Quote: (02-13-2012 10:48 PM)OGNorCal707 Wrote:
I'm sorry, I know I'm going to get major shit for this, but I thought the food in Thailand wasn't that great.
First, let me say that I love Thai food, it's one of my favorite cuisines, but I feel like I've had as good or better Thai food in San Francisco and the D.C. area. Now I had good meals in Thailand, and I had maybe a couple meals that I would say were better than what I'd get in SF or D.C., but overall I was expecting my mind to be blown, and it wasn't. Street food is cheap, but can be hit or miss, I had some really nasty pad thai from street vendors that I didn't even finish.
Bro, I agree. I was messing around with this Thai girl a few years back. I always liked the Thai food I ate in the US. I told the chick I was into Thai food and she should cook something for me. So the morning after my b day I ended up at her house from the night before and she made me a bunch of authentic Thai food. Man, I couldn't eat it. Maybe it was just that she cooked some nasty stuff, but I couldn't do it. She had pigs feet, chicken feet, some stuff with anchovies (I don't eat fish like that) and all this fish juice. The only thing I could partially stomache was the shrimp curry, only problem with that is they didn't clean the shrimp.. Any of it. The whole shell was still on. I can't do that crunchy ass shrimp shell. I guess I'd have to go there to really get a good idea, but from what I saw of Thai food from that chick, it definitely wasn't what I thought it would be after eating it in the states. I ended up telling the chick is was too hung over to eat (Which was partially true, but became 100% true once I saw the food).
As far as my favorite places to eat, I'm not as well traveled as a lot of you, but I'll throw in my 2cents....
Vegas
Miami
Sao Paulo
Rio
Minas
Aspen
Best burger I've ever had, hands down was in a little town in Minas Gerais called Leopoldina. It's about a 45 minute drive from Juiz De Fora, not much to see or do there unless you have friends there. The name of the place is called Digao. They make this homade mayonaise that is to die for. They have over 30 different types of burgers. I preffered the filet minon burger or ham, egg, cheese, beef patty. There are a bunch of great hole in the wall burger spots in Brazil that make their own home made mayonaise, hope you guys got to try one of them if you've been to Brazil. Another decent contender is Hamburgao in Vitoria and Guarapari. And also reguarding Brazil.... Picanha.. Need I say more? I know it's not the healthiest, but my daily lunch in Vitoria would usually be Picanha with queijo coalho (that grilled cheese they have), rice and beans, and a salad.
I know a lot of people are thinking Aspen is probably a bad choice, but I promise you it has some of the best food in the country. It's probably much more than people think. Not to mention it has the most bars of any place per capita in the US. Matsuhisa was rated by one of the top culinary magizines a couple years back as the 2nd best sushi in the world. I know it sounds weird good sushi in Colorado, but you gotta try it before you knock it. Everything gets flown in.