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Ben Hargreeves (wheee) wrote in somerealityweb,
@ 2020-09-03 20:19:00

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When everyone said this place was weird, this was definitely not what I had in mind.

Can you get delivery to these apartments? I've been trying not to go out like this but apparently I'm starving ~~and that's still so weird~~

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	weapon_hex 2020-09-04 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Yes. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wheee 2020-09-04 12:26 am UTC (link)
	Awesome. Any chance there's options besides pizza? I kinda want to try everything. We mostly ate mom's cooking but all the other stuff looks so good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	firstviolin 2020-09-04 12:29 am UTC (link)
	Chinese. Sushi. Indian. Thai. Burgers. Milkshakes. Ice cream. Chicken. Mexican. Sandwiches. Italian. Japanese. Breakfast for dinner. Breakfast for breakfast. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wheee 2020-09-04 12:34 am UTC (link)
	You. You are amazing. All of that sounds incredible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	firstviolin 2020-09-04 12:40 am UTC (link)
	Thank you, thank you. Do you have any particular type of food you like over another? Anything you've wanted to try? I can help you find a restaurant that does delivery. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wheee 2020-09-04 12:44 am UTC (link)
	I've always wanted to try Indian? All the spices and everything make it sound really good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	firstviolin 2020-09-04 12:46 am UTC (link)
	Indian is good. Do you have a spice level preference? Or is this a sampling situation? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wheee 2020-09-04 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Probably sampling? Mom didn't exactly make a ton of spicy food, but I want to try it all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

firstviolin
2020-09-04 06:12 pm UTC (link)

You're going to want naan no matter what. It's bread. It's goods. It can be used like a spoon/fork (there's a lot of eating with your hands, but you don't have to). Butter chicken is a good place to start for not hot spices. Anything tikka masala will have some spiciness to it. Chicken tikka masala is what I'd recommend. (Tikka is just chunks/diced and masala is the sauce that's got the kick to it.) Tandoori is just something made in a tandoor (like tandoori chicken). Samosas can have a lot of different fillings, so they're actually good for trying Indian food if you don't know where to start. If you're not adventurous about meat, try chicken or vegetarian. Most people know what chicken is supposed to taste like, and it's got enough blandness in it to be a blank palette for flavors without being tofu, which is also an option in general. Saffron chicken is also good if you want to slowly wade into the spicy stuff. Chana masala is a vegetarian dish with chickpeas that's got some spiciness and a little sourness to it. For drinks, chai and lassi are good. Lassi is really good if you've got some spicy food so it can help take the edge off. And do not drink water if you eat spicy food. Milk and bread are your friends. Water is your enemy.

Your best bet is to have some kind of Indian take-out party. Invite your roommates or whoever, order a bunch of stuff, then try it all. And the people you invited can help you eat so you're not wasting all the food, and you can keep the leftovers of what you liked for later so you don't have to go out if you don't want to.

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	wheee 2020-09-06 01:30 am UTC (link)
	~~Yeah, I don't know about actual parties but~~ That all sounds AMAZING. I've had chai. It was probably watered down or even powdered chai, it was just at the local donut place, but it was pretty good. Their coffee and hot cocoa were way better. But I would definitely try the lassi. There's just so much stuff to try. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	weapon_hex 2020-09-04 12:30 am UTC (link)
	It's New York. I've even found stuff I grew up with, though they never call it Transian. Mostly Balkan. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wheee 2020-09-04 12:39 am UTC (link)
	I've never had most of them. By the time we left home, I wasn't exactly eating. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weapon_hex 2020-09-04 12:45 am UTC (link)
	I started some before I got here but mostly we just ate in the Citadel and I think it was sort of standard American food? Meat cuts and vegetables. I like Indian, Southern food, Chinese, waffles, and bakeries. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wheee 2020-09-04 02:33 am UTC (link)
	Mom made really good waffles, at least. And the baked goods. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	weapon_hex 2020-09-04 02:55 am UTC (link)
	Mine didn't cook. I think my favourite breakfast growing up was mekike (mekitsa, mekice). They're like... donuts made from yoghurt? It's hard to explain. Banetse (banitsa, banica) and burek (borek, byrek) are both good pastries too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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