by Kimberly | Sep 9, 2010 | food
When you drive into any beach town, doesn’t everyone bee-line straight for the nearest ice cream place? Well, we did.
We pitched our tent, had ice cream, hiked deserts, and then waited an hour for dinner.
These ladies who ran the locally owned and homemade ice cream (and pizza) place were friendly and informative to us (especially since we didn’t know anything about the OBX). They let us try about 5 flavors each.
I ended up getting two, but only eating one of them. Both were good but too much ice cream, so I had to go with the better.
The Chocolate Peanut Butter was out of this world. I loved it. And I’m not usually a chocolate fan. But, will go there again and get it (hopefully they have it). Winner!
by Kimberly | Sep 9, 2010 | food
I know you have waited patiently for it – the best food I ate during my first stay at the OBX: mahi mahi tacos at Tortugas Lie. This is definitely my brother’s type of place.
Late lunch consisted of unsweet tea at a bar, mahi mahi tacos with beans and rice, and cocoloco chicken with a lime curry sauce served also with beans and rice (yellow and black).
All was fabulous. My friend’s parents suggested this place just up the road from their condo and beach access.
We had to wait about 10 minutes for 2 seats at the bar on Labor Day Monday. Prices were decent (9$). But, the food was great. Rach said the tacos would have been better with corn tortillas, but I took them just like they were. The lime and curry sauce for the curry chicken was fabulous – and I finished that off with the yellow rice.
So, when I go back again – I’ll definitely hit this local joint and maybe just get the tacos again so I can have both of them.
by Kimberly | Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
I couldn’t wait to start my first journey to the Outer Banks on Sunday for the rest of the Labor Day weekend. So, this restaurant was going to get marked off the list of the Top 100 in 100 Counties.
We asked some other locals in the places we stopped what they thought of S&0 and we got mixed reviews. They kept saying “Oh, that’s a OBX staple, good food, okay food, its been around a long time.” If it weren’t for the sake of marking it off my list, I may not have gone, but you do what you gotta do.
On a Sunday night this place was packed, so other people must really like it. We had what was told to us a 35 minute wait, which we enjoyed outside in the beautiful “sunset light”. Turned in to a 50 minute wait, good thing I had good company and we were practicing our vertical push ups on the rail and our pigeon poses. Finally we got seated.
We chose to split what we ordered.
Rach got the Sam & Omie’s burger: great flavor, cooked just the way we wanted, onions, tomato, lettuce. Came with fries. Definitely the winner of the two – best thing of the experience.
I ordered the fish of the day sandwich – which was flounder. The batter nor the fish had any flaovr. It was a long piece of fish served on a round hamburger bun (again, nothing special) – should have been served on a hoagie, at least toasted. Came with all the fixins – the tarter sauce was really yummy. We got the onion rings on that order – and Hot Dog World’s was better.
Our waitress was good but not overly friendly, I would describe her as matter of fact. It was freezing in there. But, we marked it off the list.
So, this won’t win the Best of the 100 Award.
by Kimberly | Sep 8, 2010 | Festivals, food
Labor Day. End of summer. Beginning of Fall. Beautiful this time of year in North Carolina (Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year).
Over in a little town in the mountains of western NC, Labor Day brings hundreds of visitors to its quaint streets. Hendersonville comes alive!
My friends and I attended:
1. Loved the smell of the Greek food and roasted corn from Mother Shucker’s right when we turned the corner on to the main street of the fair.
2. I loved the Moss Farms where I could sample the apples but also mix and match my pecks that I bought.
3. I realized that Raleigh is sort of in a warp outside of Hendersonville.
4. Kilwin’s used local apples for their candied apples.
5. The Mast General Store had been there well before the turn of the century (1900) and had a quality assortment of long ago candy. And I stocked up on some mixed amish popcorn for 5$ (which is a better price than I can get in any grocery store.
6. I practiced restraint. We had just eaten at Hot Dog World, and even though all of the food smelled wonderful, I think I just took 2 bites of one apple. Thank you Jesus for self-control being put in practice that night.
7. I loved the sun glistening off the main street buildings. Pretty at sunset.
8. Singing in my head “small town Saturday night.” Everything’s a country song.
Next year, may make a return trip to the Apple Festival.
by Kimberly | Sep 8, 2010 | food
My friends are great. Not only were we able to knock off one of the places in my magazine on Saturday – but two!
This local hangout in downtown Hendersonville was packed out for a Saturday night. Might have had something to do with it being Labor Day wknd, or the NC Apple Festival around the corner, but I tend to think that Hot Dog World might be this packed every Saturday night.
Housed in what looks like an old Sonic, which I know isn’t true, but it gives you an idea: round cement or rectangular wooden tables under a covering, slanted parking spots (minus the call order box), walk-in to order your food, and cheap good American food. This place did have much more than hot dogs, but when in Rome…
I had the Slaw Dog: hot dog, grilled bun (my favorite part of the hot dog), chili, mustard, onions, and slaw. The slaw wasn’t too tangy which is good for me. The other great thing about this hot dog, while being messy (which is a good thing), was that it stayed together. The toppings didn’t fall off or anything. Every bite was good.
My friends also got hot dogs – only complaint I think was that they weren’t as big as they looked in the magazine.
We also ordered onion rings and french fries to share. The onion rings had a delicious batter that stayed on the onion ring when you bit into it. My complaint about most onion rings (I had more on Sunday night) is that most of the time the onion slides out or the batter falls off. These did neither of those things – so that is what made them the second best onions rings I’ve eaten (best being at Red Robin – the Tower o Rings).
And since it was the Apple Festival, they had baskets of apples around the inside of the restaurant to have for dessert. Cost: under 4.75 for a hot dog and large onion rings. I love cheap food. Wish I would have saved room for the Apple Festival though.
