Philly cheese steak..why so difficult to get outside of Philly? (Philadelphia: restaurant, shop)

[Soju]

Its so easy to make, I was in NYC couple of weeks ago, I decide to order Philly cheese steak and they brought me a slab of meat on a roll.WTF!!
That ain't no Philly cheese steak. He insisted it was.
And what is "Philly BBQ chicken?" saw advertised in NYC.
Anyway, I like pork sandwich better,just hard to find.

[Soju]

I have a craving for some authentic Spanish paella. I haven't had one since my favorite Spanish restaurant on South Street closed down a year or so ag. Where can I get some?

[hollygolightly]

You might want to try Taste of Portugal, it's very good and reasonable:

Taste of Portugal Restaurant Philadelphia, PA

[rainrock]

From my experience you'll find much better cheesesteaks away from the tourist traps(Pats-Geno's- Jims etc) Your average pizza shop in the city makes a much superior cheesesteak than the "steak traps" which dont have the time or patience to make a good quality steak.For a really good steak go out into the suburbs and find a sandwich shop, it puts Pats or Genos to absolute shame.

[newmarlig]

For cheesesteaks -- it's all about the roll. It needs to be soft, yet not spongy on the inside and crispy on the outside.

[rainrock]

True about the rolls newmarlig it is a huge ingredient. However you cant use slabs of gristled meat that taste like shoe leather which I got the one time I was at one of the tourist traps. The trick for me is chopping the sirloin up into tiny morsels which along with the cheese melts in your mouth.

[Pilot1]

Yep, you can't get good cheesesteak rolls outside of Philly and they usually don't know which meat to get or how to cook it. A slab of beef with cheese on a dinner roll is NOT a cheesesteak.

[newmarlig]

As I always say - Pat's and Geno's are only good if you are drunk at 2:00 a.m.

[Soju]

Originally Posted by hollygolightly

You might want to try Taste of Portugal, it's very good and reasonable:

Taste of Portugal Restaurant Philadelphia, PA

Oh goodie,thanks!

[Soju]

Originally Posted by rainrock

From my experience you'll find much better cheesesteaks away from the tourist traps(Pats-Geno's- Jims etc) Your average pizza shop in the city makes a much superior cheesesteak than the "steak traps" which dont have the time or patience to make a good quality steak.For a really good steak go out into the suburbs and find a sandwich shop, it puts Pats or Genos to absolute shame.

You might be right. I'm not impressed with Pat's or Geno's. Some places chop the meat too fine.