What's for dinner, Oppo?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 01/16/2019 at 18:51 • Filed to: None

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I’m going for meat overload at a local Yugoslavian/Bosnian restaurant. At least I had a salad first, but I sense that  I’m in trouble..

TheRevanchist > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 18:57

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I assume that is a feta on top of that salad?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > TheRevanchist 01/16/2019 at 18:58

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Correct 

jimz > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 19:26

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it’s interesting to see how European cuisine “melds” together.  I’m part Polish, and there are a lot of shared dishes between Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, etc. then as you move further south through Romania and into Serbia, Macedonia and all it gradually blends into Greek cuisine.  

punkgoose17 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 19:35

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That salad looks really good. As my wife said, “that is a shit ton of meat.”

We had ham, baked potatoes, and canned pineapple and papaya.

Svend > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 19:47

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That meat platter looks fantastic. 

MUSASHI66 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 19:47

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What did you order? It looks like Mešano meso and Šopska salata.

Which city is this? We went to Chicago few years ago and hit a few Serbian restaurants and I was in a meat coma for days. 

DutchieDC2R > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 19:48

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Cevapcici!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m having sushi from the local supermarket.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 19:49

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Bleu cheese stuffed bacon n bbq jalapeno burger.

fhrblig > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 19:51

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I’m on my own tonight, and I got a wild hair to have a ton of cheap beer and some ramen so that's what I'm having.

DutchieDC2R > jimz 01/16/2019 at 19:54

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Theres a lot of Turkish in there too. Its all a big mix really. Not so much Greek though, the whole Feta thing, we don’t really do that all that often (I’m Croatian).

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > jimz 01/16/2019 at 19:59

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I’m just  a European mutt (Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, German) although it was my great-grandparents that emigrated way back when. Needless to say, I am no stranger to Eastern European cuisine, with my mother and grandmother both being very good cooks and preparing a lot of dishes from the old country. But over the last few decades my mother has moved away from the dishes of her ancestors and had become an expert in Asian cuisine, to the point that one of her instructors offered her a job as a chef in a Vietnamese restaurant that she was opening. Back when I lived in SoCal I loved going over there for a visit because I would always leave with a fresh jar of homemade kimchi, which was kept in a separate fridge as to not stink up the main fridge...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > MUSASHI66 01/16/2019 at 20:03

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This was in St Louis, apparently home to the largest Bosnian community outside of Bosnia. The place is called Grbic, and I had the Grbic salad and mmixed Grbic plate. There were a couple of items on the description of the plate that had no description or equivalent anywhere else in the menu, but being my first time there I thought I’d try a little bit of everything. It was waaay too much food, and most of that meat came back home with me, but my mother would be proud - I did eat all of my vegetables...

“ Mixed Grbic Plate

a mix of our finest cuts of meats grilled to perfection; babo’s chicken, cevapi, plejeskavica, chicken shish kabob, cutlet of veal served with vegetables”

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > punkgoose17 01/16/2019 at 20:06

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Way too much meat, and I brought most of it home. The salad was OK, very similar to a dish my mom cooks, but tonight’s was a little bland - it really needed more vinegar in the dressing. I don’t know which way is more authentic, but I like sour things and I’m used to it being prepared a certain way, so this was a let down.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > fhrblig 01/16/2019 at 20:11

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I’ve been eating a lot of yaki soba with vegetables lately, especially when I don’t feel like cooking, but tonight I remembered that I had a Groupon deal that was expiring (and could only be used Tues-Thurs) so I decided to go out. I already spent the money, and with surgery and recuperation coming up it was a matter of use it or lose it.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 20:15

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meh, whatever. Don’t judge me

jimz > DutchieDC2R 01/16/2019 at 20:16

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yeah I don’t pretend to know everything. mostly I know Poles, Russians, and similar have stuff like g obki, and the further south you go from there it turns into dolma.

the best part is I’m very adventurous when it comes to food.  I’ll try anything once, and if I don’t like it the first time, I’ll give it at least two more chances before I say I don’t like it. 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/16/2019 at 20:20

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No judgment whatsoever. Sometimes that just what you want, and it hits the spot.

I love Annie’s fruit snacks. A friend of mine would buy them for his kid, but we’d sit back with a beer  and eat most of them. They’re a little pricy, but when they’re on sale I'll grab a box or three.

DutchieDC2R > jimz 01/16/2019 at 20:25

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Same here. Whenever I’m traveling, I try to get as much local stuff as I can. I know people that go to Thailand every year and eat McDonalds when they’re there. I don’t get that, but hey, maybe they have a thing for Thai Mcdonald’s.....

