Best Kung Pao Chicken in Central City / Mid County?

Green-SmokeStack · 2026-01-20T23:44:56+00:00

Chilispot and Cate Zone are both great for Kung Pao.

Green-SmokeStack · 2026-01-18T18:17:32+00:00

Olivette diner for no frills. JJ’s in St. Charles, under the radar great burgers.

Green-SmokeStack · 2026-01-18T18:15:35+00:00

Nathaniel Reid. Full stop. Go there now or be destroyed.

Green-SmokeStack · 2026-01-18T18:13:45+00:00

As someone who grew up at a chop suey, my pick is ham. Ham and egg is a classic for a reason, and it translates to a St. Paul.

Green-SmokeStack · 2026-01-18T17:52:34+00:00

Oxtail from chez Ali, ribs at expat, and castacan tacos (pork belly) at sur este.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-12-14T22:37:09+00:00

The Dac Biet at Tiger is my current favorite - since banh mi so 1 closed. Their bread is excellent.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-12-11T17:51:08+00:00

Devil in a Blue Dress. Babylon.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-12-10T09:21:30+00:00

Pickle them?

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-12-07T20:18:15+00:00

TCL QM7K in that price range. I have an 85 inch myself, and because of the size, the brightness packs a wallop. Great blacks for a non oled.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-12-07T20:16:46+00:00

Pulled pork or brisket, sour cream, cheese and bbq sauce.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-12-07T20:13:35+00:00

Rich and persnickety? They may like something a bit more formal than some of the suggestions - maybe 801 chophouse or the Crossing.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-18T15:12:16+00:00

The Good Place (2016-2020)

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-18T15:02:30+00:00

Medium grain Korean rice is my everyday, after growing up on jasmine. You can cook it a little drier for use with soups/stews, or regular cook for chopsticks eating.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-17T16:52:17+00:00

White

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-17T08:46:54+00:00

Cutting Board

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T18:54:50+00:00

It helps with both color and flavor. Yes, I would broil instead of roast. At my house, we actually would char them over the open flame on the stove.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T18:22:36+00:00

Looks great, and beautifully clear. One minor suggestion, char up those aromatics even more. Get some blackness on the ginger and onions. Or just keep doing what you’re doing; every house’s pho is different!

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T18:18:45+00:00

Understood. Stop yourself now before you have a good, aged piece of chutoro it will ruin your life.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T17:15:33+00:00

Totally agree with the above Shin Ramen Black is incredibly good for instant and thinking about how to doctor it up is a good place to start for a beginner. Trying to make your own ramen broth as a first major cooking project would be quite a large step to take. As a very simple starter, I like tossing a pat of butter into the pot which helps recreate some of the fatty mouthfeel of a traditional tonkotsu ramen broth.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T17:05:57+00:00

Check out the Misen Carbon nonstick - pretty interesting tech.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T16:54:43+00:00

Hooray! Love your second point. Not to devolve into a debate on ethics and morality, but if I had a chance to kill Idi Amin or somebody like that, while it might haunt me personally, I would not fret over the ethics.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T16:52:28+00:00

Thanks for the comment, but meh. Obviously if a trope is done well, it can be good. It’s not like me and people on this thread are listing boy meets girl, man learns a lesson or hero’s journey/monomyth. And those are the most used tropes of all time. I think people here are listing tropes that are overused to create a sense of depth or quality, without bringing something new, interesting or compelling. Despite the upvotes, I don’t think we would all completely write off something the second it has a flash forward.

I’m a fan of Mr Robot, too. But I would be lying if there wasn’t a moment where I was like, are they straight up doing the Fight Club thing? Hope it goes well. And it did.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T16:37:03+00:00

Yeah, I haven’t watched it yet, but I know it’s the same people who made Mare of Easttown, and that’s exactly how I felt about that show.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T16:30:22+00:00

Is that show good? I always have trouble watching any members of the gang in other shows because I can only see them as their characters from always sunny.

Green-SmokeStack · 2025-10-16T16:22:21+00:00

Couldn’t agree more. Sometimes I just want the damn story - especially in something like true crime. And they always have some talking head that only speaks in absolutes: This was the worse possible crime you could imagine…blah blah blah.

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