ThisOne said:

PurpleJedi said:

Has anyone had a really, really good Cuban sandwich???

ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and Cuban bread

I'm dying to have a REALLY good one.

The next time I go to Miami, it'll be my mission to find one.

what is cuban bread made from??? it looks cornish!!!

..straight up white flour. it's not dense at all, but actually pretty airy and even lighter than a french baguette with lots of air holes the sandwich is toasted in one of those big presser-thingies that smushes everything together nice & warm, compacts the height of the sandwich, and makes the bread look more dense than it actually is. not kind to those who espouse non-white flour lifestyles, but every once in a while, these sandwiches are just too tasty to pass up

PurpleJedi said:

RicoN said:

you know what donner meat is yes? mechanically recovered lamb and other horribleness. a butty is just a sandwich made will a soft bread roll / breadcake ... like a chip butty wit hlots of salt and vinegar and usually cheapo margerine...

they are cheap and not particularly cheerful

I've never heard of either expression.

Can't possibly be worse than the McRib.

Have you ever had a Greek "Gyro" sandwich? A "Döner" (aka Döner Kebap) is something like it's Turkish cousin.

Here in Germany where we have a large Turkish minority population, the Döner is the equivalent of fast food (maybe like the way people go for burgers, tacos, etc. at home in the States). The meat is compressed from heavily seasoned strips, and made from beef, lamb, or chicken.

It is served in a grilled flatbread with a choice of accoutrements that normally include, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, red or white cabbage slaw, and yogurt and/or spicy pepper sauce. You can pick and choose which ones you want to add or subtract, almost similar to the way they prepare sandwiches at something like Subway in the US. Döner Kebabs are tasty but but fattening. Awesome hangover food though (due to the saltiness of the meat).

You know how in the states we have those tv shopping shows where you can buy all kinds of crazy kitchen items to give you those oh so special restaurant results in your cooking? Here in Germany they have mini home rotisseries created especially for recreating Turkish Döner (or Greek Gyro) sandwiches. However instead of using compresses fast food mystery meat, the home cook just wraps endless thin slices of chicken or beef around the thing, but no without seasoning the hell out of the meat first.

toasted sugar samich

the beginnin of a LOVE THANG!!!

Ottensen said:

PurpleJedi said:

Has anyone had a really, really good Cuban sandwich???

ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and Cuban bread

I'm dying to have a REALLY good one.

The next time I go to Miami, it'll be my mission to find one.

Depending on where you're hanging out, you can pretty much find them at any Cuban cafeteria, especially in Hialeah (on the north side of town). If you're hanging out in Miami Beach, the same is also true of any mom& pop bodega/cafeteria north of 22nd street on Collins Ave, otherwise the oldest, most famous and dependable placed to get your medianoche on is at the historic Puerto Sagua on 7th & Collins, David's Cafe on 10th & Collins, or David's Cafe II on 16th & Meridian

Thanks!

I'm printing this page for the next time I go down there.

Ottensen said:

PurpleJedi said:

I've never heard of either expression.

Can't possibly be worse than the McRib.

Have you ever had a Greek "Gyro" sandwich? A "Döner" (aka Döner Kebap) is something like it's Turkish cousin.

Here in Germany where we have a large Turkish minority population, the Döner is the equivalent of fast food (maybe like the way people go for burgers, tacos, etc. at home in the States). The meat is compressed from heavily seasoned strips, and made from beef, lamb, or chicken.

It is served in a grilled flatbread with a choice of accoutrements that normally include, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, red or white cabbage slaw, and yogurt and/or spicy pepper sauce. You can pick and choose which ones you want to add or subtract, almost similar to the way they prepare sandwiches at something like Subway in the US. Döner Kebabs are tasty but but fattening. Awesome hangover food though (due to the saltiness of the meat).

You know how in the states we have those tv shopping shows where you can buy all kinds of crazy kitchen items to give you those oh so special restaurant results in your cooking? Here in Germany they have mini home rotisseries created especially for recreating Turkish Döner (or Greek Gyro) sandwiches. However instead of using compresses fast food mystery meat, the home cook just wraps endless thin slices of chicken or beef around the thing, but no without seasoning the hell out of the meat first.

Ahhhh-! Yes, I loooooove Gyros!

We have a healthy Greek population here in NY, and gyros are very common.

KingBAD said:

toasted sugar samich

the beginnin of a LOVE THANG!!!

I have NEVER heard of that.

PurpleJedi said:

Ottensen said:

Depending on where you're hanging out, you can pretty much find them at any Cuban cafeteria, especially in Hialeah (on the north side of town). If you're hanging out in Miami Beach, the same is also true of any mom& pop bodega/cafeteria north of 22nd street on Collins Ave, otherwise the oldest, most famous and dependable placed to get your medianoche on is at the historic Puerto Sagua on 7th & Collins, David's Cafe on 10th & Collins, or David's Cafe II on 16th & Meridian

Thanks!

