It’s All Just Grease & Cheese To Me
As I get older, I find that I’m becoming more and more of a “foodie”…that is, someone who is really into bizarre variations of food, and finding really off-the-beaten-path locations to eat.
Strangely enough, one of the few foods I consider myself a mild expert on is the authentic Philadelphia Cheesesteak. During my many annual trips to Philadelphia (which I’ll be posting about at some point), I’ve eaten at probably 8 of the top 10 best locations to have a cheesesteak, and could talk for hours about the differences between a ‘real’ philly steak and those presented elsewhere, and even the differences between the steak places throughout the City of Brotherly Love.
Apparently the differences can get even more bizarre, as presented in this article from the Philadelphia City Paper about Cheesesteak variants AROUND THE WORLD. It’s a fun read, good way to kill a few minutes. The most bizarre variant? The Vietnamese cheesesteak, which come on a rice flour baguette and are topped with ketchup, chili sauce and mustard….delicious?
Posted: February 8th, 2008
at 7:15am by Marty Day
Categories: across the net, cynicism, eats
Comments: 2 comments
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You should totally come to Jersey and sample our bizarro hot dog concoctions. For example:
http://www.amazinghotdog.com/
Onezumi
10 Feb 08 at 7:40 pm
Ooh. That sounds awesome, however, if I’m going to kill myself with food in Jersey, I think I’d polish off a Fat Darrell first…
Marty Day
11 Feb 08 at 9:31 am