^ Looks like a pretty hearty soup.

Never had that before, though I have had Albondigas soup.

bmwracer wrote:

^ Looks like a pretty hearty soup. Never had that before, though I have had Albondigas soup.

It's pretty good at least at this one spot. Jonathan Gold wrote about this place's birria back in the 80s apparently. I've only tried it at one other place but my friends recommend this other spot in East L.A. which I have yet to try.

Tu_triky wrote:

I am the chupacabra. Birria Masisa (boneless goat meat soup) in the Pico-Union district of L.A. @ El Parian.

That looks really tasty! What does goat taste like?

Sengo wrote:

That looks really tasty! What does goat taste like?

Hmm...it taste a little like game I guess...maybe a somewhat a cross between lamb and beef if I had to related to something else.

It's pretty good. At this place they braise the meat until it's really tender and then they stick it in the oven to crisp the outside of the meat a bit. You really can cut the meat with just your spoon so it is the one and only utensil you need for the meal.

Sengo wrote:

That looks really tasty! What does goat taste like?

I would think goat is sorta like lamb... A bit gamey.

Japanese style breakfast in Osaka

Okonomiyaki in Osaka

^ Doesn't seem to be sizzling much.

bmwracer wrote:

^ Doesn't seem to be sizzling much.

A moment in time.

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." -- Replicant Roy Batty from Blade Runner (1982).

Most famous death soliloquy of all time...

Tu_triky wrote:

A moment in time. "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." -- Replicant Roy Batty from Blade Runner (1982). Most famous death soliloquy of all time...

I always thought it was "Rosebud....!"

bmwracer wrote:

I always thought it was "Rosebud....!"

Citizen Kane? That's debatable but I afford you much respect for crackin' that one out. That film is on legendary status fo' sho.

It's definitely on AFI (American Film Institute) 100 status.

Tu_triky wrote:

It's definitely on AFI (American Film Institute) 100 status.

I think it's the AFI's #1 film...

EDIT: Ever see the SNL spoof of the movie?

Kane was actually saying "Roast beef....."

No video, but here's the transcript: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75jkane.phtml

bmwracer wrote:

I think it's the AFI's #1 film... EDIT: Ever see the SNL spoof of the movie? Kane was actually saying "Roast beef....." No video, but here's the transcript: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75jkane.phtml

Roast beef...what the hell...was he eating at Philippe's?

Sir, I know you are Criterion Quality Connoisseur of Celluloid.

Tu_triky wrote:

Roast beef...what the hell...was he eating at Philippe's?

"Roast beef.... On rye.... With mustard...!"

bmwracer wrote:

"Roast beef.... On rye.... With mustard...!"

You on fire, brah.

Tokyo Joe, a cocktail I had at my hotel at Peter: The Bar in the Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo before I left to go meet EstherM for my last lunch in Japan before returning to the States.

Tu_triky wrote:

Nice!

bmwracer wrote:

Nice!

Hehe. Thank you, Sir.

So the last meal I had with EstherM was at this teppanyaki joint inside the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Ginza, Tokyo.

^ What, no Benihana in Japan?