25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste?

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (Ort. Carlton.)

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:01:12 GMT

Dearfolk,
   One cannot help but wonder what Philadelphian grillmen/-women would have done with livermush. Perhaps it's a blessing that, although scrapple is abundant in Fluffia, livermush never made it that far north.
   Gee, I'll have to try that sometime and report back... livermush cooked with onions on a grill, then served with (my choice would be provolone) cheese on a Luna Bakery multi-grain wraparound bun... Philadelphia meets Charlotte, or something like that.
      Feeling Mush Better, Ort. Carlton in MIGHTY Damned Cold Athens, Georrrrrrgia.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (monkibonz)

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:42:06 GMT

I had Leo's once and never again! The meat was so ground up it was not recognizable as a cheesesteak, I did not care for the mouth-feel of this sandwich at all. There are much better places nearby, such as Franks, in
Darby.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (edwmax)

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:16:39 GMT

wanderingjew

By special request from Miami Don I have included the photo of the cheesteak from Lorenzo's.

This look much better! The topic photo looks like a fine sausage grind that should have been stuffed. http://www.roadfood.com/photos/13807.jpg

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (MiamiDon)

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:08:02 GMT

Thanks wanderingjew. That's the one I remembered! I know, I know, one cannot tell taste from a picture, but the roll and meat look good in that one.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:22:48 GMT

Don't like it chopped. Tried it once. Won't again.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (ellen4641)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:25:25 GMT

Lorenzo's, here I am!
I love when the steak has some of those crispy brown edges to it!

I agree with that Leo's pic! No thanks for me....

Chopped for me, baby.... with provolone, fried sweet peppers and onions ; hot peppers and mayo on the side...

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (Baah Ben)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:45:21 GMT

Ahh..We definitely do not have that roll here.......

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (CheeseWit)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:35:11 GMT

I took WJ to Leo's that day and told him in advance that I didn't agree with those that rave about Leo's cheesesteaks.
I've had much better and just as large cheesesteaks in many other places. They are bland, chopped too much, and not worth the trip in my opinion (and wandering jew's).

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (wanderingjew)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:52:45 GMT

By special request from Miami Don I have included the photo of the cheesteak from Lorenzo's.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (wanderingjew)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:06:26 GMT

Baah Ben

Maybe Leo's also tastes better than it looks?

No it really doesn't. It wasn't a bad cheesesteak, I just thought it was a bland cheesesteak.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (Baah Ben)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:04:04 GMT

Well, here at Famous Philly's in Port Orange and Palm Coast, Florida, they chop up the meat, onions, peppers, and mix in the cheese. It comes out like a molten mixture, too.

I thought JohnA took pretty good pictures of it. Could you call it a chopped up mess? I guess..but it really tastes good. Maybe Leo's also tastes better than it looks?

The photo of the sandwich from Leo's is one of the worst I've ever seen on this site. I'm sure Leo's would not be happy with that photo. Perhaps if it was a real close up shot, like John did, you could see all the ingredients and it would not look so disturbing.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (Foodbme)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:46:10 GMT

All I said was "That doesn't look right"

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (ann peeples)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:45:41 GMT

I found the picture a bit unappetizing-thought it was chopped liver spread on bread....

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (MiamiDon)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:25:05 GMT

I dug up wanderingjew's Philly cheese steak trip report, and discovered that he went to Leo's:

"Unfortunately bigger isn't always better and the meat which is basically hacked to death was somewhat bland, however this was definitely the largest cheesesteak of the trip- I had half of my sandwich and threw the rest out so I can enjoy my next stop."

http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/tm.aspx?m=389918&high=

This one that wj had at La Forno looks much better:

(The photo from his favorite at Lorenzo's is missing)

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (Greymo)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:30:12 GMT

My daughter in law looked at it and said "That meat looks like it has been chewed"

My ten year old granddaughter said "Gross"

For once in my life, when I looked at it, I was speechelss!

I have eaten many cheesesteaks in Phildelphia and never have seen one that looks like this.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (John Fox)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:59:51 GMT

It looks to me like a chili sandwich. I think I prefer the steak chopped rather than sliced, but not hacked to death.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (edwmax)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:28:49 GMT

I agree. It looks like it been cooked to death and fell apart, which I don't like.......reckon it been held that long in a hot warmer or crockpot. The meat looks to be dried out too.

Re:25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (John A)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:50:25 GMT

Does not look very appetizing to me either Don.

25 Jan 09 - Restaurant of the Day - Leo's - Cheese steak or Cheese paste? (MiamiDon)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:47:07 GMT

The photo of the sandwich from Leo's looks as though the "steak" has been worked so much on the grill that it has been reduced to a paste!

Is this a desirable thing in Philadelphia? I see that Leo's has been rated "No. 1" by someone or something.

Here's a link to the review for when it scrolls off the home page: http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=6268