MVF Nation vs. New Haven

[Wolfman]

Running diary...just flipped from the end of the Bruins game (10 wins in a row!) to Man Vs. Food Nation and they happen to be in our favorite city, New Haven...

...first up: Louie\'s Lunch, featuring the burgers.  Adam and the owner are going over how to order a burger at Louie\'s Lunch.

10:05 To be honest, the burger does not look impressive, especailly compared to other MVF burgers.  The white bread looks weak compared to a bun.

10:06 Introducing the Yale-undergrad guest eater: King Hungry the Eighth.  I might not make it to the end of the episode...

10:10  Adam goes over the pronunciation of "A-beetz".  Nice.  Thought he would go for Sally\'s, but he goes to Modern.  Sally\'s is the best, but I like when the other places get their due.

10:11 The clams casino apizza at Modern gets the feature... along with "Billy Modern" (Modern\'s owner) making the clams casino apizza.

10:13 TV does not do New Haven apizza justice.  We all know that it is so good, but it doesn\'t translate well to TV because it kind of looks normal.  It\'s not over the top in appearance at all, which hurts in HD.  I don\'t think anyone from another part of the country would be convinced how good New Haven apizza is by watching this and hearing Adam say how good it is.

10:19 Caseus Cheese Truck for the challenge.  Never heard of it.  Anyone have any experience with it?

10:20  Challenge = 10 grilled cheese sandwiches with toppings (6 lbs) in one hour.  Prize = you get to name a sandwich and you get free grilled cheese for a year.  I would give this a difficulty rating of 8/10.  I rate the prize an 9.5/10 because it is almost unheard of to win that much free food.  Usually it\'s just a T-shirt.  The permanent props of the named sandwich plus the rare perk of a year of grilled cheese is a sweet prize.  By no means will this be easy, but it\'s worth a shot.  This has the makings of a good challenge segment of the show...high difficulty, high reward.

10:21 Only one person has completed the challenge in "dozens of attempts".

10:27 Kid has downed 5 sangwiches in 15 minutes.  Nice start, but a long way  to go.

10:28 Not looking good

10:29 he taps out on the 8th sandwich.  Weak without puking.  You at least should get yourself to puke.

[bezerker]

did they mention how they look like they want to kill you when you are ordering ?

[Wolfman]

did they mention how they look like they want to kill you when you are ordering ?

They alluded to it but they made it seem much less serious than it is.

[skalnbyc]

10:13 TV does not do New Haven apizza justice.  We all know that it is so good, but it doesn\'t translate well to TV because it kind of looks normal.  It\'s not over the top in appearance at all, which hurts in HD.  I don\'t think anyone from another part of the country would be convinced how good New Haven apizza is by watching this and hearing Adam say how good it is.

It also doesn\'t look very special in the photos on Yelp

[wildcoyote]

10:05 To be honest, the burger does not look impressive, especailly compared to other MVF burgers.  The white bread looks weak compared to a bun.

The white bread is weak. It also does a piss poor job of keeping burger juice off of your hands. Take napkins. Lots of them.  What seperates Louie\'s is the preparation of the meat. They got about as if preparing a filet mignon and it shows.  
As for the service, I\'ve learned to cut those guys some slack. It\'s the smallest possible kitchen and they\'re cranking out burgers at a furios pace. They\'re essentially sweat shop employees.

10:19 Caseus Cheese Truck for the challenge.  Never heard of it.  Anyone have any experience with it?

Never ate from the Cheese Truck, but have eaten at the Caseus restaurant (Trumbull and Whitney).  I was out of my element. The menu is mostly an array of fine cheeses, intended for cheese coniseurs.  My eating there was a kin to giving a 20 year old natty light drinking college kid a glass of Johnny Walker Blue. If you\'re really in to cheese, I understand its the place to go. If not, it\'s best skipped.