so i went out to dinner tonight and had jellyfish.

[AlCzervik]

this new place opened up down the street from my house and we decided to check it out, i got thai rice noodles and some chicken curry and my daughter got some kind of thai noodles and lemon chicken and we ordered a "Po Po platter" so everything comes out and it's really good until the "Po Po platter" hit the table. The waitress brings the plate over and in the middle is a pile of something, i'm thinking wow thats a ton of pickled ginger so i take my chop sticks and grab some and put it on mouth, not pickled ginger, not even close. Also on the plate was some duck, boneless pork, some sort of poultry that was steamed (not delicious) but clearly the jellyfish was the star of the show. I'm glad i didn't know what it was before i ate because i would not have touched it so now i've tried and i now know i never want jellyfish again, i've had 4 altoids and i brushed my teeth but i cannot get the taste to go away and i keep thinking about the texture. Imo the texture in the preparation i had is what made it awful.

[redqueen]

1. Wow... that sounds really horrible.

I like chewy rubbery food though so I imagine I might not have the same reaction.

Love your avatar. :)

[AlCzervik]

3. i dunno, this texture was unlike anything i've ever eaten and i've had

lots of different foods, the whole experience was just unpleasant. Now my daughter will eat anything, sometimes she'll some little known sea creature and say "Could you eat that?" even she didn't like it, she tried it with sauce, without and then with the super hot red sauce and she couldn't stand the texture. Maybe fried in bacon grease, or maybe dipped in batter and then deep fried.

I love Master shake, he's such an asshole.

[redqueen]

8. Hmmm...

Now I'm curious! I like octopus tentacle, chicken gizzards... so I'm pretty fond of the chewy gristly stuff.

[AlCzervik]

9. you and her should go out to eat, she loves sushi and for 13 she's pretty sophisticated at ordering

it, her current favorite is some kind of roll deal with eel, "God mom i love eel" "thats nice honey"

[redqueen]

10. That's impressive...

my 10 year old won't eat hardly anything. Argh, it's maddening.

Was she always fond of trying new things, or is this a recent development?

[AlCzervik]

11. she's always been pretty easy to please and way adventurous, my husband travels alot

especially to China and to Prague and he eats the real deal all the time and he's been instrumental in her trying new foods. When she was little we always took her out to eat and by the time she was 6 she was ordering off the adult menus, one of the reasons is because i want her to be able to go out without us and enjoy her experience you know, napkin on your lap, please and thank you and that kind of thing. She will eat things i won't, i'm trying to expand my horizons a bit. We also have a rule---do not say "I don't like that" if you've haven't tried it at least twice. I'll give jellyfish another chance at a different place.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. I like jellyfish! But I don't know that I'd trust any non-Japanese to cook it.

[AlCzervik]

4. you know whats funny, when the waitress came back i asked her if she could please

tell what it was and she didn't know so she went to the kitchen and they told and she said "It's jellyfish, normally you would find that in Japanese cooking".

The people at the next table got the fish, the one where they fry head on and they went to town on that dishm it looked and smelled really good, next time i'm trying that.

[madeline_con]

5. Hubbytsays it wasn't prepared right.

He said he went to Atlanta with his boss years ago to buy a stove for thier Chinese restaurant. He said he ate jellyfish, and it was delish.

[AlCzervik]

7. this stuff looked pickled but didn't taste like it, it was jiggling on the plate.

it was 18 different kinds of wrong.

[TZ]

6. lol- I got "tricked" into eating jellyfish by a friend once

You are spot on about that god-awful texture..This was almost 10 years ago and I STILL remember it (my friend LOVES jellyfish)
:puke:

[Generic Brad]

12. Next time try the octopus

That is considerably firmer than the jellyfish.

[sniffa]

13. it wouLd be nice if you cared about poor foLks

instead of your seLfish jeLLyfish restaurants.

whiLe you were eating caviar i was Living in a van down by the river! without tv, but with internets access.

[AlCzervik]

14. i'm sorry. :-(

[tandot]

16. To think that you are missing out on these:

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/01/24/jellyfish_wideweb__470x457,0.jpg

[Shine]

15. I didn't even know jellyfish were edible

hmmmm....

Yeah, the texture thing would've grossed me out, too.

Maybe you should have some more Altoids. They're curiously strong, you know. :D

[AlCzervik]

18. ate 4 more and then i brushed again and then rinsed with Act, it's not even the taste

anymore it's the damn texture memory, every time i start forget i remember. Jellyfish--embedded forever.

[Shine]

22. Ewwwww...I feel for ya.

I have a friend who is absolutely and completely grossed out by the texture of bananas. She refuses to eat them. In fact, she doesn't like the texture of most fruits, strangely enough....and bananas are the worst, in her opinion.

To each, their own.

Maybe you should get some therapy to deal with the traumatic memory of the jellyfish texture. It sounds like you've got some PTSD goin' on there. :D

[SPKrazy]

17. ewwww

sorry

couldn't do that

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

19. i didn't mean to, it just kind of happened, it was like a gastronomical accident.

what a dumb ass i am, pickled ginger does not jiggle, that should have been enough of a clue for me. i will try it again someday, shakes fist in air!

[bridgit]

20. you da'man, please...have my share...

:puke:

[AlCzervik]

21. come on down! Peach Garden on Elk Grove Florin. the place was really good though

lots of actual chinese food and not just the american version and the building is new, i'll go back but i will not be ordering the "Po Po platter" again.

[bridgit]

24. hm, well OK, do they serve top shelf bourbon?

:bounce:

[AlCzervik]

25. i got a diet pepsi in a can, i'm thinking probably not but come and have a beer.

[bridgit]

27. know what, i'm going to take you up on that, we've been working a contract that has had us...

in the bay area, and will so, for the next week or so...if it's cool i'll pm you and hook it up, k? and oh btw...

after skidding round San Jose for the last two days? i am sooooooo glad to be back home :hi: :hi: :hi:

[AlCzervik]

28. excellent, i'm on my own next week because my daughter is going on her class

camping trip so monday through wed. would work out good for me. My husband just home from Cupertino, he's also very glad to be home.

[bridgit]

29. oh'ma gosh, the poor guy, he was right there too...we blew off Sunnyvale...

SF-Novato-Petaluma & points north till monday, as much as we may bitch about the area here...it is always so good to see the Sac skyline, i'll pm'ya by & by :pals:

[Richardo]

23. Yikes.

No thank you on the jellyfish. :-|

Other than that, how ya been, crs?

[AlCzervik]

26. fine, nothing to complain about really.

hope all is well for you.
:loveya:

[cuke]

30. I've had some pretty good jellyfish in Chinatown

It didn't wobble. It was gelatinous, but it was like a very stiff gelatin. It had a snap to it.