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    Jesus, if you dress like that, there won’t be any pussy left for the rest of us.

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    $80 worth of filets mislabeled as stew meat at the bunker hill Costco… felt so wrong and so right at the same time. 

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A buddy bought one a few years ago and had it hanging over his kitchen island throughout the holidays. It was a pretty nice setup to sit there with wine or a cocktail and cut off a slice. 

4 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Top to bottom that line is great. From bulk chilis to pre seasoned meat products. 

The only miss I'm aware of is their pre-made rice (in the bags next to the refried beans). Stay away from that, and just use a Goya seasoning packet when you make your rice. 

9 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

A buddy bought one a few years ago and had it hanging over his kitchen island throughout the holidays. It was a pretty nice setup to sit there with wine or a cocktail and cut off a slice. 

I ate a ton of this in Madrid but I can’t imagine trying to eat 16 lbs of it over the holidays.  

You need to have a couple larger dinner parties to get through one of those. We bought one of the cheap cured hams that they've carried the last few years, and tried our best to eat it all - by the end we were giving away sliced packages to any friends who wanted them. It's a lot.

3 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

You need to have a couple larger dinner parties to get through one of those. We bought one of the cheap cured hams that they've carried the last few years, and tried our best to eat it all - by the end we were giving away sliced packages to any friends who wanted them. It's a lot.

You think the surly tailgate is full of perfectly fit calorie counters!

17 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

You need to have a couple larger dinner parties to get through one of those. We bought one of the cheap cured hams that they've carried the last few years, and tried our best to eat it all - by the end we were giving away sliced packages to any friends who wanted them. It's a lot.

My experience as well 

 

its a ton of cured ham.  I love prosciutto and Jamon but we just ran out of steam with about a quarter of it left.  It wasn’t very expensive so I didn’t feel guilty discarding the last 20 percent or so

There’s a lot of things one can make with leftover ham. Ham spaghetti, scalloped potatoes and navy beans to name just a few

Ham and ez cheeze on ritz

ham po’ boy

ham scampi

ham wellington

ham tempura

ham a la mode

Bread and ham butter

 

15 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Croque monsieur

I just tried making one of these with the Paris ham and fresh sourdough from Central Market and they are pretty great.  

11 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

I just tried making one of these with the Paris ham and fresh sourdough from Central Market and they are pretty great.  

You have Gruyère?

You’ll need ham for your new years black eyes.  Throw that bone into a pot of greens.  

8 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

You have Gruyère?

CM has French Gruyère sold in blocks and German Gruyère sold pre-shredded.  
 

I’m a little down on their bakery, and their in-house restaurant is truly a shadow of itself, but the grocery part of the business is superb.  

14 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

You’ll need ham for your new years black eyes.  Throw that bone into a pot of greens.  

Pay him.  Pay that man his money.

18 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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But why?  I’d much rather just go down the street and pay fifteen more cents a gallon and be done in a couple minutes than wait fifteen minutes plus for gas.  

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5 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

But why?  I’d much rather just go down the street and pay fifteen more cents a gallon and be done in a couple minutes than wait fifteen minutes plus for gas.  

 

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gave me min to search for a new sandwich spot and home slice freaking delivered !

 

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On 11/8/2025 at 3:55 PM, Texzilla58 said:

You’ll need ham for your new years black eyes.  Throw that bone into a pot of greens.  

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On 11/9/2025 at 11:02 AM, tx 3 putt said:

 

line moves quickly 

gave me min to search for a new sandwich spot and home slice freaking delivered !

 

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That’s the best sandwich on the planet.

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20 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

That’s the best sandwich on the planet.

 

there's another spot i've been wanting to try but it's $24. home slice was $12 and more than filled me up. best one i've found in hou. the bread was divine 

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

there's another spot i've been wanting to try but it's $24. home slice was $12 and more than filled me up. best one i've found in hou. the bread was divine 

What is the $24 spot?  
 

i don’t want to derail but you seem sandwich knowledgeable. Where can I get a killer Ban Mi in Austin?

5 hours ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

Where can I get a killer Ban Mi in Austin?

Baguette house for a traditional one

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7 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Baguette house for a traditional one

 

does austin have an asian town ?

 
does austin have an asian town ?

