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[Guapo]

21 Foods New England Does Better Than Anywhere Else

 

[HuskyHawk]

21 Foods New England Does Better Than Anywhere Else

Mostly correct. The Hot Dogs and Baked Beans are certainly wrong.

 

[storrsroars]

Mostly correct. The Hot Dogs and Baked Beans are certainly wrong.

I'd agree on dogs (Chicago) and beans (Carolinas, maybe even KC in 1/2). Outside of the standard cheeses, I'd probably put Cali ahead of NE and WI. Not sure about donuts overall (because Orem's), but DD's are not very good.

 

[superjohn]

21 Foods New England Does Better Than Anywhere Else

Yikes. Fluffer nutters, Dunkin Donuts, and Woopie pies.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Philly has become a real foodie city in recent years and they've always done sandwiches better than any other place.

Philadelphia is a great food town, but Boston is as well - I think most people would put them among the most exciting cities for food these days. (Although, of course, Los Angeles over everywhere else.)

 

[storrsroars]

Philadelphia is a great food town, but Boston is as well - I think most people would put them among the most exciting cities for food these days. (Although, of course, Los Angeles over everywhere else.)

"Most exciting"? Perhaps due to all the fusion concepts and even their quick serve stuff (e.g. In n Out). But I'd still put Chicago and SF ahead of LA for "best". They both handle traditional/modern Euro-centric a lot better IMO and the Bay Area especially nails Asian. Plus, I still think Chicago handles non-taco/burrito Mexican better than LA.

 

[intlzncster]

Yikes. Fluffer nutters, Dunkin Donuts, and Woopie pies.

I'm with you on that 100%.

Also, icecream is a dubious call at best. Ben & Jerry's is fine, with a lot of creative flavors, but I've had tons of better creams in my day.

And bread rolls? Come on. How the hell could anyone corner the market on those.

I think Wisconsin would have a bone to pick on the Cheese call too.

And so on and so on.....

 

[intlzncster]

"Most exciting"? Perhaps due to all the fusion concepts and even their quick serve stuff (e.g. In n Out). But I'd still put Chicago and SF ahead for "best". They both handle traditional/modern Euro-centric a lot better IMO and the Bay Area especially nails Asian. Plus, I still think Chicago handles non-taco/burrito Mexican better than LA.

It obviously depends what you consider 'most exciting', but if I'm talking best food towns, there's a whole lotta cities down south that would rate quite highly.

Charleston for example is awesome.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

"Most exciting"? Perhaps due to all the fusion concepts and even their quick serve stuff (e.g. In n Out). But I'd still put Chicago and SF ahead of LA for "best". They both handle traditional/modern Euro-centric a lot better IMO and the Bay Area especially nails Asian. Plus, I still think Chicago handles non-taco/burrito Mexican better than LA.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but the bay does not do asian better than Los Angeles. Sorry. That's ridiculous. I won't even touch the Mexican comment.

 

[superjohn]

Philadelphia is a great food town, but Boston is as well - I think most people would put them among the most exciting cities for food these days. (Although, of course, Los Angeles over everywhere else.)

LA is great but we all know Chicago is the best food city. Portland, Maine has Boston beat.

 

[intlzncster]

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but the bay does not do asian better than Los Angeles. Sorry. That's ridiculous. I won't even touch the Mexican comment.

West Coast Mexican, while good, doesn't touch places down south like Texas, imho

 

[intlzncster]

LA is great but we all know Chicago is the best food city. Portland, Maine has Boston beat.

That may or may not be true, but Portland is really on the come. It's an awesome food town.

Happens to specialize in a lot of the same things as Boston, both being coastal NE areas. It just does seafood and the like better, as you'd expect being located in Maine.

I actually think Boston is a bit overrated in the seafood dept. It should be better than it is. Personal opinion there i know.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

LA is great but we all know Chicago is the best food city. Portland, Maine has Boston beat.

Nah.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

West Coast Mexican, while good, doesn't touch places down south like Texas, imho

Two completely different things.

 

[intlzncster]

Two completely different things.

I'll grant you that, but stand by my statement.

 

[mauconnfan]

JBJ would need to chime in on best food cities to make this circle complete. Maybe just 3 full plates and he can unload them?

 

[intlzncster]

JBJ would need to chime in on best food cities to make this circle complete. Maybe just 3 full plates and he can unload them?

The food discussion is more heated than the baseball one

 

[superjohn]

West Coast Mexican, while good, doesn't touch places down south like Texas, imho

Tex-Mex. Chicago does it better than both, IMO.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I'll grant you that, but stand by my statement.

Again, to each his own. Personally, I can't imagine preferring Tex-Mex to actual Mexican food but some people like ketchup so who knows.

 

[storrsroars]

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but the bay does not do asian better than Los Angeles. Sorry. That's ridiculous. I won't even touch the Mexican comment.

I'm guessing you never lived in Mexico, nor have cooked professionally, especially Latin American. I have. LA does tacos/burritos just fine. Once you get past that... well.

Your tastes are your tastes. I disagree on a number of levels.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I'm guessing you never lived in Mexico. I have. LA does tacos/burritos just fine. Once you get past that... well.

I mean, cool story I suppose? That you lived in Mexico? I guess that settles it. This is a debate that I'd actually like having (minus your condescension) but unfortunately I've got a busy day today. We can probably just agree to disagree.

 

[Guapo]

NE Chowder>>>Manhattan Chowder

 

[HooperScooper]

Boy this thread took a strange turn.

 

[superjohn]

NE Chowder>>>Manhattan Chowder

Agreed.

 

[mauconnfan]

The food discussion is more heated than the baseball one

May have helped that I quit huh? LOL

 

[intlzncster]

Again, to each his own. Personally, I can't imagine preferring Tex-Mex to actual Mexican food but some people like ketchup so who knows.

I do like ketchup, but I also like spice, Tex-mex has more of the latter.

Actual Mexican food is fairly bland, from the stuff I've tried down there.

 

[Waquoit]

May have helped that I quit huh? LOL

Quit? You were KO'd.

 

[intlzncster]

Quit? You were KO'd.

Thought experiment, does this phrase taken on a whole new meaning on the Boneyard?

 

[ctchamps]

Quit? You were KO'd.

Let's not bring Kevin into this thread.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'd agree on dogs (Chicago) and beans (Carolinas, maybe even KC in 1/2). Outside of the standard cheeses, I'd probably put Cali ahead of NE and WI. Not sure about donuts overall (because Orem's), but DD's are not very good.

Being from KC, they easily beat Boston on beans. Cheese? I lived in CA and have a place in Vermont, Vermont destroys California on cheese. And Wisconsin is a distant third. Agree Chicago is the hot dog location to beat.