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 20:30

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Don’t know yet. Still at work. But GIB this plz.

jimz > DutchieDC2R 01/16/2019 at 20:42

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this is why I don’t put much stock into the “ignorant American” thing. we have tons of shit which was imported into this country, and we vacuum it up. “Hey man, there’s an Ethiopian joint which just opened. Wanna go? Sure!”

in contrast, I’ve worked for a few Japanese automotive suppliers, and in m y experience the Japanese are one of the least likely to try any other culture’s cuisine. Visitors from our Japanese home offices only ever wanted to go to Japanese restaurants. 

MUSASHI66 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 20:46

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Funny, that’s just their last name :). That plate is what is traditionally called Miješano meso (mixed meats) plate, and the salad is just a standard Šopska salad. Pretty standard across Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro... other than the Muslim Bosnian version has no pork (trust me, you want to find the pork platter if you get the chance).

Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Next time, try pljeskavica or evapi in lepina (bread), with some kajmak (basically a better sour cream). You won’t regret it. Or, look for burek or sirnica (meat or cheese pastry). My wife and father in law went crazy  for them when I took them to Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia few years ago.

wafflesnfalafel > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/16/2019 at 21:06

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I may have you beat this evening...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > MUSASHI66 01/16/2019 at 21:17

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I figured that there had to be proper names for the dishes, but they weren’t listed on the menu. It’s kind of hard to be authentic when you simply name the various traditional dishes after yourself - kind of a ego trip, if you ask me. I just gave the names of what was on t he menu in case you wanted to look up the place online.

The menu was relatively short, and that’s something I’ve encountered frequently here in the Midwest as compared to restaurants back in SoCal. I went to a fancy Peruvian place downtown and the number of dishes was about a quarter of what I was expecting, and most of my favorites were missing. Same thing for a lot of Vietnamese places, although I did find a hole-in-the-wall place with plenty of variety. Even the Nicaraguan place around the corner has a very simple menu, and I think I've tried just about everything.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > jimz 01/16/2019 at 21:23

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It’s funny you mention that. There’s a chain of Japanese supermarkets I'd hit to grab some prepared foods and sashimi, and one thing I would frequently see there, as well as in the the restaurants in the same building, was traditional spaghetti with bolognese. It must be a popular foreign dish for them, but for some reason struck me as a little odd.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > MUSASHI66 01/16/2019 at 21:26

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Any idea what that spicy topping in t he little glass bowl is called? I meant to ask for more, but hopefully I can find, or make, some if I know what it’s called.

MUSASHI66 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 22:04

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Was is made of peppers, or was there any eggplant in there? Traditionally you’d get some ajvar (roasted red pepper spread) with it, but it’s usually more red in color . Another option is pindjur(peppers, tomatoes and eggplant) but it’s not very Bosnian, more southern Serbian. It sort of looks like Bulgarian lutenica. Or, they maybe have some sauce if their own :/

MUSASHI66 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 22:10

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I wonder if he has a Bosnian menu as well, with more options. But honestly, menus are very short back home - pljeskavica, evapi, grilled meats, meats from a spit are very common, with a soup-ier dish like sarma and maybe a bean soup, and some German dishes like schnitzel. Baklava and crepes for dessert.

I’m excited to go back to Chicago with my buddies to hit some Serbian joints. I had some good food there. 

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/16/2019 at 22:16

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Peta chips and hummus, and I think I’m about to have a bowl of Reese puffs.

#bachelorlyfe.

DutchieDC2R > jimz 01/16/2019 at 22:57

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Ignorant folks are, unfortunately, part of every and any soceity.

As far as Japanese people go, I think it sort of goes for most of the Asian countries. In fact, I think Japan’s actually more open to other food than any other Asian country. Burger joints are doing very good in Japan.

Mainland China seems very food-introvert...

jimz > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/17/2019 at 07:23

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oh I wasn’t saying they’re completely xenophobic about it. though it seemed to me when I was there they treated foreign cuisine as more of a “novelty.” Just look at the state of pizza in Japan.

in Iwaki we went to a place- I think it was called “M’s Diner”- which was billed as an American style restaurant (hey, our “chaperone” was a German expat and wanted any chance at something other than Japanese food.) Their dishes were, at best, inspired by Swanson TV dinners. it was that bad.

We were glad to be able to shuck him off for the last couple of days.  the last straw was when he was leaving and said “yeah, and if you guys want a decent sandwich” one of us cut him off with a terse “we didn’t come to Japan to eat fucking sandwiches.”