Adrianna Tan
Thinking of making a series of posts called ‘revenge cooking’. Left side: something I spent money on that I disliked. Right side: a better version of the thing I had to end up making.
I made the tostadas coz I had one that really disappointed me recently. We went to a Swiss restaurant that had a schnitzel that was so bad, my wife called it a shitzel, and now I have to make it I guess.
Adrianna Tan
I enjoy going to restaurants, I used to do it for a living (a long time ago), now it’s a hobby and special interest, but I’m starting to feel like the economics of restaurants are getting impossible. No, I do not want a $25 sandwich. Or a wet tostada. Or a dry schnitzel.
Adrianna Tan
There are some things that I won’t be able to make. But as a pretty well traveled home cook who has learned to cook for a very long time, I can make a lot of it. Most likely I’ll just end up only eating out for truly special meals. Still glad I have good dimsum here (at Harborview, Osmanthus, Ming’s Tasty), coz I don’t want to make that. Going out for nice dimsum is a special treat I don’t want to stop doing.
Adrianna Tan
@artcollisions I mostly eat out at Mexican and Salvadoran and Chinese and Thai places here. I can make some of it (especially the Chinese and Thai), but at least we get pretty good versions of all the things.
The ‘new Californian’ food that the Bay Area is known for pisses me off the most. It’s just a poor excuse for poor seasoning and lack of labor. (Except at the 1-3 places that pioneered it)
Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)
@skinnylatte omg I am 100% here for this. We don't eat out much and this is partly the reason. Much easier to take the disappointment when we've made it at home.
Adrianna Tan
Still a fan of most of our immigrant restaurants. Going to them is a fun way to learn new foods I don’t know how to cook.
There is a new Uzbek food stall at the farmer’s market, and I’ve enjoyed going to many of the Yemeni- run places recently.
However, ‘New Californian’ and ‘New American’ restaurants need to die out. Burn it all with fire.
Terence Eden
@skinnylatte I had my first Uzbek dumplings and noodles recently. Absolutely lush.
Adrianna Tan
@Edent yum. Gotta get some. I am also a fan of plov
Aoife 🦫🏴
@skinnylatte We have some Uzbek-Korean places in Brooklyn which are really cool if you haven't seen that before.
Adrianna Tan
@serverlessaoife nice! We don’t have those restaurants but we do have a small community of those folks here too
Adrianna Tan
@shom I can’t stand that guy so I hope I’ll be less annoying
shom 🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚✊🏽
@skinnylatte I would love to watch the Aunt Adriana version critiques, like the Uncle Roger reviews.
Zack Stern
@skinnylatte ooh I haven’t thought of spatzle (friend to schnitzel) in a looong time and been longer since I’ve made it. Maybe I’ll get to that soon.
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