The Cheap Ass Food Report: A New Weekly Column

I have decided my love of food and my love of being a cheap ass must combined into a new weekly column where I rate cheap restaurants in my neighborhood (old favies to new ones)

I was recently introduced to a sandwich shop that has taken over my mind...which is normally over run by the thought of burritos....

Num Pang is a very small Vietnamese sandwich shop located in Greenich village on 12th St right off of University Place. The sandwiches are not very traditional but holy crap I can't stop thinking about them. I have only had the roast pork belly and the brisket, but based on these two sandwiches alone, I am sure they are all delicious, and at $7.50 that are the best damn lunch or dinner a small amount of money can buy.

photo credit - roast pork belly with pear

Ok, so I didn't take that picture...I brought my camera with all intentions of it, but right when I saw that sandwich there was absolutely no time to take a picture before it was in my mouth.

Num Pang

Deliciousness - *****

Price - $

The Gift that Keeps on Giving and giving and giving and giving...Seriously no More Meat for Me

My roommate's brother gave him a giant feast of meat for Christmas...well late Christmas. So on Saturday we made a giant giant dinner of BBQ: jalepeño slow cooked brisket, two racks of ribs, two different types of sausages, Deb Dog's special potato salad, baked beans with a lattice work of bacon, cole slaw, and pecan pie.

Needless to say there was a lot of food to be eaten, and we have been eating it for every meal since....it wasn't until after we made it all did we see the part in the brochure that said serves 30...there were four of us.

a very full oven

baked beans with lattice work of bacon

jalepeño slow cooked brisket

after the feast

The Blue Marlin Plates also made a very fine showing at the feast, shinningly happy and covered in meat. We all know how much I love meat and delicious free meals...but seriously I'm on a brisket overload...

Also I'm finally putting up some not crappy webcam pictures...thanks to the roomie's new Nikon...and perhapse I have a new camera coming in the mail as well...