Your Drunken Desires Have Been Answered
John of Cho Tabetai outlines the steps for properly constructing and eating a Philly Taco, down to the eateries from which you must source your key ingredients: cheesesteak houses and pizzerias. Although beer is not an ingredient in the taco, it's necessary to produce the state of drunkenness required to appreciate the essence of the Philly Taco. For those of us who don't live in Philly, you can make an imitation by following these steps:
1. Get hammered.
2. Obtain cheesesteak.
3. Obtain plain slice of pizza.
4. Roll the cheesesteak into the slice.
5. If you have managed to get to this step while intoxicated, reward yourself by eating your "taco."
Gross or intriguing? I'll try anything once.
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6 Comments:
You forgot Step 6: call ambulance to take you DIRECTLY to the Cardiac Care Unit.
briank at 12:37PM on 06/19/07
"I'll try anything once"--That's the way I feel when I'm in Philly, too.
annien at 1:00PM on 06/19/07
the local pizzeria in madison, wi makes a wonderful pizza fashioned after the philly cheesesteak. actually, it is basically an open face-sandwich in pizza form - white sauce for tomato sauce, lots of cheese, peppers, and steak - but i'm not complaining.
mlo at 1:20PM on 06/19/07
@briank: Oh yeaah. And the Step 7: GREASY DEATH!!!
@annien: I've never actually been to Philly! Someday I shall find out.
@mlo: I'd totally eat that.
roboppy at 4:03PM on 06/19/07
f* ishkabibble's.. gotta use the jim's steak for this one. it too is a stone's throw away from lorenzo+.. but who am i to judge? i was only a short-timer in philly... you will certainly need a yuengling on hand to wash this beast down.
and for those who care:
genuine philly cheesesteak: 1200 cals
1 jumbo slice: 613 cals
= 1813! holy mother of christ!!!
goodbyeohio at 7:05PM on 06/20/07
I'm embarrassed to admit that friends of mine have actually done this although we refer to it as the South Philly Special. They used a half of a Jim's Steak and a slice of Lorenzo's pizza - the only slice that's really big enough to house a half of a cheesesteak. They also went for more of a fold than a roll.
I guess more than embarrassed I'm bummed that I missed it. Luckily we frequently drink too much and I'm sure there will be more of these in the future.
eatingoodinthehood at 9:28PM on 07/15/08