46 replies to this topic

[Uncle Bobby B]

Anyone know of any pig out's in the Lothian's similar to the places you see in Man vs Food?  I know we won't find places as extreme as the American diners, just looking for places for a mass feast.

[tommythejambo]

I'm really interested to see if anyone comes up with anything.

I want to do a food challenge that isn't just the hottest curry or whatever.

This was just an extended bump.

[Hal Wilkerson]

Yeah im also keen, Always wondered why we dont see or hear about these kind of things over here? I cant think of anywhere in edinburgh where you go, Go to (insert name of place here) and try their (insert scran here) anyone know of any?

Edited by Karl.Pilkington, 30 May 2012 - 10:19 PM.

[andy-y]

i've always fancied attempting a whole Costco pizza

[The People's Chimp]

Taco Mazama in Glasgow do a Burrito called a Conquistador. It's a double burrito and is massive. It's a tenner. Anyway, on a tuesday night they do a double conquistador, for £15, and they time you eating it - best time is apparently just shy of ten minutes. If you beat that, you get it for free and a discount on all future food.

[Robert Griffin III]

 The People, on 30 May 2012 - 11:02 PM, said:

Taco Mazama in Glasgow do a Burrito called a Conquistador. It's a double burrito and is massive. It's a tenner. Anyway, on a tuesday night they do a double conquistador, for £15, and they time you eating it - best time is apparently just shy of ten minutes. If you beat that, you get it for free and a discount on all future food.

Hmmm....interesting.

[The People's Chimp]

 Donald., on 30 May 2012 - 11:06 PM, said:

Hmmm....interesting.

:interesting:

Looking forward to building up an appetite and then blowing the current record out of the water.

Spoiler

[Bert Le Clos]

There was a place in the news a few months back where 3 people had to go to hospital after a curry/chilli eating competition.

Can't remember what it was called though. A google search should find it pretty easily.

[Pohang Jambo]

Back in High School many years ago, me and my mates used to weekly rotate our Friday after school mass scoff. Used to rotate between Pizza Hut all you can eat buffet and Jimmy Chungs

Edited by Pohang Jambo, 31 May 2012 - 09:59 AM.

[Robert Griffin III]

 Kim Jong Il, on 31 May 2012 - 09:52 AM, said:

There was a place in the news a few months back where 3 people had to go to hospital after a curry/chilli eating competition.

Can't remember what it was called though. A google search should find it pretty easily.J

Kismet killer

[Dexter]

Harry Ramsden's used to do a Fish and Chips Challenge....

If I recall correctly - it was a humungous piece of haddock and a ridiculous amount of chips.....

[kirkwood69]

 Dexter, on 31 May 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

Harry Ramsden's used to do a Fish and Chips Challenge....

If I recall correctly - it was a humungous piece of haddock and a ridiculous amount of chips.....

According to Roy Keane's book, Jack Charlton used to take the Ireland team for Harry's Challenge days before internationals

[Boris]

 Karl.Pilkington, on 30 May 2012 - 10:19 PM, said:

Yeah im also keen, Always wondered why we dont see or hear about these kind of things over here? I cant think of anywhere in edinburgh where you go, Go to (insert name of place here) and try their (insert scran here) anyone know of any?

Because we are civilised, unlike our colonial cousins?

 The People, on 30 May 2012 - 11:02 PM, said:

Taco Mazama in Glasgow do a Burrito called a Conquistador. It's a double burrito and is massive. It's a tenner. Anyway, on a tuesday night they do a double conquistador, for £15, and they time you eating it - best time is apparently just shy of ten minutes. If you beat that, you get it for free and a discount on all future food.

I don't get this.

Why on earth would anyone want to stuff themsleves in under ten minutes just so they can save 15 notes?

I always thought eating was more than merely fuelling the body, and if you are going out and paying someone to cook for you then I'd want to take my time and enjoy what is presented to me.

I suppose though, I just don't get it....

[blondejamtart]

I'm with Boris on this one - that Man v Food makes me feel ill just watching it!

[Vlad-Stupid]

Dunno why anyone would want to eat food with no nutritional value in an excess quantity either tbh.

[Boris]

 Deal With It, on 31 May 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:

Dunno why anyone would want to eat food with no nutritional value in an excess quantity either tbh.

I may take my time and savour the process, but when eating it's all about the taste for me.  

Nutritional value, whilst relevant, doesn't register as highly as taste.

[andy-y]

 Kim Jong Il, on 31 May 2012 - 09:52 AM, said:

There was a place in the news a few months back where 3 people had to go to hospital after a curry/chilli eating competition.

Can't remember what it was called though. A google search should find it pretty easily.

Yeah that's the kismott killer and I can confirm its unbelievably hot. I had to go outside and cry after a couple of spoonfuls. I would not wish that pain on anyone.

[Freebird]

Illegal Jacks on Lothian Road. The Krueger Challenge...

Edited by Freebird, 31 May 2012 - 01:30 PM.

[Boomstick]

The Waterline down at the shore in Leith have a burger challenge.

Not sure if its any good though.

[number-16]

The Ashvale in Abeddeen has the Ashvale Whale challenge.

