Dungenness crab over Cali lobster any day though (and usually over Maine lobster too).
I will have to try it for sure then...most times when recommended by people who've either came from the place or lived their are usually true to form. I'm not a big Cali roll eater, so I'm not sure if that'll be much of problem for me. I usually go for the sashimi, toro (bluefin) bellies, and some of the more exotic rolls.
Yeah, the Pacific Lobster isn't the same as the Maine lobster in the same respect, but when you catch them fresh--it is hard to really tell the difference from shipped live Maine lobster here in California. I'm not sure how it is in Maine, but I wouldn't necessarily say Pacific Lobster is better. Crab is my favorite and I'd take that over Lobster most times than not.
They don't really do exotic rolls. It's really simple stuff for the most part.
It may be due to the fact that I've lived in California all my life, but I really don't get why everyone else thinks it's so odd to grill veggies (or pizza, or bread, or fruit, or whatever else). Heat + food = yum.
It's because you have always lived there. The closest I've gotten to California cuisine is when I lived in Austin. I swear they won't so bad to be a part of California instead of Texas. All the trendy crap they eat. Oh I don't eat Chinese food I eat southern Laotian or I don't eat soul food I eat Ethiopian. I mean c'mon... C'MON!
So... is your refusal to eat it based on the fact that you don't think it will taste good, or based on the fact it's Californian?
Cali is known for some really sexual deep ass fusion food.
But other than that.. i will try anything. Right now, i dig North Indian cuisine and Lebanese.
And Lebanese cooch.
Won't taste good. Nothing to do with it being from California. I think a lot (not all) of people eat certain things just because it is trendy and not because they really like it.
Grilled artichokes I might try, but the grilled veggie pizzas with wasabi and sauce made from shnozzberries no thank you. I am pretty sure there are some things I might like that are native to California but there is even a lot of Mexican food from there that I wouldn't even look at.
I remember when it was considered "trendy" to eat sushi and all the Cali people were considered nuts. Now the rest of the country has figured out it's the greatest ing thing since shaved pussy.
Rush Limbaugh said it best.
If you don't like American BBQ, then you aren't pro american.
You can hate him for everything else, but this is truth.
I still think it's just some trendy stuff. Personally I don't like it and have given it a few tries.
I just never liked how people would rush to certain things just because it is the "in" thing. That is one reason I didn't like Austin.
I don't give a crap what he says.
Who has the best bbq - Texas or Memphis?
It's good to vent.I don't give a crap what he says.
Who has the best bbq - Texas or Memphis?
Dry BBQ kills wet BBQ, so by implication Texas BBQ kills Memphis BBQ.I don't give a crap what he says.
Who has the best bbq - Texas or Memphis?
I'll never visit Memphis so I believe you.
I wouldn't put the honus on California alone. I don't even think half of the fusion foods are our ideas, but ones we've obtained from the likes of NY and all pts further east.
To me, it isn't about trend--food and sustenance should never be a trend--but an experience. If you're used to only eating a certain way and not trying to expand your knowledge base, then you're limiting yourself. Yeah, Californians can be a little off-center, but for the most part the majority is not like we're portrayed to be by the media and for ex-citizenry.
I have lived all my life in California but don't speak with a Valley accent, drive a Mercedes, work/live/play in Hollywood, or any of that. I'm not part plastic and I'm not gay. I have not surfed in my life (but I would like to try...). I grew up in an middle class part of Long Beach because, well, my dad was smart enough to see that I was running with the wrong crowds and moved us to a better area.
Most metropolitan areas cater to the whimsical pallate of the rich and the very trendy. L.A. is no exception to the rule, but it isn't as far advanced in pushing the culinary oddities as different metropolitan area. Nothing is more amazing than when I go out-of-state and see something labelled, "California(+n)" and imagine to myself...wait, that's not something I would consider the norm lol...
By the way, Laotian cuisine isn't that much different than Thai cuisine and Thai food is just great...
lol I just threw that out there. That is kind of funny that it stuck just like the artichoke comment. I guess I should open up a Cali restaurant since I seem to know what you guys like lol.
To be completely fair I hadn't even tried Chinese food until I was about 20 or 21. I get my kids to eat different things so maybe they will like Croatian food by the time they are older or whatever is trendy during that time.
A more fair characterization of the foods that define LA are:
* hamburgers
* carnitas
* crab
* bacon-wrapped hot-dogs
* sushi
* burritos
* cioppino
* mussels
While I love cioppino immensely, it is actually a NorCal dish that has been adopted down here. Man, some cioppino sounds great tonight...
Ah, yes! The bacon-wrapped hot dogs! More of a street food/afterhours fare, this concoction of a million calories and fat grams is something of a treat that seems to only be soothed while deeply intoxicated. I haven't had one in a few years, but that is pretty much a definition of club cuisine.
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