What Kind of Ethnic Dishes Do You Eat, Like and or Make?

We have a great Chinese carryout in town & down the road an Indian restaurant. We only can get Greek when the local Greek church has their fall festival.

At home I'll make cabbage rolls, chicken paprikash, pork & kraut, beef rouladen w/bread dumplings, sauerbraten, hazelnut torte, apple kuchen ...
 

For me a favorite would be Asian food, with Japanese a first and Chinese a close second. Trader Joes has a tasty frozen Chinese dish which I like to prepare, Kung Pao Chicken. Locally a good Chinese Take Out is the Panda Express. Good food very reasonably priced.
 
ElCastor said:
Locally a good Chinese Take Out is the Panda Express. Good food very reasonably priced.
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Wish ours was good
Yeah, the prices are reasonable

My best experience here in the states has been Chang's Mongolian Grill

Cafeteria style
You put yer choices on yer plate
Then they toss it all around on a big grill surface

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Now, it's a mere 300 miles away (sigh)
 
I lived in the Japanese village of Hayama near Yokohama Japan as a pre-teen for 3 years.
I miss their beautiful and tasty soups...

Soba Soup
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Ozoni Japanese New Year Soup
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Short Rib and Mushroom Soup
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Spicy Soba Soup
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Gary O' said:
Wish ours was good
Yeah, the prices are reasonable

My best experience here in the states has been Chang's Mongolian Grill

Cafeteria style
You put yer choices on yer plate
Then they toss it all around on a big grill surface

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Now, it's a mere 300 miles away (sigh)
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We have a restaurant at the walking mall in the next county like that. Ours is called BD's Mongolian Grill. You walk in, but roll out.
 
Nathan said:
I'm glad you mentioned hot & sour soup, I love it but haven't made it yet, but rest assured I'll be Looking for a recipe. 😉
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OK, looking at several versions of Hot & Sour soup. One thing I like about Chinese cooking is the flexibility to add, omit or substitute ingredients for ones that you prefer, or have on hand. Some spices are important, for example ginger. Others can be safely omitted without ruining the authenticity.
 
Nathan said:
OK, looking at several versions of Hot & Sour soup. One thing I like about Chinese cooking is the flexibility to add, omit or substitute ingredients for ones that you prefer, or have on hand. Some spices are important, for example ginger. Others can be safely omitted without ruining the authenticity.
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If you're looking for authentic Hot & Sour soup, I have a very old cookbook written by Joyce Chen back in the late 50s, early 60s. She was a chef and owned a Chinese restaurant in Cambridge. But I don't think you'll have the ingredients she listed, unless you have dried golden needles, bean curd, and dried wood ears in your pantry! I can scan a copy of the recipe for you if you like.
 
Alligatorob said:
Mexican mostly because it is so easy to find, but I will eat and enjoy most anything. If I can find one Ethiopian is one of my favorites, when traveling through northern Nevada I always try to find a good Basque restaurant (https://travelnevada.com/basque/basque-nevada/).

I love pirogis, but have not had one in years. Not available in the places I've been living.

My mother made them once, just so we could have the culinary experience... once was enough
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I enjoy versions of this stew:

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bigos-hunters-stew

Although this isn't my grandma's, I dress it up with bacon and onion to come close. It is available at Costco - other stores carry different varieties of the same product:

https://search.aol.com/click/_ylt=A...eli.com//RK=0/RS=fXW2.HPFdBOWOeG.ZGtwA7kW9tc-

Good Mexican food is a treat if you can find it as well some Indian, but mostly make at home these days.
 
caroln said:
If you're looking for authentic Hot & Sour soup, I have a very old cookbook written by Joyce Chen back in the late 50s, early 60s. She was a chef and owned a Chinese restaurant in Cambridge. But I don't think you'll have the ingredients she listed, unless you have dried golden needles, bean curd, and dried wood ears in your pantry! I can scan a copy of the recipe for you if you like.
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Isn't bean curd... tofu? No idea about the needles or wood ears though. What on earth would those be? 🤷‍♀️ ..... Okay, I'm back after researching. The "needles" is a kind of dried lily.... and the wood ear is a mushroom, both available at Amazon and eBay. If anyone makes this, I'm comin' over! :giggle:
 
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