Meaty Delights
Did you ever see “Soylent Green”?
It’s a dystopian sci-fi film from the 70’s starring Charlton Heston. The film is about a massively overpopulated future where meat and vegetables are prohibitively expensive and everyone has to eat something called “Soylent Green”. This foodstuff for the masses has an unpleasant secret ingredient (Hint: It’s long-pig).
I dread to think about futures like this. Meatless futures.
In all likelihood meat will indeed become a luxery item, so in the meantime I’m going to eat it like crazy. Here are some of Los Angeles’ fleshy highlights…..
1. Manpuku: Japanese Izaka-ya style BBQ. The meat comes to you sliced and raw, which you then cook on a large hob in the middle of the table. The tongue is especially good!
2. Baby Blues BBQ: I always order the same thing- Carolina-style pulled pork with mac n’ cheese and beans as sides. Then I cover the plate in their hot sauce and start shoveling. The tender pork just falls apart in your mouth.
3. El Taurino: Mexican taco spot in Pico Union. Again, I never change my order: al pastor burrito with two carne asada tacos. The restaurant is right next to K-town, so there’s always 10% Koreans in there aswell. Classic L.A.
4. Echigo: Sublime sushi. Little pieces of heaven that leave me feeling good about the world (as long as I don’t think about the tuna).
5. Aroma Café: Bosnian cafe with fabulous mini-sausage kebab things called cevapi. Meaty stuffed peppers/cabbage are also tasty. They have sourcream called kajmak which you can stick a fork in.
It’s a dystopian sci-fi film from the 70’s starring Charlton Heston. The film is about a massively overpopulated future where meat and vegetables are prohibitively expensive and everyone has to eat something called “Soylent Green”. This foodstuff for the masses has an unpleasant secret ingredient (Hint: It’s long-pig).
I dread to think about futures like this. Meatless futures.
In all likelihood meat will indeed become a luxery item, so in the meantime I’m going to eat it like crazy. Here are some of Los Angeles’ fleshy highlights…..
1. Manpuku: Japanese Izaka-ya style BBQ. The meat comes to you sliced and raw, which you then cook on a large hob in the middle of the table. The tongue is especially good!
2. Baby Blues BBQ: I always order the same thing- Carolina-style pulled pork with mac n’ cheese and beans as sides. Then I cover the plate in their hot sauce and start shoveling. The tender pork just falls apart in your mouth.
3. El Taurino: Mexican taco spot in Pico Union. Again, I never change my order: al pastor burrito with two carne asada tacos. The restaurant is right next to K-town, so there’s always 10% Koreans in there aswell. Classic L.A.
4. Echigo: Sublime sushi. Little pieces of heaven that leave me feeling good about the world (as long as I don’t think about the tuna).
5. Aroma Café: Bosnian cafe with fabulous mini-sausage kebab things called cevapi. Meaty stuffed peppers/cabbage are also tasty. They have sourcream called kajmak which you can stick a fork in.
posted by DrIRH at 6:00 PM
5 Comments:
I am now dribbling from the mouth thinking about the meal I had at Manpuku. The tongue was indeed very satisfying. The cruelty in this is that I am just about to visit the work canteen and take my daily dose of processed salty gunk!!mmmmm
Is Soylent Green like the Butcher in Royston Vasey?
Exactly like that.
Just after I married your mum I thought she had made some really unusual looking sausages which were predominantly green in colour, only to find they had been in the fridge for about 2 month beyond their sell by date!
Perhaps that's the orgin of Green Soylent!
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