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German-style Döner Kebab in Detroit Area?
NOPE. No Doner Kebab in the D.
Have been going into and out of Doner withdrawl. I am in Germany and Switzerland nearly everymonth and can typically settle down for one each month.
The "salat" is not ubiquitously only cabbage or only lettuce but sometimes a mix depending on the tastes of the vendor. In some places I have very pleasant spring green mixes and in others Iceberg.
Likewise the bread is not always the same: Doner Flatenbrot or Durum is a Roll in a flat Lawash like bread, that you each like a burrito. Doner Tasche (or sometimes just Doner) is served usually inside a fresh made bread that again depending on the vendor may sucessfully have a nice pita like pocket inside, or other times might be sliced like a burger bun.
Order it Scharfe if you want the hot sauce (usually more oil than sauce with roasted chili in it like a Sambal Oelek) otherwise it gets the pink or white yogurt-based sauce like the Boagman describes.
Other Doner based delights...
Doner pizza (pizza with Doner meat, guess that was self-explanatory)
DonerBox (Doner meat sliced onto box of Fries, sauced and carried to go)
maybe the franchise rights for these guys are up for grabs in the D
http://www.doener-usa.com
Coney's in Detroit; a question
I somehow feel cheated if there isn't enough Coney sauce (i usually get the special with the loose beef added) and I can still pick it up. Loaded dog's need tools--it's OK.
Waffle House! Are they any good?
sometimes great and sometimes very bad...
a nice cheap method for feeding a gambling addiction. only somewhat better odds than Roulette
Pho Que Hu'o'ng Restaurant - A good bowl of Pho, Oak Park, MI
Madison Heights is like the little vietnam of SE michigan.
On wednesdays you can drive further south to John R and 11 mile for Thang Long.
Pho is a solid performer there. As is the "Bun thit/Bo" and its variations of the cold noodle salads are very good.
The Fresh rolls (goi coun) and Spring rolls (cha gio) are good too.
I think they are closed on Mondays.
On te east side there is Blue Star on Gratiot north of the Macomb Mall that is also good for Pho and the other vietnamese staples.
Sorry still no news for Berkley(but there is supposed to be vietnamese opening in Clawson).
Doner Kebab withdrawls in Detroit
After repeatedly traveling through Germany I find that I miss a good greasy Doner Kebab in Tasche or Durum while in the states.
Anybody know where to find one near Detroit burbs?
No, not quite a gyro. Doner when done right are nice layers of marinated lamb (though you sometimes find beef) stacked up on a spit a cooked similar to how we see Gyros done. But Doner is different (more meat taste less herby), meat is fattier (or at least it is often marbled with the consistancy of bacon) and not ground into the loaf. Served with s spicy sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, onions.....
In Germany you can't walk 20 steps without finding a Doner Kebab stand (best train station food most of the time). Here in US (nein).
Drop Your Businss Card in the Bowl....[Moved from Chains]
free lunch is free lunch...
As for conditions. If you showed up with 5 out of 30 people from your office, I think Noodles would still see that as a win, and the 5 you bring would eat something for lunch. I doubt the noodles-nazis would come out and read the riot act over you leaving the 25 others (that they don't know about any way) at the office.
Also, pretty much the whole office does shut down during lunch doesn't it, or does your manager have a well planned organizational chart that assigns lunch periods to you and your coworkers to prevent the possibility that the office is empty when people are feeding their gobs?
How/Why did you pick your screen name?
NOT just to chow, but to chow on Company nickel!! Priceless.
embrace the "working lunch", "the "lunch-n-learn", the "take out workshop", Training catering, and of course we're "visiting customers" Chow opportunities.
Metro Detroit-Corned Beef Hash
Mack Avenue Diner. Corn beef hash is solid, big plat heaped with fresh cooked potatoes, onions, corned beef and green peppers. Two eggs on top your way.
Changing the topic, their peasant potatoes are a twist in the CB hash. Potatoes, sausage crumble, cheese, onions with two eggs your way. NUMMY, and full to the brim with that lubricating grease that our arteries need so much.
Rootbeer!!!....
The former Big Buck Brewery in Auburn Hills MI, used to have a in hose Root Beer/Birch Beer brew. REALLY miss that place. Now only the Gaylord MI location is still open (though I haven't been in years).
European city with great chow and Christmas markets?
I concur on the Vienna Christmas market. They do it up very nice. Seems a bit more spacious (at least compared to German markets i've been to. Rathaus site is nicley spaced out).
I was there years ago, but still one of our favorite memories in Europe
Best Donuts in SE Michigan.
Apple fritters, danish, and others.
OLD School.
Name: Verdonckt's Bakery
Street: 15046 Mack Avenue
Grosse Pointe Park, mi 48230-6201
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMI_enUS291US303&q=verdonk%20MI&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Restaurants with "Rules"
My favorite restaurant rule postings:
1: The old "library bar" in Houghton MI had the posting "Children who do not remain seated will be eaten."