[reaths17]

the drummond hotel used to do a mixed grill, if you ate it all you got it free, the baked tattie was the last straw for me, no sure a baked tattie should've been included in a mixed grill though.
dont think the hotels there anymore, at least i've no heard it mentioned for a long while.

[Ribble]

Not so much of a challenge just great value for money if you are a fat bassa! The Unlimited Banquet at Chop Chop, they give you a selection of dishes for £18 but you can order as many repeats of the dishes as you want for up to 2 hours! Also the food is amazingly good!

Kismot Killer is a very very hot curry but no idea how people ended up in hospital after eating it? Surely if you are going to attempt it then you should be comfortable scoffing a Ceylon or Vindaloo and the Kismot isn't hospitalisation levels of chilli above that, only thing I can thing of is that folk that normally eat Korma attempted it! Sure the Kismot are still using UK grown Dorset Naga's which despite being one of the hottest varieties in the world, when grown commercially in the UK it doesn't get anywhere near the reported million scoville units!

Edited by Ribble, 31 May 2012 - 02:41 PM.

[southampton jambo]

Wheres this Chop Chop place?

[The People's Chimp]

 Boris, on 31 May 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:

Because we are civilised, unlike our colonial cousins?



I don't get this.

Why on earth would anyone want to stuff themsleves in under ten minutes just so they can save 15 notes?

I always thought eating was more than merely fuelling the body, and if you are going out and paying someone to cook for you then I'd want to take my time and enjoy what is presented to me.

I suppose though, I just don't get it....

I suppose it's not really about the 15 notes  but the massive scran. I don't know about you but when I cook chilli and get the flour tortillas out, and start rolling burritos, I can barely stop until I'm a rotund, sweating mess lying on the floor needing to be rolled to the couch for some air. So from that point of view the Conquistador challenge could be seen as being a bit of light entertainment.

[Boris]

 The People, on 31 May 2012 - 03:14 PM, said:

I suppose it's not really about the 15 notes  but the massive scran. I don't know about you but when I cook chilli and get the flour tortillas out, and start rolling burritos, I can barely stop until I'm a rotund, sweating mess lying on the floor needing to be rolled to the couch for some air. So from that point of view the Conquistador challenge could be seen as being a bit of light entertainment.

Nowt wrong with that, but do you time yourself and try to do it as quick as possible?  That's the bit I don't get.

[andy-y]

 Freebird, on 31 May 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

Illegal Jacks on Lothian Road. The Krueger Challenge...

I was in here the other night. Nice steak burrito. The wee haggis minis were decent too. So what's the Krueger challenge?

[Ribble]

 southampton jambo, on 31 May 2012 - 03:12 PM, said:

Wheres this Chop Chop place?

There are actually 2 in Edinburgh, 1 in Glasgow and Possibly 1 in Aberdeen!

The Edinburgh ones are on Morrison Street Between Dianes and the Spiders Web and the newer fancier one is on Commercial Street in Leith!

[Freebird]

 andy-y, on 31 May 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

I was in here the other night. Nice steak burrito. The wee haggis minis were decent too. So what's the Krueger challenge?

A burrito made with 3 (I think) tortillas. It fookin' massive. Stuffed with everything too. My mate, who can have 5 full platefuls in Jimmy Chungs easily (I've seen it, unfortunately) only got about 3/4's of the way through.

Jack's is a great place though, try the carnitas next time!

[andy-y]

I will do. Have been known to eat 20 slices at pizza hut buffet. Theres something weird about Mexican food that fills the belly quickly. The beans, the rice it all adds up.

[Das Root]

Some of the Man v Food stuff looks immense, would be good to have it over hear tbh.  Pizza, chips, curry etc can all get a bit boring.

[HMFC4ME]

 Ribble, on 31 May 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

Not so much of a challenge just great value for money if you are a fat bassa! The Unlimited Banquet at Chop Chop, they give you a selection of dishes for £18 but you can order as many repeats of the dishes as you want for up to 2 hours! Also the food is amazingly good!

Kismot Killer is a very very hot curry but no idea how people ended up in hospital after eating it? Surely if you are going to attempt it then you should be comfortable scoffing a Ceylon or Vindaloo and the Kismot isn't hospitalisation levels of chilli above that, only thing I can thing of is that folk that normally eat Korma attempted it! Sure the Kismot are still using UK grown Dorset Naga's which despite being one of the hottest varieties in the world, when grown commercially in the UK it doesn't get anywhere near the reported million scoville units!

I was at Chop Chop recently and got the unlimited banquet, I was severely disappointed!
everytime we ordered a dish it took about 20 mins to be served and the portions werent big enough(group of 12 of us got 2 plates of 8 items).
I left Hungry

[BarneyBattles]

 HMFC4ME, on 31 May 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

I was at Chop Chop recently and got the unlimited banquet, I was severely disappointed!
everytime we ordered a dish it took about 20 mins to be served and the portions werent big enough(group of 12 of us got 2 plates of 8 items).
I left Hungry

Same here. My first and last time in chop chop. Food was nothing special, servings were miniscule for the price paid and they had the cheek to add a 10% service charge for a table of TWO.

