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Been dying to try Jianbing, a popular street food in China but haven’t found it on any menus yet. Any chance anyone here’s seen it around?

I have family in town and we're looking for a good steak for a nice dinner. Here are some details that might help you narrow it down:

I know Manny's is like the best ever, but it's pricey. Their cheapest steak is $35 and it's like a la carte. Same with Strip Club.

Yet, not Outback. At that point, just GTFO.

So, maybe, let's say under $30 a person for food (a steak and a side or two). We won't be drinking alcohol (the wife and I love the stuff, but they're paying and they aren't drinkers).

Thoughts?

So just wanted to make formal I am working on a couple of cooking events for this summer. Basically a big Minneapolis BBQ but more elaborate and hopefully huge.

The jist: Find a park, invite a ton of people, everyone brings some raw ingredients to cook or grill, then eat.

Just a big BBQ basically, hopefully with some flair but really just trying to be unpretentious and simple, hopefully with plenty of libations.

Date and Time I will be on-site starting the soup by noon, and it won't finish until 6pm. Hopefully the other items can entertain until then.

*Saturday, June 11th @ 2pm - 9pm This way people can hit the farmers market if they like maybe.

Location

In NE Mpls. I will post my Google Talk number the day of, call or text it for the addy. It will be in a private residence.

Entrée Goals

Anything is welcome, bring it and we will prep and cook it somehow. Nothing is set in stone, and nothing will go to plan. Any suggestions or addendum's are welcome. Below are the items I think will work well for a contributory style cook-off.

• Chicken & Rice with Veggies and Pork Stock

• Grilled Pizza

• Falafel Pitas

• Juicy Lucy's, Fish Cakes, or Lamb Burgers

• Grilled Veggies

• Meat

Entrée Check List

Chicken & Rice with Veggies and Pork Stock

• a big honkin' soup pot - catwok;

• Soup stock items (chicken feet or wings, pig neck bones, ham hocks, smoked bacon or smoked pork belly) - catwok;

• Bok choy - catwok;

• Cabbage - catwok;

• Carrots - catwok;

• Yellow Onions - catwok;

• Green Onions - catwok;

• Jasmine Rice

Grilled PIzza

• 2 dozen 10'" doughs, fresh - catwok

• mozzarella

• pizza sauce

• meat toppings

• veggies toppings - [red pepper, asparagus: catwok];

• alternative sauces (ie white, pesto, oil, etc) - [olive oil - catwok]

Falafel Pitas

• Scratch Falafel - catwok

• Taziki Sauce - catwok

• Crescent Moon Pita

• Tomatos

• Cucumber

• Red Onion

• Shredded Cabbage

• Amba Sauce

Juicy Lucy's, Fish Cakes, Lamb Burgers

This is a suggestion or source for inspiration. I just figured this would be a natural goto for people.

• Keep me posted

Grilled Veggies

• Corn - catwok

• onions - catwok

Other easily forgotten details or items that might be good. Suggestions welcome

• Bucket and mild bleach solution - catwok;

• Tea Towels (any service industry workers get us a hookup? We'll give them back!)

• Plates, , and Utensils - any suggestions on doing this without much waste?

• Bowls

• Utensils

Condiments (anyone want to hit up a McD's ;)

• Ketchup and Mustard (will there be dogs and burgers?)

• Sriracha

• Pickles?, any picklers out there?

Drinks

• Homemade lemonade?

• Beer! If we can really get our shit together it might be possible to go down on a keg, but this could be asking for trouble. Lets just stick to cases for the time being.

Treats

• Brownies? or whatevs, let us know.

• Popsicles!?

Looking for that rich creamy broth!

Below is an on going compilation of food truck purveyors in the Greater Twin Cities. It will serve as sidebar content here and for other's convenience. Please add in the comments anyone missed or not featured.

City Pages' Minneapolis Food Truck Map

Heavy Table's MSP Food Truck Compilation

[In progress]

Todo:

• Form list of current local food trucks as of Aug 2011

• Make links to Truck's

  • WWW

  • Typical Times & Location

  • Twitter / Facebook / Google+

  • Menu via Imagur

• Look at putting a watch on web content for menu changes

• iCal subscrition for truck schedules (?)