FEEDING MY FACE

Funny how listing things makes you start thinking of listing

things.  While doing the bucket list, more lists started to emerge.

Favorite this, best that, wish I did, wish I didn't.  I don't  have

many vices, some bad habits, just one obsession.  FOOD.

My family didn't think twice about hopping in the car and 

driving a couple of hours in any direction to eat.  Buchner's 

in Barnesville for family style Southern cooking.  The

Lighthouse in Griffin for catfish.  My brother and I still do

that.  That's the one thing we have in common, our inherited

need to feed.  We both go to our own places no matter where

or when.  Another thing we have in common is that we don't

mind going alone.  No witnesses.  It didn't matter where I've 

lived, if I found something good to eat, you can bet I'd be there.

There was nothing to eat in Colorado.  I had to drive 2 hours

to the Apple Tree Restaurant in Taos, New Mexico to have

a Grilled Salmon Salad.  

Plate Lunches, Hawaii

To live in Hawaii you have love food.  Hawaii is multi-

cultural and the food is the same way.  Any restaurant, party,

or event will have food to satisfy  such a diverse group of

 people.  I could do a list of the most amazing things I've 

eaten there.   For now, here's the best about living there.

Plate Lunches. It's not only for lunch.  It's a variety of food

served on paper plates, either to be eaten there or to go.

My favorite place to get Plate Lunches was at the beach,

any beach, anytime.  Lunch wagons would have just about

anything you'd want, just a beach towel away.

The basic plate lunch would have 2 scoops of rice, macaroni salad,

with your choice of entree'.  Pictured below is Kalua Pig and 

Cabbage.  In the cups, Lomi Salmon, Poi, and Haupia.

Doesn't it make you want to hop on a plane?

Well you don't have to.  Waikikie Hawaiian BBQ on 

Briarcliff just off of Lavista Road is closer.  I drove four hours

to Denver to get Hawaiian Plate Lunches at the L&L Drive-In,

 a well known restaurant chain in Hawaii. 

A Blast from the Past is Pizza Villa in Lagrange.  It was 

featured in my college post.

Shaved Ice, Hawaii

  It's called Shaved Ice there, snow cones here.

Same thing but the ice is finer and syrup is not all you get.

There's different choices of what you can put in it.  My favorite 

is ice cream on the bottom, then shaved ice, and anywhere 

from one flavor to a rainbow.  Another favorite is a Japanese

concoction with a sweet syrupy taste called Azuki Beans.  

People line up at these groceries, lunch wagons, etc., any day

of the week.  Tour buses stop at some of the more famous places,

mainly in Haleiwa, on the North Shore of Oahu, as they tour

the island.

Just one of the locals and a tourist.

The Pink House in Savannah, Georgia

It's a converted mansion in one of the beautiful squares there. 

It's fine dining at it's best.  Old world charm, romantic candle

light, with original wooden floors that echo every footstep

throughout the rooms.  Black Turtle Bean Soup, Stuffed Trout

en Papillote, and the famous Pink House Trifle.  I'm getting in

my car now.

The Dillard House

The Dillard House in Dillard, Georgia.  A two and a half hour

drive, but worth it.  Family style dining with a breath-taking view.

The restaurant is like a lodge with huge glass paned windows.

There's a hotel, cabins, riding stables, a petting zoo.  The surrounding

towns have great shopping.   Their Christmas tree and decorations

during the holidays make it even more special.  Even better is that

 you get to take what you don't finish with you.  So pretend you're

 really hungry, order up, back your chair up, rub your tummy, and

 say, "I'm full, can I get this to go."  It works every time.

I'm about to back my chair up.

The Big Texan, Amarillo, Texas.

Theres more bull here than you can see.  Sorry Santa.

It's a huge steak place famous for customers trying to wolf 

down a 72oz. steak and the fixin's in a hour.  The property

has hotel rooms with fronts that look like an old western 

town. I've been there several times and the T-Bone does not

disappoint.  If you're interested, theres rattlesnake on the menu.

What's the point, it tastes like chicken, why not get chicken.

Another blast from the past.

Shoney's Big Boy

Just a shout out from my time there during high school.

The Trifecta of Southern delights.

Any time, anywhere.  24 Hours worth of heaven.

Politically correct or not, it's about the Dwarf House

in Hapeville, Georgia.  They used to have the best Chocolate 

Pie until the lady who made them retired in 1991.   

The Varsity, downtown Atlanta.

The one place my brother and I continue to frequent.

If I'm downtown this is going down...

There's a show on Bravo called Inside the Actor's Studio.

The host, James Lipton, asks his guests questions from a questionnaire 

by some French dude.  The last question is "What would you want 

God to say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?"

My answer would be, "You're just in time for dinner."

2013