The Lunch Thread

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:38 pm

I've eaten so poorly since going to Boston. So today I said I am getting a salad...regional place around the corner that focuses on local shit and whatnot. Sixteen fucking dollars. For a salad and drink. This better taste great.

(I got a vegan power salad. Not sure why.)

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:39 pm

Thanks a lot Biden.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:42 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:38 pm I've eaten so poorly since going to Boston. So today I said I am getting a salad...regional place around the corner that focuses on local shit and whatnot. Sixteen fucking dollars. For a salad and drink. This better taste great.

(I got a vegan power salad. Not sure why.)

What's the vegan power gesture? Just so I know to avoid it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:45 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:42 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:38 pm I've eaten so poorly since going to Boston. So today I said I am getting a salad...regional place around the corner that focuses on local shit and whatnot. Sixteen fucking dollars. For a salad and drink. This better taste great.

(I got a vegan power salad. Not sure why.)
What's the vegan power gesture? Just so I know to avoid it.

From the lack of protein I'm guessing it's weakly raising your hand in resignation.

(Oh it's got those eedamommys and saysame seeds, but still. Oh, and pre-hummus too.)

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:05 pm

It was actually $8 but then they heard your accent when ordering it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:10 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:05 pm It was actually $8 but then they heard your accent when ordering it.

I should note I am now back from Boston, but that wasn't clear.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:41 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:10 pm
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:05 pm It was actually $8 but then they heard your accent when ordering it.
I should note I am now back from Boston, but that wasn't clear.

That doesn't necessarily invalidate my joke!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:33 am

oldest made Pho last night. When it was ready, I said "let's line up and get some food. We'll call it the Pho Queue..."

It was met with thunderous silence and voluminous shaking of the head.

It was good and it is also lunch.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:54 am

I laughed.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:08 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:54 amI laughed.

Me too. Phoque them. Pho is the greatest dish. I never dared to make it, but I got nothing else going on these days.

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:26 pm

One of my daughter's best friends is Vietnamese, so she takes great pride in telling us that it's pronounced "Fa"

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:16 pm

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:26 pm One of my daughter's best friends is Vietnamese, so she takes great pride in telling us that it's pronounced "Fa"

Yeah which is why Pho queue is so funny to dads.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:43 pm

Mine too and yes ab all over the joke

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:39 pm

Oh... Fack You isbetter than Fock You

Jesus, my brain is definitely slowing down.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:39 pm

Turned the leftover italian sub rolls I made this weekend into croutons + homemade caesar dressing = Nice lunch salad

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:03 pm

Probably would've been even better with some lettuce!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:09 pm

And a little parm.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:29 pm

“Crummy and dry but at least he put a lot of effort into it” sounds about what we’d expect from mister d’s tossed salad.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:40 pm

Had the arbys diablo chicken sandwich. Really good flavors and yeah it’s pretty hot. Not unbearable but you know you had some spice.

Also my ass burns.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:12 am

I was going to have Chipotle for the first time this year, but I was stopped in my tracks!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:23 pm

So it wasn't lunch, but the wife surprised me with a trip to Cincy and we ate at the casino steak house. I splurged on some wagyu beef and it was well worth it. I'm too cheap to only have that going forward, but it was like eating an entirely new food. Did not taste like any cut of beef I'd ever had in the good way. And it was very rich, so the 4 oz serving (in addition to sides and a well made French onion soup) was plenty.

Anyone else had it and have an opinion?

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 3:56 pm

All I know about Wagyu is that there's a lot of shadiness in America about mislabeling stuff.

This article does a great job of breaking it all down: https://www.mashed.com/282674/the-real- ... ably-fake/

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 4:04 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 3:56 pm All I know about Wagyu is that there's a lot of shadiness in America about mislabeling stuff.

This article does a great job of breaking it all down: https://www.mashed.com/282674/the-real- ... ably-fake/

Yeah, this was "certified" but it's true you can never know. I mean, I can get a good look at a wagyu by sticking my head up a butcher's ass, but I'd rather take a piece of paper's word for it.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:04 am

I think that’s the extent of my wagyu experience. It was good if not the centerpiece of the meal. And it was dinner, not lunch.

serrano · Post by **serrano** » Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:16 pm

rass wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:04 am I think that’s the extent of my wagyu experience. It was good if not the centerpiece of the meal. And it was dinner, not lunch.

so fucking good. when dem farmers coming back?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Feb 26, 2022 9:11 am

Actual trucks are still there every Thursday! Not sure when (or if?) LFM or ETA are coming back.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:23 pm

Got some boar's head deli meats this weekend. The Italian ham is pretty excellent. Please hold your hot food takes about how your neighbor who sources pigs from tuscany specifically for lunch meat despises boar's head. I know ham. This is good ham.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:27 pm

But it's a really good take!

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:31 pm

Troll move: Dietz & Watson is better.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:52 pm

In this house BH Ovengold Turkey is a delicacy.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:05 pm

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:31 pm Troll move: Dietz & Watson is better.

Has to be a sliver of believability to pull off a troll.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:21 pm

rass wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:52 pm In this house BH Ovengold Turkey is a delicacy.

I got th pitcraft turkey as well and it is solid, but ovengold is the staple.

duff · Post by **duff** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:07 pm

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:31 pm Troll move: Dietz & Watson is better.

Ridiculous.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:49 am

Gas station next to office has a taco truck that offers lunch now. Looking forward to it.

Ham Sandwich · Post by **Ham Sandwich** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:57 am

Come home to a good old fashioned American Ham Sandwich! Make Ham Great Again!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:41 pm

They didn't have the tacos going! Ended up with a burger, which is ham-adjacent.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:38 am

Trying a Peruvian place for lunch. Don't think I've had that cuisine before.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:44 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:38 am Trying a Peruvian place for lunch. Don't think I've had that cuisine before.

Beach buddy is from Peru. With some heads up I could have reviewed the menu with him!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:49 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:38 am Trying a Peruvian place for lunch. Don't think I've had that cuisine before.

You are in for a treat (assuming the place is half decent). I used to work next to a town with a large Peruvian population (shoutout to Patterson!) with a lot of takeout places. Rotisserie chicken with an incredible green sauce is the standard dish, but I recommend the national dish of Peru, lomo saltado. It's a stirfry dish with grilled steak, onions, peppers, tomato and French fries. I have no idea what kind of seasoning they use, but it's a light soy flavor with some South American spices mixed in. It's amazing, and now I am craving it so hard. And you have to wash it down with an Inca Cola.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:52 am

Inca Cola might be the sweetest soft drink I’ve ever had. Pretty sure I got a cavity after drinking a six-pack.