Unfortuntley didnt get around to any eating challenges or man v Food places 
.
Still had some great food and a load of rootbeer.
NYC
Hill Country
http://www.hillcountryny.com/
This place you get a ticket and just keep going back up and they add more bar codes to the ticket, which are totalled up at the end, this place was recommended and the day after when stood in a random que herd some other people raving about. Yes that's just for me and I forgot to take pic till after I scoffed some of it.
Personally I wasn't a fan of the ribs, it was dry rub with a heavy influence of wood smoke and black pepper. I much prefer ribs with sauce and not such a dominate oak flavour. done to the BBQ ribs standard, so some firm texture to them and not falling off bone. which is how most BBQ societys prefer them done. Again me myself prefer falling to bits.
However the Brisket OMG this stuff was amazing, nothing like I've tried before. Melt in the mouth and super moist, even though I've tried several BBQ briskets and tried myself, I haven't got anything like this texture. Pure amazing.
Carnegies
http://www.carnegiedeli.com/home.php
For scale you need to watch Australian masterchef series 3 episode 66, to see the size of this beast and how they make it. Its a full 2lb sandwich. which I demolished in 16mins. It's not only large but amazing flavour. I went for a pastrami Rubens. As amazing as mine was i tried some of my mates who went for normal sandwiches and it was disappointing, the meat was so cold, it lost its taste and texture. So if you go there, get one of the hot sandwiches.
Westway Diner
http://westwaydinernyc.com/food-del...8.r?QueryStringValue=IKJGIgLSAAJI8exWLkU0sA==
We happened across this place, met a Scottish women inside who raved about it. Apparently best value breakfast around. She wasn't wrong it was extremely good value and pretty tasty.
Washington DC
Some random coffee shop
Toasted cheese sandwich. I wasn't expecting miracles, but this was my first introduction to American bread and OMG its disgusting. I think they add an entire pound of sugar to a loaf of bread, it was insanely sweet.
Old Ebbitt grill
http://www.ebbitt.com/main/home.cfm?Section=Main&Category=About_the_Ebbitt
Had to wait an hour, where we were in Washington DC was extremely touristy and this place was packed, not surprising it was in the tourist guides and books. So i set about trying some of their cocktails.
Starter calamari
Blackened Catfish with coleslaw and deep fried cornbread stuff
Wine
This was an extremely good meal, the calamari was amazing and I really like the catfish which I've never tried before and the cornbread things where to die for. I thought this would probably be are best meal, but it would turn out at least two meals beat this by a fair way.
Uknowen, I think it was near a lake called beaver creek in NC
Some random dinner in the middle of know where, found driving through some lakes. nothing about so decided to stop.
A pulled BBQ chicken Sandwich, extremely tasty and pretty big, for very few dollars. Not bad at all for a lunch stop
Savannah
River House Seafood
http://liveoakstore.com/riverhouse
Again random lunch stop, in a fish place.
a half and Half Shrimp and Oyster Po' Boy with pineapple coleslaw.
sandwich was really nice, first time I've had oysters. Massively overpriced and "small" portion. Coleslaw was disgusting though. Never combine pineapple and coleslaw, it just dosn't work. I Love both so thought it would be great.
Charleston
Vickery's
http://www.vickerys.com/
Seems I forgot to take a picture of the starter, yet more Calamari. Best Calamari off the holiday superb.
The shrimp and chips for main where also nice, but not as nice as the calamari. Couple of the others had the Fried chicken which was brilliant. Americans know how to do fried food, get it stupidly crispy and not grease at all. Sat outside, lovely view of sunset and the harbour. However we did get eaten alive. Gave up in the end and moved inside. So if you go in the evening, sit inside or use bug repellent. It did spoil the evening somewhat.
Amelia Island
Sandy Bottoms
http://sandybottomsamelia.com/
Got to this island late, and this was just around the corner from the motel, so we went here. Sat out side, listening to the waves crash, also had a live band playing outside and general a nice chilled place, not pretentious at all. it was what it was. I had the Insane wings. They had a lovely kick to them, I would call them insane but I do have a high tolerance. But the texture, oh the texture. It was almost like crispy duck texture. not sure if planned, or just cooked a couple of times. But it made them amazing. Also drank a lot of cocktails here, before it shut. When we turned into ****** and got some cans and sat on the beach.