[conn artist]

 BarneyBattles, on 31 May 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

Same here. My first and last time in chop chop. Food was nothing special, servings were miniscule for the price paid and they had the cheek to add a 10% service charge for a table of TWO.

chop chop is pish. I have eaten there a few times and never really had enough or liked it all that much and the service is hap hazard at best. dunno why its so highly rated.

back to the OP - never had it but there is a pizza shop at goldenacre that does a 1metre square pizza. £30 and needs to be ordered the day before.

[jackal]

Pizza Bazaar

[johnmitchell]

 number-16, on 31 May 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

The Ashvale in Abeddeen has the Ashvale Whale challenge.

This'll be the fella here then, doesn't look too big to be honest, but looks delicious!  

[mattyw_1874]

The homemade burger company in Ocean Terminal is somewhere I have been that does massive burgers. Nothing compared to Man vs Food but pretty big.

[poloaa009]

Taco Mazama in Glasgow do a Burrito called a Conquistador. It's a double burrito and is massive.

[LeylandJambo]

 Das Root, on 31 May 2012 - 04:22 PM, said:

Some of the Man v Food stuff looks immense, would be good to have it over hear tbh.  Pizza, chips, curry etc can all get a bit boring.

Brilliant tv imo. Although I'm pretty sure the guys got a death wish.

[The People's Chimp]

 Boris, on 31 May 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:

Nowt wrong with that, but do you time yourself and try to do it as quick as possible?  That's the bit I don't get.

It wouldn't be my cup of tea either, maybe a  one off, but as you say, you miss out on all the best of eating - i.e. the taste - and are left feeling sick. Not exactly a great plan.

[Ribble]

 HMFC4ME, on 31 May 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

I was at Chop Chop recently and got the unlimited banquet, I was severely disappointed!
everytime we ordered a dish it took about 20 mins to be served and the portions werent big enough(group of 12 of us got 2 plates of 8 items).
I left Hungry

Chop Chop serve your meal in a traditional chinese buffet style which means that you get each dish as it is ready so you would have got 2 plates of 8 dumplings (8 dumplings per serving) as that what was ready first!

Oh and if anyone is going to Chop Chop in the near future I have a voucher for £5 off per head* Sunday to Thursday or £3 on a Friday or Saturday, drop me a pm and I will give you the voucher number. *makes the unlimited banquet £13.05 each

[Lovecraft]

A place called Ahmed's Tandoori in Edinburgh along Newhaven Road.

http://edinburghmenu...akeaway_eh64bs/

Order the special kebab, around £8 I think.

It is basically a giant pile of meat, doner, chicken, spicy beef and other dead things all rolled up in a giant nan bread.  It weighs a ton.

I usually get one when I am too hungover to go out for food, and it usually lasts me 2 days.

They also have munchie boxes.

Edited by Lovecraft, 01 June 2012 - 10:21 AM.

[HMFC4ME]

 Ribble, on 01 June 2012 - 09:22 AM, said:

Chop Chop serve your meal in a traditional chinese buffet style which means that you get each dish as it is ready so you would have got 2 plates of 8 dumplings (8 dumplings per serving) as that what was ready first!

Oh and if anyone is going to Chop Chop in the near future I have a voucher for £5 off per head* Sunday to Thursday or £3 on a Friday or Saturday, drop me a pm and I will give you the voucher number. *makes the unlimited banquet £13.05 each

definitely not great for a large group then, 20 mins for a dish and it gets eaten within 30 seconds

[Morph]

Feck knows how big that burrito is at taco mazama.  I normally get a half burrito when i get of the tube and it's a fair size

[Jamboelite]

The waterline is doing 18oz  burger with chilli, bacon and cheese and fries if you complete it you get your name on the board and £5 off voucher think its £11 for the burger.

[Dennis Raeder]

 Lovecraft, on 01 June 2012 - 10:20 AM, said:

A place called Ahmed's Tandoori in Edinburgh along Newhaven Road.

http://edinburghmenu...akeaway_eh64bs/

Order the special kebab, around £8 I think.

It is basically a giant pile of meat, doner, chicken, spicy beef and other dead things all rolled up in a giant nan bread.  It weighs a ton.

I usually get one when I am too hungover to go out for food, and it usually lasts me 2 days.

They also have munchie boxes.

The Jaflong beside the Longstone Inn do the same thing. I tried it, was pretty good, but could not eat all of it.

Andy

[janjo1874]

Iv tackled the jaflong special 3 times
Finished it the first time, put in a crackin effort the second time but the 3rd time the donner meat in it was a disgrace. Absolutely rotten. Never had anything from there since


Sent from my iPhone

[Ribble]

 HMFC4ME, on 02 June 2012 - 09:40 PM, said:

definitely not great for a large group then, 20 mins for a dish and it gets eaten within 30 seconds

To be honest I have never had to wait 20 mins, last time I went there was 15 of us and we got maybe 6-7 dishes to begin with and they followed it up with 2-3 fresh dishes every 5-10 mins. Nobody could eat another morsel by the end of the meal.