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Used to love and often found Almond Pressed Duck at Chinese restaurants. It seems to have vanished from menus these days. Miss it--it was soooo good.
And those sticky, super-red Chinese spare ribs. Whatever happened to those? And Hong Kong style fried noodles. Yum.
We had a wonderful authentic independent Asian place called Hunan House where I used to live, everything was so fresh and hot from the wok. I can't find any super great Hunan and Szechuan in the Southeast. We do have an excellent Thai/pan-Asian place 3 minutes away, its menu is very light on Chinese dishes, but its Thai curries are exceptional.
I seldom see Monte Cristo on the menu, but I had it at a place for breakfast last month. It was the n the breakfast menu. A friend was taking me out for a birthday breakfast. I actually don't like breakfast foods much. I didn't have high hopes for the sandwich but it was actually turkey and ham, not the thin sliced lunch meat variety. I chose the option of having it crusted with corn flakes before frying.
I can't find a good Monte Cristo anywhere. Somewhere along the line the concept for it changed into a turkey/ham/swiss sandwich made with french toast for bread. Meh! Dry and underwhelming. The original way to make it was to make the entire sandwich, toothpick it together, and dunk the whole sandwich into the egg batter and then deep fry the whole thing. Yum! Crispy outside, juicy hot and melty inside. Serve with honey or blackberry preserves for dunking or drizzling. OMG!!!
Funny, the only place here in town that has "fried chicken" is KFC. Unless you want to count ChikFilet and Zaxby's. Or the deli at Publix. You'd think being in the buckle on the bible best that fried chicken would be common.
The Walmart deli has good fried chicken; you can buy a "snack" with one piece and one side or "lunch" with two pieces and two sides for a reasonable price.
One of my favorites from the past is open face roast beef sandwich with brown gravy and aside of mashed potatoes. Haven’t seen it on a menu in decades. ( it was everywhere in my younger days)
You can find some of these dishes (open-face roast beef sandwich with gravy, for instance) at little mom-and-pop diners. Again, usually reasonably priced...
And those sticky, super-red Chinese spare ribs. Whatever happened to those? And Hong Kong style fried noodles. Yum.
We had a wonderful authentic independent Asian place called Hunan House where I used to live, everything was so fresh and hot from the wok. I can't find any super great Hunan and Szechuan in the Southeast. We do have an excellent Thai/pan-Asian place 3 minutes away, its menu is very light on Chinese dishes, but its Thai curries are exceptional.
Yep, I know what you mean..when we live the SF Bay area, we had all different kinds of Chinese regional cooking to choose from--now, here in the SE not so much. It's pretty bland Cantonese style, though some places are better than others.
If I had my druthers I could live happily on all types of Asian Cuisine: Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Laotian, and different versions of Chinese cookery...especially the spicy Hunan kind.
I've learned to cook some of the simpler dishes...we make stuffed lettuce leaves (Larb) and Pad Thai for example...
I can't find a good Monte Cristo anywhere. Somewhere along the line the concept for it changed into a turkey/ham/swiss sandwich made with french toast for bread. Meh! Dry and underwhelming. The original way to make it was to make the entire sandwich, toothpick it together, and dunk the whole sandwich into the egg batter and then deep fry the whole thing. Yum! Crispy outside, juicy hot and melty inside. Serve with honey or blackberry preserves for dunking or drizzling. OMG!!!
I remember getting one of those at the now closed Bennigan's restaurant years ago. It came with a cup of jelly (grape I think?) that you could dip the sandwich into. Man that thing was good. And you're right, I don't remember the last time I saw a Monte Cristo on a restaurant menu.
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