.
.
.
I had not visited the Philly area for about 10 years when I went down there
in 1981 to hook up with a friend who had stopped there.
.
.
When they have "Best of Philly" competitions, the cheesesteak category is
something of a joke... I never found a single neighborhood joint that didn't
make a phenomenol cheesesteak.
.
.
.
On this trip. the MOMENT I arrived, I asked for the nearest cheesestead &
hoagie place. I ordered TWO pizza steaks (my favorite).
.
.
.
I had forgotten how ENORMOUS and packed with meat and cheese they
were. I could barely finish one of them.
.
There's a coupla places here in Tucson now that'll do 'em justice (there
weren't ANY up 'til about 10 years ago), but they're scrawny cousins of
the legendary REAL Philly cheesesteaks.
.
.
.
Once, I had to book a flight to Tucson at the last minute and it was a
3-leg flight and NONE of the legs served a meal. I had bought and was
bringing a hoagie to MiddleFingerMomDad and on the third leg of the
flight, came THIS close to telling him that I could only afford to bring
him half-a-hoagie.
.
.
.
= new reply since forum marked as read
