
How a popular Japanese rice bowl became a banh mi Above: The Torisoboro Ontama Don at Nippon Izakaya Cuulong. Below: The chicken and egg banh mi at Cafe Espacio. Photos: Calvin Godfrey. A pair of Japanese chefs have solved the chicken-or-egg question. The answer is both. At Café Espacio, 25 year-old chef named Kensuke Ueno [...]
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The Club Sandwich is a sandwich with cooked chicken breast and bacon, along with juicy ripe tomatoes and crisp lettuce layered between two or three slices of toasted bread with mayonnaise. The origin of this sandwich, which is most often associated with hotels around the world, is all a matter of speculation and [...]
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Also called Beef On Wick, an alternative spelling usually used by older people from Buffalo and eastern suburbanites. This sandwich is a unique staple of Buffalo, New York’s bars and taverns. Few, if any, restaurants outside of the Buffalo area serve this sandwich or even know what it is. It is a roast beef sandwich on [...]
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It is a beef sandwich on a long white French roll that is dipped into pan juices. American menus often describe the pan juice as “au jus.” Au jus is a French expression, which means “with broth” or “with juice.” 1918 - Although the French Dip Sandwich is not French, the inventor, Philippe Mathieu was. In 1918, [...]
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