I'm printing this page for the next time I go down there.

you should be tryin ta find out where ta git

that bomb ass SUGAR SAMICH...

but i ain't gonna tell ya

KingBAD said:

PurpleJedi said:

Thanks!

I'm printing this page for the next time I go down there.

you should be tryin ta find out where ta git

that bomb ass SUGAR SAMICH...

but i ain't gonna tell ya

The sweetest sandwich I want is a PB&J.

What is that anyway? Sugar on toasted bread????

PurpleJedi said:

KingBAD said:

you should be tryin ta find out where ta git

that bomb ass SUGAR SAMICH...

but i ain't gonna tell ya

The sweetest sandwich I want is a PB&J.

What is that anyway? Sugar on toasted bread????

whut is you, RICH???

ain't NOBODY from da hood

who ain't knowin the makins

of the most famous SUGAR SAMICHES!!!

KingBAD said:

PurpleJedi said:

The sweetest sandwich I want is a PB&J.

What is that anyway? Sugar on toasted bread????

whut is you, RICH???

ain't NOBODY from da hood

who ain't knowin the makins

of the most famous SUGAR SAMICHES!!!

Nah man...I've eaten my fair share of hard-boiled eggs and rice.

When I was a kid I used to eat white bread with pineapple jelly, or when my mom made bread pudding, I'd put some of that sweet condensed milk on a slice of white bread.

...and when I say 'white bread' I mean Wonderbread of course.

I have two sandwiches from the same place. It's called "Dagwood's", just outside of Detroit.

One sammy is called the "Very Veggie Georgian Reuben": Marble Rye, mounds of swiss cheese, coleslaw and russian dressing! DELICIOUS!!!

The other is the "Veggiewood": Havarti Cheese, Lettuce, Black Olives, Carrots, Onions, Sprouts, Guacamole and Chive Cream Cheese on Marble Rye Bread.

I wish there were pics, but I can't find any. Just imagine the deliciousness, if possible

Smooches;)

MsMisha319 said:

I have two sandwiches from the same place. It's called "Dagwood's", just outside of Detroit.

One sammy is called the "Very Veggie Georgian Reuben": Marble Rye, mounds of swiss cheese, coleslaw and russian dressing! DELICIOUS!!!

The other is the "Veggiewood": Havarti Cheese, Lettuce, Black Olives, Carrots, Onions, Sprouts, Guacamole and Chive Cream Cheese on Marble Rye Bread.

I wish there were pics, but I can't find any. Just imagine the deliciousness, if possible

Smooches;)

I can't imagine a Reuben sandwich without the corned beef/pastrami...but I'll take your word for it that it's good.

PurpleJedi said:

KingBAD said:

whut is you, RICH???

ain't NOBODY from da hood

who ain't knowin the makins

of the most famous SUGAR SAMICHES!!!

Nah man...I've eaten my fair share of hard-boiled eggs and rice.

When I was a kid I used to eat white bread with pineapple jelly, or when my mom made bread pudding, I'd put some of that sweet condensed milk on a slice of white bread.

...and when I say 'white bread' I mean Wonderbread of course.

awwwwwwwww, not da mock eagle milk pie

ain't nobody knowin

[Edited 3/24/12 11:47am]

PurpleJedi said:

MsMisha319 said:

I have two sandwiches from the same place. It's called "Dagwood's", just outside of Detroit.

One sammy is called the "Very Veggie Georgian Reuben": Marble Rye, mounds of swiss cheese, coleslaw and russian dressing! DELICIOUS!!!

The other is the "Veggiewood": Havarti Cheese, Lettuce, Black Olives, Carrots, Onions, Sprouts, Guacamole and Chive Cream Cheese on Marble Rye Bread.

I wish there were pics, but I can't find any. Just imagine the deliciousness, if possible

Smooches;)

I can't imagine a Reuben sandwich without the corned beef/pastrami...but I'll take your word for it that it's good.

They put so much swiss and coleslaw on, you barely miss the meat!

Smooches;)

I tend to go for a ham salad roll just lately. With salad cream.

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or crabstick with seafood sauce and lettuce.

(I had a perfect picture of this on facebook, but seems I deleted it)

Lisa10 said:

I tend to go for a ham salad roll just lately. With salad cream.

[img:$uid]http://www.greggs.co.uk/assets/Products/new-images-150210/_resampled/croppedimage460460-ham-salad-ovalbite2.jpg[/img:$uid]

or crabstick with seafood sauce and lettuce.

(I had a perfect picture of this on facebook, but seems I deleted it)

You tagged me in it so it was still in mt FB!

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I thought of a sandwich from a place!

