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I just found a Korean restaurant, Dokebi in Williamsburg Brooklyn doing them. They're charging $3 for the Bershire pork taco and Kalbi taco, but they're supposed to be grass fed Black Angus, so the price seems fair.
They were pretty good. I've been back there twice in the same week. i'm about 14 tacos in right now... don't know when I'll get sick of em. but i totally stoked that they're doing them. I've gone in during happy hour and grabbed $3 pints of Dos Equis to wash them down.

@maxcriden: I don't have the energy to find it now, but I think someone in the New York Times made his own curry powder for this. It differs from an Indian curry, I believe. Just google around for it. I think it was Sam Sifton who did it.

Need some more roadfood?

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I didn't mean anything derisive by it. I just wanted to point out (to myself, mostly) that it shouldn't be surprising to find a high proportion of people who are unable to enjoy cilantro (and apparently it's a really foul taste for them) converging in a thread about food aversions.

Ie., if you're genetically predisposed to have a strong distaste for a flavour, and have experienced that distaste featured prominently in popular cuisines (Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese, etc), then sure, you may also have an interest in a thread on foods people dont like: you've had a real experience of it.

What's so wrong about that connection?

From what I've heard, this cilantro=soap thing is really strong. It was mystifying to me when I first met people who had this aversion (and I didn't know it had some physiological root). I can't think of another food/taste that, when disliked, is disliked with such intensity.

anything with monkey brain

Surprised no one has mentioned that the cilantro=soap thing is believed to be the result of an enzyme (not any supertasting abilities). I think it's more than 3%, of the population, but still a minority. I love the stuff.

Then again, shouldn't be surprised to find a lot of soap-tasters in a thread about hating food.

I have a tough time finding something I really want to eat on a German menu. The side dishes are good though.

I can't think of a single cuisine that I can't stand - I always manage to find something I like, no matter where I am, or what sort of restaurant it is. Then again, I'm also part of the cilantro lover's contingent. ;}

I would say, though, that I strongly object to a lot of the Americanization of cultural foods that are passed off as authentic here. It's difficult explaining to friends that Chinese food, or Italian food, or any number of other cuisines, taste completely different in the U.S. than they do in their country of origin.

The only food I don't like is the food I can't eat ;}

I have a tendency to dislike German food. The exception is their desserts!!! Just not a fan of all that sausage and potatoes and creamy stuff.

I have never met a food I couldnt like in some form. There is a way to fix just about everything to make it delicious. However there are those cuisines that make it impossible to enjoy eating the food. Such as Korean, so much can be said about the smell taste and site of rotten cabbage. I do not remember the name for it but that is the only thing I can think of where you can count me out.

The "soap" thing on cilantro is apparently genetic, just like the ability to be very cognizant of artificial sweeteners. The super-tasters vary in what they can or can't tolerate. I found that after a few experiences with cilantro, I could manage it nicely. When I thought I didn't like Indian food, I eventually figured out that fenugreek that was the specific spice that I didn't like. Now it doesn't bother me as it's snuck its way into a number of dishes I've tried. And I was the kid who was a really, really picky eater....

I am so glad that I'm not the only one who thinks cilantro tastes like soap! I HATE when "mexican" restaurants load piles of it on top of everything as a garnish. I like it just fine when it's mixed in dishes with other ingredients like ginger, onion & garlic.

-Malenky: Interesting fact about the "supertasters". Although I LOVE dark chocolate and have no issues with coffee.

As for me, Thai & Indian cuisine are not my favorites. Curry and I do not get along that well. Enough said :o)

I love everything! Though I can't stand fast food hamburgers, but I don't even know if that is real food... ;-)

I'm not a huge fan of Indian and Thai food (the former because garam masala and coriander, used in many dishes, don't appeal to me; the latter because I am not fond of peanuts or coconut used in savory dishes), but I have had both Indian and Thai dishes that I absolutely love. I can't imagine living without Mexican food, though I won't go out for it, for the most part, in NYC...though you won't find me cooking with cilantro, either. I guess it's hard for me to imagine that an entire culture's cuisine is without anything I would enjoy - that doesn't stand to reason - so I usually stick with it. Even the British make a fine toasted cheese sandwich!