http://robertbatley.com/2010/07/philadelphia-cheese-steaks/ Singer/Songwriter - South London Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://robertbatley.com/2010/07/philadelphia-cheese-steaks/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Ladies and Sausages | The New Jonny Transit Blog Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:51:40 +0000 http://robertbatley.com/?p=154#comment-55 [...] * It’s touristy and glutinous, but, just the same, a trip to rival cheesestake emporiums Gino’s and Pat’s really does make a day-trip to Philadelphia many times more memorable. Both were delicious, both involved a very long wait in line, and both felt like an authentically old-fashioned thrill: meat, salt, cheese, bread, nothing more, nothing less. Comparing was hot work in 100-degree heat… but you do what you must. The better cheesestake? Gino’s, I’d suggest – but only for a reason quite possibly particular to me: at Pat’s there was a surfeit of meat. (For more exhaustive detail, I simply have to point you here.) [...] [...] * It’s touristy and glutinous, but, just the same, a trip to rival cheesestake emporiums Gino’s and Pat’s really does make a day-trip to Philadelphia many times more memorable. Both were delicious, both involved a very long wait in line, and both felt like an authentically old-fashioned thrill: meat, salt, cheese, bread, nothing more, nothing less. Comparing was hot work in 100-degree heat… but you do what you must. The better cheesestake? Gino’s, I’d suggest – but only for a reason quite possibly particular to me: at Pat’s there was a surfeit of meat. (For more exhaustive detail, I simply have to point you here.) [...]

]]> http://robertbatley.com/2010/07/philadelphia-cheese-steaks/comment-page-1/#comment-41 newjonnytransit Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:28:55 +0000 http://robertbatley.com/?p=154#comment-41 Schoolboy errors are the best kind - but, agreed, provolone was definitely the better cheese selection. Great blog, sir... 'Lights Out' Lidge deserves to become the new 'Brokeback' Jeter! Schoolboy errors are the best kind – but, agreed, provolone was definitely the better cheese selection. Great blog, sir… ‘Lights Out’ Lidge deserves to become the new ‘Brokeback’ Jeter!

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