Thursday, January 17, 2008

"Get me ..!"

If you've watched your television for more than 10 minutes over the past month or so, you've most likely seen the Burger King commercials in which patrons are told that Whopper sandwiches have been discontinued. Some of the patrons express mild shock ("Oh, no!" they says), and some freak out ("Get me a Whopper!"). I would do neither because I would never believe that Burger King removed the Whopper from its menu.

That said, the Tennessean has asked readers to send via e-mail the dishes they would miss most from area menus. The French bread burger at Rotier's is one suggestion the Tennessean gives, and it's a damn fine suggestion at that. Here're some of the Nashville-area menu items I'd make as ass out of myself over upon learning that they'd been discontinued:

Hot wings at Neely's
Lomo Saltado at El Inca Peruvian Restaurant
Phở at Vinh-Long or King Market Café
Matzo ball soup at Noshville
Turnip Greens at Dan's Café
Mushroom and Swiss burger at Sports Page
Hot and sour soup at Your Choice Restaurant
Extra-hot breast quarter at Prince's Hot Chicken
Moo Pau Prig at Siam Café
Ribs at Mary's Old Fashioned Pit BBQ

Send your can't-live-without menu item, along with your name and daytime phone number, to food@tennessean.com.

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