Mongolian BBQ!

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RelaxTheMind

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i have one right across the street from me... one of those super chinese buffets with the stir fry station in the back...
 

Eli

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Mmmm....

OK, I have to ask.. did you get any stares when you whipped out the camera and started taking pics of your food? :p
 

krunchykrome

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I just had Mongolian BBQ the other night. This place to be exact Text

I always make the same thing. A little bit of pasta, some strip steak, mushrooms, onions, and mushrooms. I like to mix the different sauces though.


At our Mongoian BBQ, we get a bowl instead of a plate.
 

imported_malcontent

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Around here, if you are going to Mongolian BBQ for lunch, you better get there around 11 am, else the wait is long. I always seem to go overboard with the hot spices/sauces.
 

Scarpozzi

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I like the mongolian sauce they have at the place I go to. It's nice and spicy. :D They even have all you can eat sushi at that place...and it's not bad if you're there during the lunch rush. Everything is pretty fresh. ;)
 

ForumMaster

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i just wonder how many chemicals are in there... did u know that most burger mixes contain glue? o srry. did i ruin ur appetite? just kidding. but it looks kida unhealthy. is that all natural?
 

Sheepathon

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Originally posted by: Eli
Mmmm....

OK, I have to ask.. did you get any stares when you whipped out the camera and started taking pics of your food? :p

I'm quick on the draw, partner.
 

maddogchen

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All you can eat Mongolian is the best. I hate those places that only allow for one bowl. Then you gotta do the stacking construction.
First pile the meat into the bowl, then hammer it all down, for your foundation
Then pile some more meat, and shape it into a wall that extends the edges of the bowl upwards so it can hold more meat.
The wall of meat must at least extend the edges of the bowl x2.
Then pile more and more meat and hammer lightly, because you don't want to destroy the walls you just created.
Make sure the top is flat before adding the noodles.
Forget Veggies! Thats for chumps!
Add sauce. Garlic, chili....
Give to cook.
 

chuckywang

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Originally posted by: Mo0o
You are teh noob at stacking, but that looks very tasty

LOL. You're thinking of Bali-hai, aren't you? The place he went to was all-yiou-can-eat, so he doesn't have to worry about stacking.
 

CellarDoor

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If you really want to get the most out of mongolian BBQ, here's what you do.

First, put a tiny bit of noodles in the bottom of the bowl, because they fill up the entire area so you don't lose space. Then add the meats and all of your veggies. Then put some spinach on top of all of that and use it to push everything down! Then, around the circumference of the bowl, place snow peas perpendiculr to the bowl itself, essentially extending the size of the bowl so that you can fill it with a huge amount of noodles. Then add the sauce. If you want to go even higher, place chopsticks into the noodles to hold them into place.
 

Pepsei

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the best place have lambs and boars (The Wild Boar is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. It lives in woodlands in central Europe, the Mediterranean regions, across southern Asia and as far as Indonesia. Animals similar to the wild boar include the warthog of Africa and the peccary or javelina of the American Southwest; but these animals do not share the pig's taxonomic genus.) delicious white meat with a hint of game.
 

Triumph

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Am I the only one that doesn't understand the attraction of Mongolian bbq? As far as I can tell, you are doing all of the work. All the "cook" does is heat up your food on a grill, that is not cooking. A monkey can do that. Cooking is knowing what to cook. What spices to add, what foods go together, how flavors mix or enhance or complement each other, etc. That's the reason I go to a nice restaurant, because I'm paying someone else to know how to make something taste good. You know what the largest Mongolian bbq in the world is? Your grocery store.
 

SaturnX

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Originally posted by: ForumMaster
i just wonder how many chemicals are in there... did u know that most burger mixes contain glue? o srry. did i ruin ur appetite? just kidding. but it looks kida unhealthy. is that all natural?

:confused:

You pile on the raw meat / veggies and noodles on yourself then top it off with sauces.... so unless you're talking about the chemicals used in the prep of the raw meat, veggies, noodles and sauce. I mean the cooks take your raw indgredients and stir-fry them for you.

Either way I'm confused about you asking if it's all natural.

--Mark



 

DaShen

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Mongolian BBQ is so great. :)

I love when they have a buffet place for that stuff. So good.

You don't even have to eat a lot of the unhealthy stuff. Just get mostly green and tofu with ginger sesame. :) Can always add a little meat too
 

vi edit

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Originally posted by: Triumph
Am I the only one that doesn't understand the attraction of Mongolian bbq? As far as I can tell, you are doing all of the work. All the "cook" does is heat up your food on a grill, that is not cooking. A monkey can do that. Cooking is knowing what to cook. What spices to add, what foods go together, how flavors mix or enhance or complement each other, etc. That's the reason I go to a nice restaurant, because I'm paying someone else to know how to make something taste good. You know what the largest Mongolian bbq in the world is? Your grocery store.

Yeh, but for $8 it's hard to get the selection of meat, veggies, and sauce/noodles that are frequently available at these grills without buying in massive quantities. And then most of it goes to waste before you get around to using it.

If I buy even a small bag of baby spinach, a can of baby corn, some snow peas, and a fresh jalapeno or two I'm looking at $4.00 already. And I haven't even figured in shrimp, noodles, steak, or sauce.

There's a big difference between paying $8-$10 for a make your own bowl of spicy stir fry goodness and paying $25+ a plate for a professional prepared meal.