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uptowngirl
uptowngirl

New York Speak

NYC has its own nomenclature for various goods and services in the city. I have mentioned some in another thread-http://www.streetadvisor.com/new_york/forums/tips-and-tricks-for-living-in-nyc and I just came across this piece

http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/07/how-to-order-a-slice-of-pizza-in-nyc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seriouseats%2Fnewyork+%28Serious+Eats%3A+New+York%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

which educates newbies/ out-of- towners on the art of ordering pizza in the city. Would you like to add some more NYC advice?
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: For ordering pizza, or for anything NYC related?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted for anything NYC related of course not only pizza
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish Any suggestions as to which places are the great dim sum restaurants?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
Yes uraniumfish tell us which dim sum places make the grade in Chinatown? I usually go to Golden Unicorn though I have been to Jing Fong as well..I once invited some of my Singaporean friends along and they went on to order chicken feet which my husband remembers until this day!
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
I just don't know how I'd be with the sight of chicken feet while I'm trying to eat!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@DBlack the husband is still traumatized by the sight and never fails to mention it to all and sundry.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
uptowngirl: I am stealing that: "all and sundry." Please advise for when I use it against you :)
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@ JenMac be my guest :)
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Eh, I'm a huge "weird food" fan. Brains, intestines, cheeks, eyeballs - I actually really like the taste of lesser-known animal parts, and am all for "offal" as they say!
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
It's pretty funny to me when people can't bear the sight of a fish head on their plate or the nearness of the chicken feet on the table - we're so civilized these days that most of us don't even think of where our food came from in the first place!

I guess I've never tasted anything really weird, though, unless liver counts. But I did enjoy the liver.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I've had chicken feet and lived, but I certainly understand why the sight of them can be traumatic. They really are kind of scary looking.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
I've had my share of livers and brains but I don't know that I can venture as far as those crazy claws! Even pigs feet and ox tail look mostly harmless by comparison. It's just something about the look of those things.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Yeah, I'm pretty squeamish about that sort of thing too. I feel positively nauseated every time I dine with my father and he gets escargot.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac then you will need a cast iron stomach to visit a city like Hong Kong at my local wet market .i.e.open air market there are snouts, tails, weird chunks of meat , fish heads and what not..the ox tails freak me out..
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Lately I haven't been eating much meat, and because of this I actually find it hard to eat rich meats like duck - I don't know how I would deal with brain!

I do love a good escargot, however.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I would like to think that I'm somewhat adventurous with food; but, I recently ate at Daniel and I noticed that though I had the opportunity to eat some really creative things that would surely be amazing . . . I stuck to things like veal. Oh well.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I can happily eat duck.. so love Peking Duck..
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK From what I remember of brain, it actually seemed light. Certainly not the feel or texture of meat, which has fibers from the muscles.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish Did you find it was fatty? The brain seems like it would be full of lipids.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps Could be that it's full of lipids, but it didn't SEEM fatty. It doesn't have the consistency you'd associate with meat, but rather of something like a cooked and hardened pudding.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I've had "sweetbreads" They're quite good - although not my favorite. I happen to like shellfish most of all!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish I do think its dreadfully unhealthy and full of cholesterol and other bad for your heart stuff, its usually quite a delicacy in Pakistani cuisine but most caution that you should eat it sparingly.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
So...it's like foie gras? Disgusting to think about, delicious to behold?
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I've had it breaded and fried and it was pretty great! And I don't think my once-in-an-aeon consumption of brain is going to do much harm. I mean, balanced diet means being able to branch out in many directions, without overdoing any one thing.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish Sorry if you mentioned it before, but do you know what species of brain you were devouring?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I have never thought of species of brain for I have only ever eaten goat's brain!
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Oh...is goat's brain the usual brain that people consume? This is all so new to me.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK Interesting question...never thought to ask. Had to be either cow or goat or pig, one of the common farm-raised animals, because it was in the countryside in Europe.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK In the subcontinent its mainly goat's brain
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Because...a goat's brain is just the right portion size?
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps Despite the strangeness of the name, I think brain tacos would probably be a great dish.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I think the brain I had was cow's brain (at a restaurant known for its rather swank cuisine in Joigny, France). It was really good - but that said, I prefer liver and kidney, all else being equal.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
Kidney has an interesting consistency too. Very different from brain. Wow, this topic is making me think strange food thoughts/
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