The most authentic Philly steak sandwich in Lahore
April 26, 2023 7:32 PM Subscribe
Slightly adjacent, there's Ethiopian cheesesteaks in Philly that I'm desperate to try except I've got no other reason to go to Philadelphia.
posted by aramaic at 8:42 PM on April 26, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by aramaic at 8:42 PM on April 26, 2023 [3 favorites]
Aaramaic, there’s *always* a good reason to go to Philadelphia! Music! Art! The Mütter Museum of Medical Oddities! Barcade! Bars without arcades! Federal Donuts! Comrade,* when you are tired of Philadelphia, you are tired of life.
*I don’t know your pronouns, but are not all humans comrades?
posted by Mr. Excellent at 9:44 PM on April 26, 2023 [19 favorites]
*I don’t know your pronouns, but are not all humans comrades?
posted by Mr. Excellent at 9:44 PM on April 26, 2023 [19 favorites]
Early in the morning, the meat is marinated with local red chili powder and tikka masala spice to prepare
I would eat that wiz wit.
posted by away for regrooving at 11:47 PM on April 26, 2023 [10 favorites]
I would eat that wiz wit.
posted by away for regrooving at 11:47 PM on April 26, 2023 [10 favorites]
That makes me hungry.
posted by chavenet at 1:35 AM on April 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by chavenet at 1:35 AM on April 27, 2023 [1 favorite]
OOO OOO can i give a shout-out to Korean bagels here too? (Similar dynamics)
posted by cendawanita at 1:45 AM on April 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by cendawanita at 1:45 AM on April 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
I am intrigued by your Korean bagels. I must investigate.
posted by jadepearl at 2:30 AM on April 27, 2023
posted by jadepearl at 2:30 AM on April 27, 2023
Final contribution to tangent: this is in my home city in Malaysia but it just tells you how big it's become (like korean-style fried chicken), but also: It’s the Heyday for Bagels in Seoul These Days The Must-Visit K-Bagel Places That Even Celebrities Arrive Early to Wait in Line
posted by cendawanita at 2:48 AM on April 27, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by cendawanita at 2:48 AM on April 27, 2023 [3 favorites]
French tacos, Sonoran hotdogs, Pakistani cheesesteaks, Korean bagels. I love it.
posted by adamrice at 5:39 AM on April 27, 2023
posted by adamrice at 5:39 AM on April 27, 2023
Early in the morning, the meat is marinated with local red chili powder and tikka masala spice
Stopping there before I drown in my own saliva.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:04 AM on April 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
Stopping there before I drown in my own saliva.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:04 AM on April 27, 2023 [2 favorites]
The growing popularity of American fast food across Pakistan in the 2000s came during a critical phase in Washington’s relations with Islamabad. After Pakistan officially allied with the U.S. in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, increased American interest in the region brought an influx of dollars. As a result, the 2000s saw economic prosperity, especially for that urban elite, under the military dictatorship of General Pervez Musharraf.
A more on-topic tangent: i absolutely noticed this when I started following this Pakistani channel, Reactistan (has anyone done an FPP? Have I and forgot?). Their whole thing is having their local tribal people (and their talents are mostly people from the country and the non-urban communities) to react to various foods from around the world, but it became pretty clear pretty quickly it's food as understood by American fast food (i.e. when their Italian episode is stuff from Pizza Hut etc). But generally just from that channel alone, mediated by American palate or not, it's evident there's a breadth of non-Pakistani food available already at middle class prices.
posted by cendawanita at 8:19 AM on April 27, 2023
A more on-topic tangent: i absolutely noticed this when I started following this Pakistani channel, Reactistan (has anyone done an FPP? Have I and forgot?). Their whole thing is having their local tribal people (and their talents are mostly people from the country and the non-urban communities) to react to various foods from around the world, but it became pretty clear pretty quickly it's food as understood by American fast food (i.e. when their Italian episode is stuff from Pizza Hut etc). But generally just from that channel alone, mediated by American palate or not, it's evident there's a breadth of non-Pakistani food available already at middle class prices.
posted by cendawanita at 8:19 AM on April 27, 2023
Not Kagel?
posted by rhizome at 9:33 PM on April 27
That's a different flex.
posted by Scattercat at 8:12 AM on April 28, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 9:33 PM on April 27
That's a different flex.
posted by Scattercat at 8:12 AM on April 28, 2023 [2 favorites]
Music! Art! The Mütter Museum of Medical Oddities! Barcade!
Haha, I make it up to Philly a couple times a year at least to visit friends and/or PAX Unplugged. Barcade is a guaranteed stop every time, and I've been to the Mütter at least a half dozen times over the last fifteen years. Gotta love that big straw-stuffed colon looking like the worst body pillow!
posted by FatherDagon at 11:56 AM on April 28, 2023 [1 favorite]
Haha, I make it up to Philly a couple times a year at least to visit friends and/or PAX Unplugged. Barcade is a guaranteed stop every time, and I've been to the Mütter at least a half dozen times over the last fifteen years. Gotta love that big straw-stuffed colon looking like the worst body pillow!
posted by FatherDagon at 11:56 AM on April 28, 2023 [1 favorite]
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