Take Away Food

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Not the stripper adornment way.

There must be some cultural referrence there that I've never heard.

 

[Magna]

There must be some cultural referrence there that I've never heard.

Pasties (Pay-stees) are tassle-like coverings that strippers sometimes wear over their aerolae in locales that don't allow full topless nudity

 

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Thank you both, a term that I had never heard before.

Also, where I live Thongs are a type of footwear, not anal floss.

 

[tree]

Thong or flip-flop

A thong can be a piece of leather used as a lash of a whip or underwear for women that does not cover their behind. In the United States and some other English-speaking countries, it can also

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When did the term "flip flop" displace the term "thong" in North America for a type of sandal?

To Australians like me "thong" means a kind of sandal such as recently repopularized by the Havaianas brand but we know it means a kind of G-string in other English-speaking parts of the world. To...

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[Princess Viola]

I like Chinese food, I like to get it from the Chinese place next to the library. I always get one of the combos, sometimes I get the lunch combo but I usually get the all-day combo. It costs a couple box more for the all-day combos but you get a soup with it.

One of my go-tos is curry chicken with fried rice (usually pork but sometimes I'll spring for shrimp), wonton soup, and an eggroll. If I'm not feeling curry chicken, I'll usually get some form of lo mein, General Tso's chicken, or sweet and sour chicken.

Oh pizza too! My local pizza place is also in the same shopping center as the library and Chinese place. I love their calzones, they're so damn big especially considering they're less than 10 bucks for the small (and the small calzone is a foot long, I actually have no idea how big the large one is considering the size of the small one)

 

[Stuttermabolur]

We have really bad take out food here in Iceland. If it's tasty, it's really expensive and generally not something which gets prepared in less than a couple of minutes, but the street food in Serbia is amazing! I really miss it whenever I'm not there, though it also seems custom made to cause a heart attack. It has the typical street food you'll find in most places like Gyros (basically Greek döner kebab with fries), but then it has its own delicacies, like Pljeskavica (similar to burger but different ingredients and gets ready quickly) and ćevapi (little meat rolls often served with something spicy. My favourite of all is Burek. It's incredibly cheap (a 1/4 slice which is basically a full meal is less than a dollar) and is served in almost every bakery, and bakeries then stay open till late in the evening. It's some sort of fatty pastry bake filled with meat and served warm.

Pljeskavica:

Ćevapi:

Burek:

P.S. Just so I don't get murdered, all of those fast food items are common throughout the balkans, and can probably be found in Turkey as well. They are also cheap, quick to serve and can be found all over the place in Belgrade, making them a great street food.

 

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I like Chinese food,

I'm a big fan of the Mongolian and Sichuan flavours. I've tried to imitate them at home a few times but I'm just not as good.

 

[Forest Cat]

Thank you both, a term that I had never heard before.

Also, where I live Thongs are a type of footwear, not anal floss.

Oh Australia. So if thongs are footwear there, what do you call the underwear we call thongs? I'm guessing "hats"?

 

[Forest Cat]

We have really bad take out food here in Iceland.

But at least you guys have Hákarl. Mmmm, fermented shark, yum.

 

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Oh Australia. So if thongs are footwear there, what do you call the underwear we call thongs? I'm guessing "hats"?

G-Strings.

Thongs look like this:

 

[Princess Viola]

I'm a big fan of the Mongolian and Sichuan flavours. I've tried to imitate them at home a few times but I'm just not as good.

I've never actually tried anything Mongolian or Sichuan - well I thought I hadn't tried the latter but apparently Kung Pao chicken is from Sichuan and I've had and I enjoy that.

Of course, I've only had American Chinese Kung Pao chicken and not the style as actually made in Sichuan, but as far as I'm concerned American Chinese food is still good.

 

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Of course, I've only had American Chinese Kung Pao chicken and not the style as actually made in Sichuan, but as far as I'm concerned American Chinese food is still good.

It's probably incredibly close to just how they cook it at home.

Sichuan is quite spicy and a little bit sweet, Mongolian is quite sweet and a little bit spicy.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

We have great barbecue take-outs here, in addition to Mexican food trucks.

I can pick up warm hand made tortillas from a local Mexican store. And home made tres leches cake.

BTW, I grew up in the American Midwest and grew up calling flip-flops, “thongs.” I don’t think they know about the underwear type in the Midwest.

 

[Rodafina]

Oh Australia. So if thongs are footwear there, what do you call the underwear we call thongs? I'm guessing "hats"?

Don’t even ask him about “fanny packs.”

For the record…

The Best Fanny Packs

If you carry less than a backpack but also want to keep your hands free, we’ve found six fanny packs in a variety of sizes and styles that will meet your needs.

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[Outdated]

Don’t even ask him about “fanny packs.”

Literally tears streaming down my face with laughter. Thank you so much.

For the rest of you - you have to have lived here to really understand.

[Edit] so we don't confuse too many, here children are taught polite words for their private parts. Boys have a dick and girls have a fanny. Yes we find some American sitcoms one hell of a lot funnier than you do.

 

[Xinim]

Always a tough decision between Luke's Italian Beef sandwich and the Gryos sandwich in my home town.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

G-Strings.

Thongs look like this:

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I grew up calling these thongs as well. It wasn't until the mid 1990s when people started calling them flip flops (at least where I lived).

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

We have really bad take out food here in Iceland. If it's tasty, it's really expensive and generally not something which gets prepared in less than a couple of minutes, but the street food in Serbia is amazing! I really miss it whenever I'm not there, though it also seems custom made to cause a heart attack. It has the typical street food you'll find in most places like Gyros (basically Greek döner kebab with fries), but then it has its own delicacies, like Pljeskavica (similar to burger but different ingredients and gets ready quickly) and ćevapi (little meat rolls often served with something spicy. My favourite of all is Burek. It's incredibly cheap (a 1/4 slice which is basically a full meal is less than a dollar) and is served in almost every bakery, and bakeries then stay open till late in the evening. It's some sort of fatty pastry bake filled with meat and served warm.

Pljeskavica:

Ćevapi:

Burek:

P.S. Just so I don't get murdered, all of those fast food items are common throughout the balkans, and can probably be found in Turkey as well. They are also cheap, quick to serve and can be found all over the place in Belgrade, making them a great street food.

These look delicious!

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

In the USA, Panda Express is a popular chain of Chinese fast food. It's so delicious, and very Americanized.

For several years, my daughter and I have always ordered the following platter to share. Orange Chicken, Broccoli Beef, 2 egg rolls, and a large Diet Coke (WITH NO ICE). Oh yes, and very important- 2 fortune cookies. @Outdated do you have fortune cookies in Australia?