NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:27:19 EDT Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:27:13 -0600 Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu austin.food:3613 John R. wrote in message ... >Around here, you CAN get subs that TASTE right (the Thundercloud chain has >it exactly right for flavor and bread-texture, for instance), but the word >"overstuffed" is thrown around as a joke, it seems. I'm used to a thick >strata of cold cuts on a good sub - a sub isn't "overstuffed" unless >there's at LEAST an ounce of meat per inch of roll. Here (and throughout >the midwest) sandwiches are puny, lean little things. Have to order triple >meat to even approach the real thing. I'll respectfully disagree. I'm really unimpressed with Thundercloud; it's mediocre at best. My idea of a really good sub is the simple ones prepared by Antone's in Houston; just the right amount of tangy flavor, and the bread is much chewier than what you find here. (If anyone makes the trek, make sure you go to a real Antones, now called "Mama Antones", and located on S. Main near the Astrodome. They've started franchising, and the new slick stores aren't as good as the real thing.) >Apart from subs, I've found a few decent Ruebens and such, but again, >they're either puny or overpriced. Doesn't seem to be a middle ground. Agreed. Jason's Deli does it about as well as is done here.
Austin, TX