What is It with the Chinese and Mayonnaise?

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's something the french like to do, put fries in bread...

Bah... that's something everyone can do... I've seen it often in the US... and boy was it tasty (Fat Cat - 2 cheeseburgers and fries in a sub roll ).

[Locutus]

Originally posted by alva
We too have something similar yet less revolting ( sateh..:yuk: )

Sateh is probably the best sauce to put on anything (well, almost anything) But that's probably a Dutch thing, imported from Indonesia...

mayonnaise with (either tomato or curry) ketchup and finely diced onions. We just called it a 'special'.

We have that too. Probably the second most common variety of fries around here. Either that, or just fries with mayonnaise



Fries on bread

[Japher]

Served at Pirate games:

Primanti Brothers Sandwich

2 slices of Italian bread
5-6 slices Ham ( thin )
2 slices Provolone cheese
¼ cup Coleslaw
2 slices tomato
1 cup French Fries ( still warm )
Mayonnaise

1. Spread mayonnaise on bread.
2. Layer your choice of the above ingredients.
3. Serve on wax paper for authenticity. ;-)


I am craving fried shrimp and onions with mayo, every chinese place has it.

[Japher]

Yum!!

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'd try it .

[Japher]

I'm thinking I might just make one of my own.

[Japher]

From some site:

... The health and fitness Web site eDiets.com tackled Primanti Brothers -- or rather what the beloved restaurants stack between two hefty slices of bread -- in its March 24th Mr. Bad Food column titled "The Sandwich That Ate Pittsburgh."

No sheit!!!

[alva]

Sateh is probably the best sauce to put on anything (well, almost anything)

I'm not 100% sure, but I think using sateh in Belgium still carries the death penalty.
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Yum!!

Japher; that's revolting.....

[Japher]

I wonder if that is one of Jared's (from Subway) sandwiches...

[molly bloom]

Mindseye's story about inedible Chinese salads reminded me of my friend in Hong Kong- he knew he was odd at an early age because he liked cheese (proper smelly blue vein stuff, not plastic Kraft slices), loved salad (his mother apparently went:

'Ai yah! Is not cooked! You might get poison!) and sushi.

I think if you want a decent salad visit Japan or Korea, otherwise steer clear of kiwi fruit and tomato and mayo surprise (bleeucchhh- sounds like nouvelle cuisine madness).

It's a definite truism that if you go anywhere like Africa or Asia and the hotel or guesthouse or safari park is cooking you what they think you might want, you'll end up with partly cooked spaghetti (happened to friends on safari in Kenya- to call it al dente would only be appropriate if your teeth were made of stainless steel) and chips and beef, or a plate of paella, spaghetti and chips (sister-in-law's parents' experience in Tunisia- they thought so much carb. on one plate might be a test).

One of the pleasures for me of going anywhere is trying what the locals eat, although that container of cicadas near Chiangmai probably wouldn't have been polished off by me. But I can definitely recommend widjuti grubs- enough fat to please even Imran....

[Locutus]

Originally posted by alva

Sateh is probably the best sauce to put on anything (well, almost anything)

I'm not 100% sure, but I think using sateh in Belgium still carries the death penalty.

We should invade Belgium and put you under Dutch rule again

[alva]

Hey, you would still be serving fries with mayo if it weren't for us.
We thought you there are hundreds of different things to put on them.

Crap thing is now all chip shops are using that @@##@é from Mora
Maybe weird but I don't want all these kroket/egg-rolls/etc to taste the same as I do them at home.

[Dis]

the mayonaise I put on my sandwhiches is lite brand. It has no cholesterol. I'm trying to keep my cholesterol low.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by aaglo
Big deal!

The canadians eat their salted french fries with vinegar

Now that is just silly...

And what, may I ask, is wrong with that, mother****er?

Is there not a variety of chips called "salt and vinegar"?