The Food Thread

PJ_Soul

I ate the best pasta I've ever eaten in my whole life this weekend, at this Italian restaurant called Marcello's (Commercial Drive, Vancouver). I could hardly believe how good it was (I had the Spaghetti Pollo Piccante). And I didn't have the pizza, but saw it on other people's tables, and it looked so amazing, cooked in a Neapolitan style wood-burning oven. I now feel obsessed with the place.

F Me In The Brain

PJ_Soul said:

I ate the best pasta I've ever eaten in my whole life this weekend, at this Italian restaurant called Marcello's (Commercial Drive, Vancouver). I could hardly believe how good it was (I had the Spaghetti Pollo Piccante). And I didn't have the pizza, but saw it on other people's tables, and it looked so amazing, cooked in a Neapolitan style wood-burning oven. I now feel obsessed with the place.

Nothing like diving into a plate of pasta that is wonderful. 

Looked at pictures from that place based on a google search.  Now I want to eat at 9:40 AM.  (I don't eat breakfast)  Looks banging.

Cliffy6745

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F Me In The Brain

Oh that is fucking beautiful!

F Me In The Brain

Santa Barbara?

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

Santa Barbara?

I don’t know that much about uni and don’t remember what the menu said. It was at that ginza place I posted about a while back. Solid spot. Spotty service. We fucking ate. Apps, sushi and ramen. 

eddiec

Cliffy6745 said:

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Damn!
Great presentation as well. Love the way they served it all on top of the shell.

Get_Right

That Uni looks delicious.  Not a fan of Shiso though.

F Me In The Brain

My wife always eats the shisu from my plate
  I like how it smells more than how it tastes, but she loves it.
For my money, Santa Barbara uni is the best.  Spoiled by having it in CA all of the time and then when we moved east it became more rare.  Color tends to be brighter, which is why I guessed that might be SB uni.
Looks banging either way 

HesCalledDyer

That looks disgusting to me. Like chewed & spit out food or a fresh, stepped on dog turd.  It could taste amazing but I don't know if I could get past the look to try it.

PJ_Soul

HesCalledDyer said:

That looks disgusting to me. Like chewed & spit out food or a fresh, stepped on dog turd.  It could taste amazing but I don't know if I could get past the look to try it.

Yep. I tried it once and literally gagged. I don't even remember wtf it tasted like, and it really didn't matter. I just can't chew and swallow something with a texture like that.

Spiritual_Chaos

Cliffy6745 said:

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F Me In The Brain

I thank FSM that y'all do not lust after this sushi delicacy the way some of us do...damn, then it would be 5 times more expensive.

Cliffy could tell you how much those two pieces of Sea Urchin Gonads cost...but you would really freak.

HesCalledDyer

I love sushi but yeah, the uni is all yours.  I'm sure it wasn't cheap, but I'd rather think of all the pizza pies I could eat instead.

F Me In The Brain

HesCalledDyer said:

I love sushi but yeah, the uni is all yours.  I'm sure it wasn't cheap, but I'd rather think of all the pizza pies I could eat instead.

I gotcha.  Depending on the place you could get a bunch of pies for those 2 servings.  Lots of people have tried with me and many did not like, at all. 

HesCalledDyer

F Me In The Brain said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I love sushi but yeah, the uni is all yours.  I'm sure it wasn't cheap, but I'd rather think of all the pizza pies I could eat instead.

I gotcha.  Depending on the place you could get a bunch of pies for those 2 servings.  Lots of people have tried with me and many did not like, at all. 

So what is the actual taste & texture like?  I'm reading all kinds of things, often the negatives have rebuttals such as "you had rotten uni."

F Me In The Brain

HesCalledDyer said:

F Me In The Brain said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I love sushi but yeah, the uni is all yours.  I'm sure it wasn't cheap, but I'd rather think of all the pizza pies I could eat instead.

I gotcha.  Depending on the place you could get a bunch of pies for those 2 servings.  Lots of people have tried with me and many did not like, at all. 

So what is the actual taste & texture like?  I'm reading all kinds of things, often the negatives have rebuttals such as "you had rotten uni."

It is different, no two ways about it.  Stuff tastes like gold to me so I am not the person to ask.

It is cold...and more firm than it looks.  I do understand why many do not like it.

Bad Uni smells fucked up and is mushy/dull in color.  I would spit it out if somehow I could not tell by sight.

eddiec

HesCalledDyer said:

F Me In The Brain said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I love sushi but yeah, the uni is all yours.  I'm sure it wasn't cheap, but I'd rather think of all the pizza pies I could eat instead.

I gotcha.  Depending on the place you could get a bunch of pies for those 2 servings.  Lots of people have tried with me and many did not like, at all. 

So what is the actual taste & texture like?  I'm reading all kinds of things, often the negatives have rebuttals such as "you had rotten uni."

If you're skeptical about eating it as sushi, it's also fantastic in pasta. It's very popular in southern Italy- dish is called Ricci de mare. You cook some garlic, white wine and urchin, and toss it with pasta and parsley. It's fantastic. It's an easier introduction than going all out Japanese style.

HesCalledDyer

eddiec said:

HesCalledDyer said:

F Me In The Brain said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I love sushi but yeah, the uni is all yours.  I'm sure it wasn't cheap, but I'd rather think of all the pizza pies I could eat instead.

I gotcha.  Depending on the place you could get a bunch of pies for those 2 servings.  Lots of people have tried with me and many did not like, at all. 

So what is the actual taste & texture like?  I'm reading all kinds of things, often the negatives have rebuttals such as "you had rotten uni."

If you're skeptical about eating it as sushi, it's also fantastic in pasta. It's very popular in southern Italy- dish is called Ricci de mare. You cook some garlic, white wine and urchin, and toss it with pasta and parsley. It's fantastic. It's an easier introduction than going all out Japanese style.

Interesting. I’d be more likely to give that a try before going all in on the sushi route. At the very least, if I didn’t like it, I’d have a bowl of pasta to finish.

F Me In The Brain

Chicken wings tonight.  Baked, not fried.
Delicious and quite spicy for the 6 I doused in a sauce.  (Hot sauce + butter)
Or... So that it could 'help people' I could call these cauliflower bulbs with hot pepper and sweet potato puree. 
Nah.  I calls it like I sees it.  
Fucking chicken wings!