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  • M MehreenTahir

    My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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    It's probably a combination of being in Chicago and your palate having matured. :-D

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    • M MehreenTahir

      My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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      Everything has gone to the dogs here. So sorry.

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      • M MehreenTahir

        My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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        MarkTJohnson
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        The South = great food (Virginia is just barely in the South) The North = they eat what? Seriously, you never see a restaurant with Northern Style cooking.

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        • M MehreenTahir

          My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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          Some American cities do certain foods better than others. IIRC Chicago is known for its style of pizza. And Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse is excellent.

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          • M MehreenTahir

            My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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            Whew! thank goodness I lost most my sense of taste years ago, I eat crappy Chicago food daily, it all tasted the same to me! Woo Hoo!

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            • M MehreenTahir

              My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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              Well, the way Chicago is pronounced is actually a sentence in Italian and it means "I s*** on it", maybe it is a warning?

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                Well, the way Chicago is pronounced is actually a sentence in Italian and it means "I s*** on it", maybe it is a warning?

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                And it's famous for pizza. There was me thinking that putting pineapple on pizza was as bad as it could get ... X|

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                  And it's famous for pizza. There was me thinking that putting pineapple on pizza was as bad as it could get ... X|

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                  Right... because the Brits are famous for their cuisine! :rolleyes:

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                  • M MehreenTahir

                    My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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                    You didn't meet the sausage king of Chicago?

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      And it's famous for pizza. There was me thinking that putting pineapple on pizza was as bad as it could get ... X|

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                      The deep-dish casserole pizza is the tourist pizza, what the rest of the world knows Chicago for, but people born and raised Chicago normally don't eat it. REAL Chicago pizza is thin crust, cut into squares.

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                        Right... because the Brits are famous for their cuisine! :rolleyes:

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                        Of course we are: four-hour boiled cabbage, mushy peas, battered saveloy ... the list is endless.

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                          Right... because the Brits are famous for their cuisine! :rolleyes:

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                          Forogar
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                          Ah! I see you must have had a Full English Breakfast - unbeatable.

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                            Of course we are: four-hour boiled cabbage, mushy peas, battered saveloy ... the list is endless.

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                            Uuugghhh... I've been to your little island nation... Shepard's Pie and Fish & Chips are the only 2 palatable meals. ;)

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                              Ah! I see you must have had a Full English Breakfast - unbeatable.

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                              A "Full English" would be OK except for the swill they try to pass off as sausage. X|

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                                Of course we are: four-hour boiled cabbage, mushy peas, battered saveloy ... the list is endless.

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                                Remind me not to come to your house for dinner! You should mention Shepherd's Pie, Bangers and Mash, Fish and Chips, any British breakfast, Steak and Kidney Pie, proper English sausages, proper English (Danish smoked) bacon, bacon butties, sausage butties.... I have to stop now as I am getting terminally hungry! Dammit, I miss good ol' British food! This American crap that has to be "spicy" and "crispy" and "breaded" is killing me - I want to come home, mummy!!!!

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                                  Uuugghhh... I've been to your little island nation... Shepard's Pie and Fish & Chips are the only 2 palatable meals. ;)

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                                  You must have been here in the 19th century. There is lots of international cuisine in the UK.

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                                    You must have been here in the 19th century. There is lots of international cuisine in the UK.

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                                    International cuisine is available in most civilized nations... I was referring to home grown British Cuisine.

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                                      International cuisine is available in most civilized nations... I was referring to home grown British Cuisine.

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                                      There is plenty of home grown cuisine that is worth eating. You should come and try it.

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                                      • D Dave Kreskowiak

                                        The deep-dish casserole pizza is the tourist pizza, what the rest of the world knows Chicago for, but people born and raised Chicago normally don't eat it. REAL Chicago pizza is thin crust, cut into squares.

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                                        Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

                                        REAL Chicago pizza is thin crust, cut into squares.

                                        Indeed, that is my lunch today...not that I can taste it. :(

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                                        • M MehreenTahir

                                          My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here :sigh:). 5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? :confused:

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                                          David Crow
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                                          Chicken fried steak and fried okra are still on the menu, but only if you leave those "weird" cities.

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