ATOT's new "Best Things You Must Eat" segment

[zinfamous]

Looks like bun bo hue to me.

this. Probably my favorite dish in the area.

 

[RossMAN]

Tagged nomnom

 

[Grooveriding]

http://www.amazon.com/Flukers-78000...14&sr=8-2&keywords=chocolate+covered+crickets

Delicious and affordable

 

[Fritzo]

http://www.amazon.com/Flukers-78000...14&sr=8-2&keywords=chocolate+covered+crickets

Delicious and affordable

I can't eat crickets. They make me jumpy.

 

[Cappuccino]

Guys! I had this black shell thing in Hong Kong but I don't know what its called. It black and has spikes all around and inside is like orange mush. It taste sooo goooood!!! but it was soooo expensive. I can't remember the name. Does anyone know?

 

[Cappuccino]

http://www.amazon.com/Flukers-78000...14&sr=8-2&keywords=chocolate+covered+crickets

Delicious and affordable

ewww what is wrong with you lol

 

[KeithTalent]

Guys! I had this black shell thing in Hong Kong but I don't know what its called. It black and has spikes all around and inside is like orange mush. It taste sooo goooood!!! but it was soooo expensive. I can't remember the name. Does anyone know?

Sounds like Sea Urchin (uni).

KT

 

[Cappuccino]

Sounds like Sea Urchin (uni).

KT

ahh got it thank you\!
i love those spikey things so naice!

 

[Ns1]

ahh got it thank you\!
i love those spikey things so naice!

Good uni is food of the gods. Bad uni will make you question your life decisions.

 

[KeithTalent]

Good uni is food of the gods. Bad uni will make you question your life decisions.

I saw a bunch of them when I was snorkelling in Kauai last month. Kept wanting to grab them and eat them, but thought better of it.

KT

 

[Cappuccino]

I saw a bunch of them when I was snorkelling in Kauai last month. Kept wanting to grab them and eat them, but thought better of it.

KT

omg i think i have a new fetish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVDVM-3Sa0
dam why did u tell me the name! Now i'm uni youtube videos lol

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Good uni is food of the gods. Bad uni will make you question your life decisions.

This is true, with one addendum; 95% of uni is of the bad variety. If it isn't super fresh, it's like eating a slug that died of sepsis. But if you can get it from a reputable place, prepared well, it's pretty damn amazing.

 

[andylawcc]

I ate some uni "fresh" off the water tank in Redondo Beach, where you pick the uni and they hack it right in front of you. It tasted like sea water, and not a creamy sweet pudding-like substance at a sushi restaurant. Was disappointed tbh

 

[andylawcc]

to further derail this thread

Uni-cream sauce pasta

from this place
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/maruhide-uni-club-torrance
in Torrance, CA

 

[Ns1]

I ate some uni "fresh" off the water tank in Redondo Beach, where you pick the uni and they hack it right in front of you. It tasted like sea water, and not a creamy sweet pudding-like substance at a sushi restaurant. Was disappointed tbh

Live uni from quality seafood is a scam. They don't even clean that shit.


The packaged stuff is better because it's graded and then shipped by quality. The live shit is a grab bag since you don't know how good it's gonna be until you open it up, but at least if you buy live uni at a sushi restaurant they'll properly clean it for you.

 

[HN]

for the uni folk, next time you're out for sushi, ask the chef to top the uni sushi with a quail egg. ho-lee-crap! (in a good way)

 

[DigDog]

prepare for mind=blown

1. lardo di colonnata

you really need a slicer machine .. or a sick knife.
thinly sliced over rustic bread, goes well with raw truffle, pepper. (btw, you dont cook/fry this - its not bacon)

2. cotechino OR zampone

traditional new year's dish everyone eats in Italy. it's reeeally greasy.

3. skampi na buzaru

one of croatia's national dishes

4. burrata

5. nduja

chillies and pork fat - good luck

they can all be ordered online, even the day-fresh burrata.
some cooking may be required.

 

[Imported]

I love nduja. Here's a SF favorite of mine which you can order online in the spirit of the OP..

http://www.boccalone.com/products/Nduja.html

 

[Belegost]

Hatch Valley Green Chile I tend to get it frozen, but that's not shippable, so jarred (Santa Fe Ole, or 505 Southwestern are both good) is next best. Avoid canned it alters the flavor in a bad way.

 

[Cappuccino]

for the uni folk, next time you're out for sushi, ask the chef to top the uni sushi with a quail egg. ho-lee-crap! (in a good way)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDRh5vUaEQ
My death meal for sureeeee!