Neptune beach
Not sure what the palce was called, loveli Pizzas & Strombolis though
.Still had some great food and a load of rootbeer.
NYC
Hill Country
http://www.hillcountryny.com/
This place you get a ticket and just keep going back up and they add more bar codes to the ticket, which are totalled up at the end, this place was recommended and the day after when stood in a random que herd some other people raving about. Yes that's just for me and I forgot to take pic till after I scoffed some of it.
Personally I wasn't a fan of the ribs, it was dry rub with a heavy influence of wood smoke and black pepper. I much prefer ribs with sauce and not such a dominate oak flavour. done to the BBQ ribs standard, so some firm texture to them and not falling off bone. which is how most BBQ societys prefer them done. Again me myself prefer falling to bits.
However the Brisket OMG this stuff was amazing, nothing like I've tried before. Melt in the mouth and super moist, even though I've tried several BBQ briskets and tried myself, I haven't got anything like this texture. Pure amazing.
Carnegies
http://www.carnegiedeli.com/home.php
For scale you need to watch Australian masterchef series 3 episode 66, to see the size of this beast and how they make it. Its a full 2lb sandwich. which I demolished in 16mins. It's not only large but amazing flavour. I went for a pastrami Rubens. As amazing as mine was i tried some of my mates who went for normal sandwiches and it was disappointing, the meat was so cold, it lost its taste and texture. So if you go there, get one of the hot sandwiches.
Westway Diner
http://westwaydinernyc.com/food-del...8.r?QueryStringValue=IKJGIgLSAAJI8exWLkU0sA==
We happened across this place, met a Scottish women inside who raved about it. Apparently best value breakfast around. She wasn't wrong it was extremely good value and pretty tasty.
Washington DC
Some random coffee shop
Toasted cheese sandwich. I wasn't expecting miracles, but this was my first introduction to American bread and OMG its disgusting. I think they add an entire pound of sugar to a loaf of bread, it was insanely sweet.
Old Ebbitt grill
http://www.ebbitt.com/main/home.cfm?Section=Main&Category=About_the_Ebbitt
Had to wait an hour, where we were in Washington DC was extremely touristy and this place was packed, not surprising it was in the tourist guides and books. So i set about trying some of their cocktails.
Starter calamari
Blackened Catfish with coleslaw and deep fried cornbread stuff
Wine
This was an extremely good meal, the calamari was amazing and I really like the catfish which I've never tried before and the cornbread things where to die for. I thought this would probably be are best meal, but it would turn out at least two meals beat this by a fair way.
Uknowen, I think it was near a lake called beaver creek in NC
Some random dinner in the middle of know where, found driving through some lakes. nothing about so decided to stop.
A pulled BBQ chicken Sandwich, extremely tasty and pretty big, for very few dollars. Not bad at all for a lunch stop
Savannah
River House Seafood
http://liveoakstore.com/riverhouse
Again random lunch stop, in a fish place.
a half and Half Shrimp and Oyster Po' Boy with pineapple coleslaw.
sandwich was really nice, first time I've had oysters. Massively overpriced and "small" portion. Coleslaw was disgusting though. Never combine pineapple and coleslaw, it just dosn't work. I Love both so thought it would be great.
Charleston
Vickery's
http://www.vickerys.com/
Seems I forgot to take a picture of the starter, yet more Calamari. Best Calamari off the holiday superb.
The shrimp and chips for main where also nice, but not as nice as the calamari. Couple of the others had the Fried chicken which was brilliant. Americans know how to do fried food, get it stupidly crispy and not grease at all. Sat outside, lovely view of sunset and the harbour. However we did get eaten alive. Gave up in the end and moved inside. So if you go in the evening, sit inside or use bug repellent. It did spoil the evening somewhat.
Amelia Island
Sandy Bottoms
http://sandybottomsamelia.com/
Got to this island late, and this was just around the corner from the motel, so we went here. Sat out side, listening to the waves crash, also had a live band playing outside and general a nice chilled place, not pretentious at all. it was what it was. I had the Insane wings. They had a lovely kick to them, I would call them insane but I do have a high tolerance. But the texture, oh the texture. It was almost like crispy duck texture. not sure if planned, or just cooked a couple of times. But it made them amazing. Also drank a lot of cocktails here, before it shut. When we turned into ****** and got some cans and sat on the beach.
Neptune beach
Not sure what the palce was called, loveli Pizzas & Strombolis though
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