2: "Juice" in chicago, on menu, "Omelets are NOT made to order, but if you want one you can go to (some nearby breakfast joint)" this was done tastefully and with props to the fellow restos ability to deliver quality made to order omelets, which just happened to not be the chefs fave thing to do.
I think rules can be delivered in nicer ways than many of them are. Sure not all can be tongue in cheek, but if you are going to be anal with the rules you apply in your resto you can at least try to achieve courtesy.
if you have a no cell phone rule, do so by providing a Cell Phone AREA. Posting that you have a cell phone area (not the same as the smoking area please and indoors and warm) you are implicitly states that you prefer people hold the conversations there.
IF your rules have to do with pure food snobbery: i.e. the omelet rule or steaks are cooked to the Chef's liking and not yours. should be delivered tactfully and directly so diners can choose to order differently and/or dine elsewhere.
Quaint rules like the neck-tie gag, had better not be a secret unless you are willing to buy me a new tie.
But for a different point of view an old friend of mine had his own rules that he followed in resto's when service was suffering, he would stand on his chair until the wait staff noticed him. I wonder if he should have posted his rules in print and carried with him. I guess I add this point because If you have lots of rules in your resto, you should expect that the customer too has expectations.
Maybe we need a diner's bill of rights
Roseville, MI
I kind of like the Hankuk Grocery(Roseville on Gratiot just north of 14 mile?) It is a Korean/Japanese grocery with a TINY little eatery attached. They will do a Daje gui (spicy pork), Bulgogi (sweet marinated beef) and ChapChae (sweet potato starch noodles with beef and veggies) and some other Korean dishes. Beats having the same old same old.
Not the best, but not the worst. And it is pretty convenient and a change of pace.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=hankuk+oriental+foods&hl=en&sll=37.062500,-95.677068&sspn=23.875000,57.630033&ei=dk8TSYj_HY-oMuHKjbsD&cd=1&li=lmd&t=m&latlng=42544623,-82906585,17732068377305239841
What is broasted chicken?
Thank now I am stuck in an airport havin a full on "shack-attack" and no Chicken Shacks within a thousand miles. There is no place like home
Does chow not taste as good with unchowish friends?
it goes both ways. I imagine I am somewhat "chowish" but when any body comes off a superior (which we can attribute to either chowish/non-chowishness) it makes the experience less tasty.
So whether you relish Fois Gras or a coney-two-ways it is more enjoyable with people who are ready to let you enjoy it.
Eating Challenges in SE Michigan
Hunter House in Birmingham has a running wall of "fame" for number of burgers eaten in a sitting. i.e. 10 singles, two large fries, a coke and a donut by ________ age 12.
There burgers are a bit larger than a slider and smaller than say a Wendy's junior.
Grocery Store Ambiance......
My brother lives near Grand Rapids MI. right by his house there is a Spartan store Forest Hills Foods. Wish the krogers near my house would pull a book out of the page of this place. Kroger/walmart/A&P type prices, Meat and Produce like a WholeFoods, Pantry Items like TJ's, and a solid Deli. Staff that actually knows what they stock in the store, and have a clue about what ingredients, spices, and foods are for. All this a bag boys that (hold your hat...) take the grocery's out to the car, load into trunk, and refuse tips.
Weird to say, but I like to visit him and go shopping at his neighborhood grocer.
Spam
The spam thread like spam it self has amazing shelf life and staying power. If Armageddon rained down, the mutant cockroaches running hand-crank laptops with solar powered WIFI, would be posting to this board, lamenting the lack of humans to key open the cans.
More power to the SPAM thread. Time to make it Sticky, or give it it own BOARD. "FILE between General and Not about food..."
Best Uses for Asparagus?
Grilled:
marinate in 1 part hoisin, 1 part brown sugar, 1 part balsamic, quarter part olive oil
Char/sear slightly on the grill. Nice if you have veggie basket for grill
no matter what, your pee still smells funny
Craving for pasties in metro Detroit
Wear your "troll" status proudly if you have gravy on the pasty.
No Yooper would ever accept gravy on the Pasty, its ketchup or dry.
Must-Eat Joints in Michigan's U.P.
Been some years for me, so I might be out dated:
Pilgrim river steakhouse (pilgim river inlet off US-41 just outside houghton) we used to make that our regular 19th hole for Ribs. Spare ribs and Baby back, not trying to be any body eolses style just solid BBQ
The Summer Place (US-41 south of Houghton): used to be a supper Club with regular seating hours. THey used to do a real nice prime rib buffet on Weekends, but that was the last century.
