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Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by tomwheeler »

stouset wrote: post #89
rvba wrote: post #85

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Does USA have places that sell kebab?

Yes but no. What we consider "kebabs" are skewers with grilled meat and/or veggies on them. I'm guessing you mean döner kebab. We do have shawarma which is similar, but I've never seen somewhere that really nails the kind of döner kebab I had in Europe.

We've got them in St. Louis, although they are slightly different than the ones common in Europe. (as the places that serve them here are usually Bosnian instead of Turkish). They're served on somun or lepinja bread and use tzatziki sauce instead of the sweet white/spicy red sauce combo that's typical in Germany.

Here's the online menu for one of my favorite places: https://www.jspitaria.us/s/order (they also have a Berliner kebab, which is a little closer to the ones in Germany, but not quite the same).

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by ValentineC »

jiveturkey wrote: post #38
frankus wrote: post #18

As a regular customer of the onboard dining on BC Ferries, I was always a bit mystified about how the cashier (maybe 20 m from the counter where you order) seemed to have some kind of clairvoyance regarding which type burger(s) to charge for, as they all use the same kind of wrapper. It turns out the wrapper (that's printed with patches of stripes and crosshatches in different colo(u)rs), can be wrapped in a way that…

I first saw this at McDonald's. Drink lids (everywhere) have those little bubbles that can be pressed to indicate what type of drink as well. Diet, Sprite, etc.

As someone who tries to minimise my sugar intake, one of my nightmares is getting served a non-diet drink by accident, because one of the lids gets pressed wrongly along the way.

I wonder if there's technology out there for cheap sugar testing sticks… huh, it looks like a company finally launched like that in 2021.

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by madcaptenor »

packetslave wrote: post #93
nerdjon wrote: post #32

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I don't think Waffle House has locations in any major Urban location. I really wish we had them in Boston also. It is an experience that even other diners don't really replicate. Especially the price, I am always shocked when I go to visit parents just how much you get at Waffle House for multiple people for what I am used to spending on just myself. But it is more than that. The size, the layout, the code words for…

It's a running joke that any driving directions in the Atlanta Metro Area will include the words "go down Peachtree" and "when you see the waffle house..."

When we first moved into our house the neighbor kid made sure we knew where the nearest Waffle House was. It’s on Peachtree (Industrial).

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by flemhans »

ValentineC wrote: post #132
jiveturkey wrote: post #38

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I first saw this at McDonald's. Drink lids (everywhere) have those little bubbles that can be pressed to indicate what type of drink as well. Diet, Sprite, etc.

As someone who tries to minimise my sugar intake, one of my nightmares is getting served a non-diet drink by accident, because one of the lids gets pressed wrongly along the way. I wonder if there's technology out there for cheap sugar testing sticks… huh, it looks like a company finally launched like that in 2021.

Got a link for em strips?

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

zer00eyz wrote: post #26
treflop wrote: post #7

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Sounds like IHOP / Denny's in other places

Waffle House is an entity unto itself: See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index See: https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2011/11/four-se... See: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kid-rock-arrested... And the man himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bct8stbZafI Waffle House goes from nice to war zone and back again just about every day. It never closes, never... If a Waffle House is…

A friend and I Walked into Waffle House at 3am after I was released from the ER. My shirt was blood stained and half my face was bandaged up and it solicited pretty much no reaction from the staff or anyone else.

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by triceratops »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #125
wizerdrobe wrote: post #119

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It’s simple comfort food consistently cooked by an often sassy staff. Sometimes that beats a Gucci plate with opaque aioli at absurd prices. If Bourdain says my old Waffle House beats a French laundromat who am I to argue? Cultural institutions are something to behold.

Sure, and if I say that my 4 year olds drawings are better than anything Van Gogh ever made, who could argue against that?

What if Damien Hirst said that about your 4 year old's drawings though?

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by triceratops »

lisper wrote: post #127
Kon-Peki wrote: post #106

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Bourdain’s show was about traveling the world, eating cheap food with the local common man. He was good enough to cook in the kitchen at French Laundry and rich enough to eat in their dining room as often as he wanted. But he was very much anti food snobbery.

Being anti-food-snobbery is great. But let's be real: the Waffle House might be fantastic (I've never eaten at one so I wouldn't know), but there's still a reason that the Laundry can charge two orders of magnitude more for a meal than the Waffle House and still be sold out every single night.

Can the French Laundry serve as many customers as the Waffle House in the same night?

Taste is a matter of taste. And there's a time and place for all foods.

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by marnett »

maxfurman wrote: post #126
galdosdi wrote: post #104

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> in (just about) any state you like. In any state but a northern one. Sadly, there are none in the northeast. Waffle House to me borders between being an "american" thing and specifically a "southern" thing

There are several waffle houses in PA, DE, and MD. Isn't that the northeast?

Maryland is usually referred to as the mid-Atlantic. Technically speaking, MD is South of the Mason-Dixon line, so it’s in the south. I say this as a Marylander myself.

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by sidewndr46 »

PopAlongKid wrote: post #47
wannacboatmovie wrote: post #4

Eating at a Waffle House (preferably at 1am following a night out) is a unique American cultural experience that especially those confined to the Bay Area have been denied. It's a place where those from all walks of life come together.

I have never lived near a Waffle House, but did eat lunch at one in Mobile AL about ten years ago. I found nothing particularly unique about it.

An astute observer traveling in the vicinity of Mobile, AL on I-10 will notice that one exit in particular has a Waffle House on both the north side and the south side of the interstate. For travelers' convenience of course.

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Post by sidewndr46 »

treflop wrote: post #7
wannacboatmovie wrote: post #4

Eating at a Waffle House (preferably at 1am following a night out) is a unique American cultural experience that especially those confined to the Bay Area have been denied. It's a place where those from all walks of life come together.

Sounds like IHOP / Denny's in other places

as a southerner I beg you to avoid comparing our precious Waffle House to a mere Denny's
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