It is in San Diego, called Big Apple Bagel...

Its an Everything bagel, smeared with cream cheese, then there is bacon, tomato, lettuce and avacado... called the california BLT or something... DAMN it was good! Probably was just that california air that made it taste so yummy tho, cuz I make them at home and while they are good, they arent DAMN that is good....

CarrieMpls said:

baguette

brie on the bottom

apricot jam on the top

fill with bacon (I use veggie bacon) and green apple slices

YUM!

I made a pretty rockin' sandwich for a picnic last night:

baguette

fava beans in the food processor w/parsley, salt, pepper and lemon juice, spread on the bottom

quark cheese (fresh cheese made by local Amish folks) spread on the top drizzled w/a little olive oil

filled with arugula

YUM!

I must save this. *writing furiously*

PurpleJedi said:

Ottensen said:

Depending on where you're hanging out, you can pretty much find them at any Cuban cafeteria, especially in Hialeah (on the north side of town). If you're hanging out in Miami Beach, the same is also true of any mom& pop bodega/cafeteria north of 22nd street on Collins Ave, otherwise the oldest, most famous and dependable placed to get your medianoche on is at the historic Puerto Sagua on 7th & Collins, David's Cafe on 10th & Collins, or David's Cafe II on 16th & Meridian

Thanks!

I'm printing this page for the next time I go down there.

Did you stay on Miami's mainland or did you spend all your time on Miami Beach the last time you went? Tryta think of some more good places to eat. Puerto Sagua you'll love cause it's just a straight up diner, totally casual, with every traditional Cuban dish under the sun. The pollo asado is divine, and it's so moist and addictive I'm pretty sure it's been injected with crack. Besides the chicken the thing that I almost always ate there for years without changing is the picadillo. But yes Cuban sandwiches can be found as well, although I think I prefer the Medianoche from David's Cafe.

Truth be told though, I used to just get my Cuban sandwiches from random mom&pop bodegas when I lived on the Beach, but after all these years I imagine a lot of those places must not exist anymore because they commercialized the Beach so much for tourists. Back in the day though, no matter where I lived on Miami Beach, I was always walking distance from a bodega that had food service, never more than a few blocks. I would be so tired after work sometimes I would leave straight from a photo shoot, pass by whatever cafe, small grocery store was on the way home, an pick up one of those take-out white containers with media noches, or ropa vieja, or pollo asado. I'd get my black beans & rice, then have them stack a mess of plantains in the corne of the box, and I was set.

I was just thinking, where is babynoz ? She'' still a Miami local so she'll know where you can go to get your food groove on!

tinaz said:

Lisa10 said:

I tend to go for a ham salad roll just lately. With salad cream.

[img:$uid]http://www.greggs.co.uk/assets/Products/new-images-150210/_resampled/croppedimage460460-ham-salad-ovalbite2.jpg[/img:$uid]

or crabstick with seafood sauce and lettuce.

(I had a perfect picture of this on facebook, but seems I deleted it)

You tagged me in it so it was still in mt FB!

[img:$uid]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab320/vicantq/sand.jpg[/img:$uid]

Yay! that's the one.

Lisa10 said:

tinaz said:

You tagged me in it so it was still in mt FB!

[img:$uid]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab320/vicantq/sand.jpg[/img:$uid]

Yay! that's the one.

I've got some of those in the fridge left over from a cold noodle dish I made last week; now i know what to do with them for my lunch tomorrow! Thanks

Ottensen said:

Lisa10 said:

Yay! that's the one.

I've got some of those in the fridge left over from a cold noodle dish I made last week; now i know what to do with them for my lunch tomorrow! Thanks

Enjoy!

Ottensen said:

PurpleJedi said:

Thanks!

I'm printing this page for the next time I go down there.

Did you stay on Miami's mainland or did you spend all your time on Miami Beach the last time you went? Tryta think of some more good places to eat. Puerto Sagua you'll love cause it's just a straight up diner, totally casual, with every traditional Cuban dish under the sun. The pollo asado is divine, and it's so moist and addictive I'm pretty sure it's been injected with crack. Besides the chicken the thing that I almost always ate there for years without changing is the picadillo. But yes Cuban sandwiches can be found as well, although I think I prefer the Medianoche from David's Cafe.

Truth be told though, I used to just get my Cuban sandwiches from random mom&pop bodegas when I lived on the Beach, but after all these years I imagine a lot of those places must not exist anymore because they commercialized the Beach so much for tourists. Back in the day though, no matter where I lived on Miami Beach, I was always walking distance from a bodega that had food service, never more than a few blocks. I would be so tired after work sometimes I would leave straight from a photo shoot, pass by whatever cafe, small grocery store was on the way home, an pick up one of those take-out white containers with media noches, or ropa vieja, or pollo asado. I'd get my black beans & rice, then have them stack a mess of plantains in the corne of the box, and I was set.

