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Skriven 2013-03-30 15:28:30 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35414 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: fried things 334
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Hi Michael,

 ML> introduction to fried seafood. They could almost as well
 RH> I did like them, but then, I was the odd one in the family, taste
 RH> wise. I was the kid who liked fish.

 ML> Strange kid!

Probably, in more ways than one.

 ML> factor that is part of the charm of real fried clams and
 ML> the flavor factor that is the other part.
 RH> As I recall, some were quite tender, others were more like shoe
 RH> leather. Sort of like the first time I had calamari some years later.
 RH> But with the calamari, more pieces were tender than were shoe leather.

 ML> Off brand, or stored funny or cooked funny. The less one says
 ML> about Howard Johnson the better, except that his/its/their
 ML> products were reliably uniform. And the Tendersweet fried
 ML> clams - that's a trademark for the product that popularized
 ML> the genre - were very standard. I've had clam strips of some
 ML> other origin on some subsequent occasions, and they were
 ML> decidedly inferior.

I have probably had them at other places but don't recall specifics.
Here in NC if I order fried seafood, I usually go for shrimp & scallops.
I've had fried oysters also but prefer the others.

 RH> We liked Zippy's (actually, more Napolean's Bakery, located inside
 RH> Zippy's) and Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch & Crab in Honolulu.

 ML> I can't stand Zippy's - the rice is neither good western style
 ML> nor good Asian, and the uber-famed chili is bland and beany.
 ML> Burgers mediocre, and I never bothered to go back. I have high

Agreed, the chili is lousy. even the supposedly hot is wimpy. As I said,
more often we got something from Napolean's; they are just comveniently
located by Zippy's.

 ML> respect for Sam Choy, and as you no doubt recall, we shared a
 ML> good if somewhat costly meal there, and I've been there at other
 ML> times as well - the only decent loco moco that I've had that I
 ML> did not make myself.

Sam's was one of our favorite places in the city of Honolulu. We had
other favorites scattered around the island but most of our visitors
stayed in the Honolulu area & Sam's was a convenient place to meet.

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Ruth
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