China town center at Lamar and braker. In that center, Baguette House and Lily sandwich shop have fantastic Bahn mi.
19 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


China town center at Lamar and braker. In that center, Baguette House and Lily sandwich shop have fantastic Bahn mi.

Agreed.  Was there on Saturday afternoon with the bride.  No pics!

Non-Costco sandwich talk on the Costco thread not going away.  More than once I have scrolled back to make sure none of those fantastic looking sammiches are available at Costco.  I am disappoint.

9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

does austin have an asian town ?

 

9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


China town center at Lamar and braker. In that center, Baguette House and Lily sandwich shop have fantastic Bahn mi.

That area Brisket mentioned is called Chinatown but it's basically one grocery store and a handful of passable quick eats restaurants. Not like anything you'd find in Houston but more than you'd find in Belton. 

 

There's also another small strip mall area on Airport and Lamar that's anchored by a 99 Ranch that has higher end restaurants. No banh mi there though. The Lakeline area at 183 and 45, anchored by H Mart, has a bunch of more mainland Chinese restaurants that are pretty good. 

1 minute ago, gsoda3 said:

 

That area Brisket mentioned is called Chinatown but it's basically one grocery store and a handful of passable quick eats restaurants. Not like anything you'd find in Houston but more than you'd find in Belton. 

 

There's also another small strip mall area on Airport and Lamar that's anchored by a 99 Ranch that has higher end restaurants. No banh mi there though. The Lakeline area at 183 and 45, anchored by H Mart, has a bunch of more mainland Chinese restaurants that are pretty good. 

The 183/45 area has started gathering some decent real-deal chinese options.  Special Noodle is up there, and it's damned good, as is Bahn Mi Oven.  And Sunflower, off McNeil at Parmer, is one of my wife's favorite restaurants.  Only place we can find cahn chua soup these days.

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fuck houston area has at least 4 asian towns, pearland is going all out on #5 and the costcos are asian heavy 

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

fuck houston area has at least 4 asian towns, pearland is going all out on #5 and the costcos are asian heavy 

Oh, Austin's asian food scene is maybe 10% of what Houston's is.  No pretending.  Shit, when I got to Austin 35+ years ago, there were like 3-4 "decent" American-chinese restaurants (lotta kung pao chicken to be had), and that was it.  I remember my now-wife and I having an excited conversation with one of our professors, a native Houstonian, when the first dim sum place opened in Austin in 1992 or so.

Compared to those days, we're doing great.  And honestly, the proliferation of asian places in just the last 5-7 years has been amazing.  Even some of the neighborhood joints (like Seven Spice on Spicewood) are legit, real-deal shit.  

Any of those banh mi joints sell their baguettes?  I'm always on the lookout for better-than-grocery French baguettes.  Easy Tiger is OK.

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Any of those banh mi joints sell their baguettes?  I'm always on the lookout for better-than-grocery French baguettes.  Easy Tiger is OK.

Baguette House absolutely does, I've picked them up there.  And they're outstanding.  There's also a bakery across Lamar the 99 Ranch center that sells pretty good baguettes - tous le jours, I think?

11 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


China town center at Lamar and braker. In that center, Baguette House and Lily sandwich shop have fantastic Bahn mi.

And both places are way affordable. Baguette House is closed on Wednesdays, fyi. 

1 minute ago, Al Czervik said:

And both places are way affordable. Baguette House is closed on Wednesdays, fyi. 

For real - loaded bahn mi at either place is $6.50.  A great bahn mi like that is one of the last great food bargains around.

North Lamar up in that area has the best ethnic foods in all of Austin. Fight me. 

North Lamar up in that area has the best ethnic foods in all of Austin. Fight me. 

Why would we fight you? It’s 100% true.

I still want to do a “progressive taco trailer dinner” along there one Saturday night.

I find the hours of 2-5 am to be the perfect time to take a taco stroll on a Saturday or Sunday morning. 

I find the hours of 2-5 am to be the perfect time to take a taco stroll on a Saturday or Sunday morning. 

Tacos, crack, and getting stabbed. That’s a fun evening right there.
12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


Tacos, crack, and getting stabbed. That’s a fun evening right there.

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