I was just thinking, where is babynoz ? She'' still a Miami local so she'll know where you can go to get your food groove on!

There are "bodegas" around here (mostly Dominican) that offer up food like that.

I hit Miami for a couple of hours with the folks last June...we were on our way to Hialieah to visit my dad's cousin, but took a few hours to walk down Lincon Blvd(?) to the beach. Didn't even get to drive by the famous art-deco boutique hotels.

The next time I go it will be by myself.

...and I want a Cuban sandwich, with arroz-con-gris (black beans & rice, Cuban style) and yucca con mojo.

PurpleJedi said:

Ottensen said:

Did you stay on Miami's mainland or did you spend all your time on Miami Beach the last time you went? Tryta think of some more good places to eat. Puerto Sagua you'll love cause it's just a straight up diner, totally casual, with every traditional Cuban dish under the sun. The pollo asado is divine, and it's so moist and addictive I'm pretty sure it's been injected with crack. Besides the chicken the thing that I almost always ate there for years without changing is the picadillo. But yes Cuban sandwiches can be found as well, although I think I prefer the Medianoche from David's Cafe.

Truth be told though, I used to just get my Cuban sandwiches from random mom&pop bodegas when I lived on the Beach, but after all these years I imagine a lot of those places must not exist anymore because they commercialized the Beach so much for tourists. Back in the day though, no matter where I lived on Miami Beach, I was always walking distance from a bodega that had food service, never more than a few blocks. I would be so tired after work sometimes I would leave straight from a photo shoot, pass by whatever cafe, small grocery store was on the way home, an pick up one of those take-out white containers with media noches, or ropa vieja, or pollo asado. I'd get my black beans & rice, then have them stack a mess of plantains in the corne of the box, and I was set.

I was just thinking, where is babynoz ? She'' still a Miami local so she'll know where you can go to get your food groove on!

There are "bodegas" around here (mostly Dominican) that offer up food like that.

I hit Miami for a couple of hours with the folks last June...we were on our way to Hialieah to visit my dad's cousin, but took a few hours to walk down Lincon Blvd(?) to the beach. Didn't even get to drive by the famous art-deco boutique hotels.

The next time I go it will be by myself.

...and I want a Cuban sandwich, with arroz-con-gris (black beans & rice, Cuban style) and yucca con mojo.

Oh, okay! So you walked down Lincoln Road ( the pedestrian mall road) that runs from East (the ocean side of Miami Beach) to West (The Biscayne Bay side of Miami Beach). David's Cafe II is on Lincoln Road intersecting Meridian Avenue

Ottensen, did you make the crabstick sandwich?

Ottensen said:

PurpleJedi said:

There are "bodegas" around here (mostly Dominican) that offer up food like that.

I hit Miami for a couple of hours with the folks last June...we were on our way to Hialieah to visit my dad's cousin, but took a few hours to walk down Lincon Blvd(?) to the beach. Didn't even get to drive by the famous art-deco boutique hotels.

The next time I go it will be by myself.

...and I want a Cuban sandwich, with arroz-con-gris (black beans & rice, Cuban style) and yucca con mojo.

Oh, okay! So you walked down Lincoln Road ( the pedestrian mall road) that runs from East (the ocean side of Miami Beach) to West (The Biscayne Bay side of Miami Beach). David's Cafe II is on Lincoln Road intersecting Meridian Avenue

Good to know.

Hope to find myself there soon, eating a good Cuban sandwich, or maybe sharing one with a hot Brazilian lady (my GOD they were EVERYWHERE!!!!).

BobGeorge909 said:

A prastrami from a place in L.A. called johnny's. Between the cut if pastramie, the list...and the dip...wow...just incredible. Don't know if its still there...I think it is...lemme Google it...it was near...uhhh.....Adams...and something? Edit: Adams and crenshaw! How could I forget!....anyways its still there! http://www.johnnyspastram...lcome.html [Edited 3/27/12 18:31pm] [img:$uid]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/bobgeorge909/P6270002.jpg[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/bobgeorge909/pastramisandwich.jpg[/img:$uid] Now it ain't for everyone...hut if u like a greezy ass place and don't mind a un-sterile environment, this is ALL U! [Edited 3/27/12 18:42pm] [Edited 3/27/12 18:56pm]

Some of the best food ever, comes from greasy-spoon dives.

PurpleJedi said:

BobGeorge909 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Some of the best food ever, comes from greasy-spoon dives.

YUP YUP.... In the breakfast/omlette/pancake/frenchtoast edition I shall mention Red Hill Coffee shop....It looks like a homeless man's pair of underwear, but taste of ambrosia!

It's been so many years since I've had a pastrami, this is like seeing an oasis in the desert for me!!