Alice fell down the rabbit hole and somehow found herself in another land full of beef, Tex-Mex and cheap liquor! Some might call it heaven, others just call it Texas.
Alice, or as we used to call her Utbi, is a childhood friend from California. Her parents were good friends with my parents back in Vietnam! Alice's dad sewed up my mom's finger when she ran it through a sugar cane press machine way back when! So yeah, we're basically family.
We don't get to see each other often (last time was summer 2008), but when we do, we pick up exactly where we left off.. like licking each others faces. Totes normal.
A few weeks ago, Alice visited Austin AND Texas for the first time! I knew I her trip was going to be food-centric, but I was still shocked by the amount of food we put away in the span of three days!
We did take in a couple of Austin sites and sounds, but the bulk of time was spent chatting and chowing.
She couldn't get away from her hometown...
On the first night, we had a good ol' crawfish boil! I bought the crawdads and Linda hooked it up with Zummo's sausage (gotta have the Zummo's!). We managed to eat around 19#, I had a few pounds leftover that ended up going into an etoufee.
That night, we went down to Dirty 6th to mix it up a bit! Every visitor wants to see Dirty 6th, right?! Alice was blown away that there are pitchers of booze for sale... at the great price of $15! Shocking.
I don't even want to drink this... But I did. And I kind of liked it.
Here's a recap of where we ate that weekend:
Brunch at Cover 3, where they have muffin tops! It's like an episode of Seinfeld!
Quick coffee stop at Mozart's on Lake Austin
Beers at the Draught House. We bring everyone here!
A pit stop at the Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood! I mean, you kind of have to go there, right? I guess we could have gone to Franklin's, but the Salt Lick is so much better ambiance! I mean, look at all that meat!
Yep, that's all for 4 of us!
Tacos at TacoDeli -- we didn't get to go by Torchy's for the queso -- so little time!
Another quick stop at Paul Qui's East Side King inside the Hole in the Wall. The ramen was good but nothing AMAZING, the pork buns were fatty but pretty good!
Do you know how to eat ramen? There's a tutorial guide on the wall, just in case!
Last but not least, a stop at Hopdoddy on Anderson. After eating so much meat over the weekend, I opted for a salad.
While it was a short trip, it was great seeing an old friend and stuffing our faces! I can't wait to visit Cali this year!
P.S. I also sent her home with a dozen kolaches. omgeez.
*Half of the pictures are from Alice's Iphone.
