On Friday, I got a Philly cheesesteak here in Suwon, South Korea. Cheesesteaks are a VERY rare and hard to find food item here in Korea. Not to mention, Philly cheesesteaks are a tricky food in that everything needs to be done JUST RIGHT with them. The right preparation of the meat, the right cheese (melted American at the bottom of the roll or Cheese Wiz), the right fried onions, the right seasoning (if you use pepper or salt), and definitely the right roll! You can't get Amoroso's rolls in Korea, but there are good substitutes.
If any one of those are done wrong, then the cheesesteak will be bad. Especially if the roll is trash or you use the wrong kind of cheese. Or too much pepper. Or don't use fried onions and just use unchopped, uncooked onions. Or anything else.
I know only four places in the country to get a cheesesteak. 1. A trash steak place in Gangnam Station (in downtown Seoul). 2. A somewhat decent place here in Suwon (they use mushrooms, oversized rolls, and not enough meat, so it's only so-so)."South Street"3. A place with boring dry steaks and trash rolls called "Philadelphia" in Pyeongtaek, which is a US military area here in Korea (the place where all the Americans are at)."Philadelphia"4. And a fourth place very close to the last one. This is the only GOOD steak place.
I went there again last week and took home a Philly steak and finally ate it Friday at work. It was SO DAMN GOOD! Like, almost made me cry in delight! And this was after being in the fridge for four days and reheated in a work microwave. It was like a taste org asm on my tongue!
They're the only place that gets everything right. Not a perfect 10 out of 10 steak, but still a 9 out of 10 for sure! Better than a lot of places even back in Philly (like that tourist-trash sh*t Genos, and Pats). It made the rest of my day teaching that much easier, as I was mostly in a good mood all day."World Philly" 👍What's a meal or food you had that was as good or better than s e x for you?
I knew this was your question before even clicking into it lol. Wiz doesn't go on authentic cheesesteaks, only the tourist ones. And the best places to get them are corner Puerto Rican stores.
Are you callin' me fat? And it's debated whether a true Philly cheesesteak needs Cheese Whiz or not, but I prefer them without and prefer American cheese or provolone. www.visitphilly.com/.../ An Amoroso roll or one close in quality is MANDATORY, though! Usually grilled, fried, or sautéed onions, too.
Lmao no I'm not calling you fat. I'm just saying I knew it was you from the way you described. And yeah, definitely better without Wiz and with American cheese.
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I used to go to a small Indian restaurant that not only had the tastiest food, but eventually got to know me and dialed in my personal level of heat (spiciness). I got to know them so well that I'd go into the kitchen to congratulate the chef. For lunch, I would order a non-vegetarian thali that came with a piece of tandoori chicken and four side dishes. I'd get it to go and eat it in my car. It was on the verge of being unbearably spicy but super tasty at the same time. I'd be sweating and my eyes and nose would be running. It was pretty near orgasmic.
Saltbeef/Reuben on rye bread... I can go to London, sell my silver to the refinery and walk round the corner to Leather Lane to visit Tongue and Brisket
Can't say I ever had a food I tasted where it felt like sex in my mouth. Maybe as a kid I really loved Ribs and Mash potatoes and gravy but not a fan of red meat since I got stomach issues. So maybe those Ribs from Granny's Buffet as a kid had me.
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