that certainly looks amazing.
Yah, I can see myself dunking their bread into that soup. 
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FTC confession: I strongly dislike chicken meat
[/quote]Your unusual food confessions could have their own thread. Iâm going to start compiling a list; starting with never having had a candy bar!
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Didnât we have a thread like that already? I think we definitely had one like that on CH. It was something like, âIâm a CH outcast b/c _____.â
YOUâVE NEVER HAD A CANDY BAR??? I donât particularly like candy, BUT HOW HAVE YOU NEVER HAD A CANDY BAR, EVEN AS LITTLE KID AT HALLOWEEN???
Iâm not super fond of chicken unless itâs been slathered in mayo, deep fried, etc. I do like chicken soup, though. 
Slathering Chicken with Mayo is one of my joys in life; possibly my favorite food combo, next to Lobster & Mayo 
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I ate some of the lollipops and hard candies. And black licorice. American candy and desserts are VERY sweet.
Agree that most American sweets are disgustingly sweet, but I think lollipops are the worst! Would prefer a candy bar over a lollipop.
Iâm a lobster and butter kind of guy. Have we ever had a lobster-only DoTM???
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I would be all over that. I always got the impression DoTM was supposed to be fairly affordable. But Iâm game. Oh and donât get me wrong, I love lobster & butter too.
Within the set theme, all price ranges are fair game.
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Yeah, I donât know if Iâve ever given much thought to a pick being potentially pricey. And, if it is, that just should inspire more creativity to find affordable and inventive versions. 
Iâd imagine a âblack truffle DotMâ wouldnât be as effective due to high barrier to entry. but lobster is probably low-brow enough.
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Yes, I get that you can go as high or low priced as you like. Iâm newish. But it seemed to me that you guys/gals picked foods or dishes that could be had for a reasonable price. I wasnât sure if that was a rule. But itâs all good with me.
No photos, but just returned from Gelsonâs where I bought their Chicken Strips (crispy and big breast pieces) and their Chicken Romano breast from the larder. I cut up both for salad and pasta, throughout the weekend. Yum.
This is my guilty pleasure/confession - I am addicted to chicken strips from Gelsonâs (and the sesame ones at Whole Foods), dipped in vegan blue cheese dressing.
Whole Foods has an already seasoned selection of chicken breast that I also buy often, the panko-coconut is my favorite. Easy to cook up and serve with sautéed broccoli or spinach/garlic. also Yum.
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Buil Samye Tang in K-town
small chicken stuffed with rice and other goodies. the #1 at $13.99 includes ginseng.
last month we hit Pho Ga Bac-Ninh with two different types of noodles with chicken
and back in december, Hot Star (taiwanese fried chicken)
and a snack at p p pop
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Whatâs the flavor profile of the buil samye tang?
The ginseng flavor was milder than expected. Broth stops short of being bland; hence the pot of salt. I liked the sticky rice & sweet potato; chicken is very tender. Stay away from the one with abalone added. It is tough and chewy and the broth is unpleasant.
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not knowing for sure what you mean by flavor profile, i would describe the dish as a cross between a consomme, a porridge and a fricasee; the whole chicken is to be consumed, and as you free the rice from the confines of the chicken, the starch in the rice inside melds with the remaining broth to not quite porridge, but a step above rice soup.
as mentioned in a previous post, you are provided with a small dish of salt to taste. i actually used my dish to dip/season my chicken as i worked the meat off the bone. and added salt only sparingly to the bowl. iâm not sure what the additional (and unknown) ingredients added to the flavor. two of our party actually added a bit of the juice from the spicy banchan. (EDIT: i understand some folks like to do this with sul lang tang (beef soup) as well)
(the banchan is not particularly varied, but what they serve balanced the soup quite nicely. but i was the only one who ate of the gizzard banchan.) the marinade for the cabbage banchan was something i couldnât get enough of; unlike the marinade for the spicy daikon banchan, the cabbage marinade had an acidity that made the mixture sing, you could put that stuff on shredded cardboard and iâd eat it. and the staff is dutiful about replenishing when you run low.
more than anything else, this dish is a serious comfort meal, and thatâs what i remember taking away most from lunch yesterday. i came in sniffling & sneezing, and i felt a lot better afterwards.
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Popeyes Louisiana Fried Chicken
Notice the cracklins on top of those red beans & rice.
This is for show. I mostly only eat the red beans & rice with the cracklinsâ on top.
I feel terrible. But Iâm the designated babysitter for Super Bowl MMXVII. Iâll be chasing 2 six year-olds and a dog around the backyard all day. Thatâs gottaâ burn off most of it⊠right?
@CiaoBob, they were playing the elevator version of zydeco music.
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