Is the Library bar any good since they burnt down? Pre-fire they had the best sandwiches and soup in town (swiss onion Au-gratin mmmmm)
Downtowner Bar (US-41 at the Bridge, DT burger and a Bloddy Mary Saturday morning to shake off the DT's from the night before) great post snowmobiling medicine
Mexican Pizza and Fishbowl and the Ambassador (hurricane my fav) Down Town on block shy of the DT
B and B Bar Pickled egg and a Quart of Beer (yes they used to sell us the Q just like the party store, glass optional)
Soumi Bakery for the Finnish Big Pancakes
Fitzgeralds --eagle river --keewenaw on the shore of Superior, Bloddy marys that looked serve like a salad and decent food, great sun sets
JamPot thimble Berry JAm, from the monks in the Keewenaw. Thimble berries only grow wild in that area. not to be had anywhere else.
ISO - Detroit area Texas style brisket bbq
Lazy bones smokehouse
http://www.lazybonessmokehouse.net/
Grosebeck just north of 696.
I just had them send over a catering job for a recent event at work. Sell the brisket by the pound (I got 5 pounds). Perfect. Brisket was well smoked and the right combination of firm lean meat with the deep smoke penetration all the way through. Sauces on they serve with are all good. Chef Deni takes barbecue seriously.
Also St louis Ribs, Carolina Puilled pork, Burnt Ends, Rib tips, smoke chicken and on and oon and on. No complaints yet.
Is it too much to ask for Motown and MSP Boards?
If you look through the "midwest board" seems that MSP and Dee-troit get enough action to get there own boards
I bet the folks from the rest of the Midwest (read: OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, KS, OK, ND, SD and NE) get sick of hearing about the good eats in MSP when we are stuck elsewhere.
how about a little love to the Rust Belt and Twin Cities?
Does Alinosi's still exist? (Detroit)
Alinosi's alive and kicking
Was there two weeks ago. Got to sit at the counter, spin in the stool like a kid and get my ice cream fix.
google up to see:
20737 Mack Ave
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
(you can't quite see the storefront using streetview, but not a bad shot of Ferlitos. Usually go to Ferlitos for a dinner and Alinosi's for a cone, nice night with the kiddos)
Lansing Michigan
Now that people are done bashing the city you are moving too..... (though it is hard to argue with Michigan is pretty bland, Lansing is the Capitol of Bland)
I only drive through lansing and dined there once and a while when my brother lived there. But here is some thoughts.
Korea House (trowbridge east off M-127 hidden in back of strip mall) Korean plain and simple. Sushi is decent, Stone Bowl BiBim Bap. Jam Pong (seafood noodle soup, mussels, baby octopi, shrimp Yum),
Dusty's Cellar (grand river in Okemos): wine store with some food. Had a cafe attached. Haven't been in years but my brother had a luncheon reception there when he gor married the first time
Blake and ???? (Okemos exit 110 north about 1/2 mile) good seafood and steak for a price (I like the chilean sea bass w/ sake infusion)
I have found other little treasures on excursions. Though I can't recall all of them.
Boba Tea in Detroit??
Rexy's is my thai of choice for Curry dishes,not crazy about their Kow Pads, Pad thai, or their brown sauces (PAD) but their GANG is Good.
Bangkok Bistro in Troy at Maple (we call it Walmart Thai, it is in parking lot in front of the Evil Empire). Solid GANG and PAD dishes. They are kind enough to offer cucumber salad instead of Hot and Sour for our non meat eating friends, So we end up there quite a bit. Gang Good, Pad good, Kow pad reliable and pad thai passable. They also have Pra Ram Long Soong which is peanut Butter Sauce curry dish which is very good. Almost as good as an indonesian peanut sauce (which is impossible to find outside my mom's kitchen or the Netherlands these days).
Bangkok Silver Bowl Clawson: Gang Not Good, Pd good, Thai Holy Basil Great.
All serve Bubble tea if I remember right.
Boba Tea in Detroit??
sy thai -- birmingham
Thang Long (vietnamese)- Madison heights
Detroit restaurant scene
I've always liked New Seoul Garded in Southfield for Korean. In a bake off is Bi Bim Bap better? Never went there. The drive would be farther but is it worth it.
Guilty Pleasure
Pork rinds, from the bag, or fresh at taqueria
we used to crush them up and put on top of Chinese Congee styled soup growing up. Now my wife thinks I am crazy when I eye them up in snack aisle.
Dave's Insanity Microwave Popcorn
been fashioning our own microwave popcorn....
I too had been jonesing for something in the line a spicy kettle korn
Got some plain old Orville + Good paper bags + spices + teensy bit of oil (only needed to help the spices stick other wise oil is not truly needed)
mix the popcorn, spices and oil in bowl, poor into the paper bag, fold up the bag (leave room for expansion just like the store bought packages) microwave till the pops are 1-3 second intervals and Voila! I read that there is some magical thermodynamic principle that prevents all the corm from popping for all Mwave corn so don't be disappointed.
If only I could find some Melinda's habenero powder for home then it could have been really something. Instead I settled quite happily for Cayenne, sea salt, sugar. Spicy, salty and sweet. Everything I like all together.
