Trip Report - Blues & BBQ in the Deep South - Page 2

Agg · 4th June 2012, 5:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sciby

I was struggling after 2-3 days though... lots and lots of food/meat, and I think my stomach is still geared towards the smaller Japanese meals from my 4 years there...

Yeah, but I think that'd happen here too, if you ate out at restaurants for basically every meal and had almost pure meat dishes each time.

Interspersed with sweet tea and donuts..

Tekin · 7th June 2012, 8:56 AM

Hey! Awesome trip guys.

I've been working in the states for the last 2 years, so I've been forunately able to get down to a few of these places - not as long continuously as you though!

I was in New Orleans ('nawlins!) for Memorial day weekend (28th of May) and it was kinda nuts. Let me know if you want any recommendations for food / drink places, we all went as foodies and ate very well.

Creekin · 11th June 2012, 2:02 AM

so this is where all my ocau membership fees have been going.....

maybe i watch too much manVfood

but i am dying to go there just to eat all that slow cooked meat *droolz*
im sure id have a heart attack in a month, but would be totally worth it...

does stuff like this taste as good as it looks??

Agg · 14th June 2012, 3:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tekin

I was in New Orleans ('nawlins!) for Memorial day weekend (28th of May) and it was kinda nuts. Let me know if you want any recommendations for food / drink places, we all went as foodies and ate very well.

Ta, but we've been back for a while.

Just updating the trip log slowly. Day 6 now posted!

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Originally Posted by Creekin

does stuff like this taste as good as it looks??

Actually going back through the photos makes me realise how non-good a lot of the food looked! But most of it was great to eat.

Presentation of food isn't really a big deal in the south, it's often just a paper plate with some beans and slaw slapped on it next to your BBQ, but the flavours and tenderness etc are great.

Agg · 19th June 2012, 4:12 PM

Day 7 and 8 posted. Puppies!

onebogan · 26th June 2012, 6:08 PM

Looks like heaps of fun! How much money did you end up spending, I'm looking at spending 2 or 3 weeks over there next year, going to Vegas for a 21st haha, just starting to save now.

Sciby · 26th June 2012, 8:00 PM

I can't speak for Agg, but I think I spent about $1600? including buying touristy tshirts and a few stock-ups on things like fresh boxers/socks/tshirts/shorts at Target (Why pack the things when you can just buy more there?) I also drove across to Texas after New Orleans, so I spent an extra $100 or so on fuel, etc, plus 3 days in Austin.

Food is ridiculously cheap in America - I think only one place we went to (BB Kings with the catfish) had prices that you'd expect in Australian joints, but even then it wasn't crazy. Alcohol is dirt cheap - my friends in Austin took me to Sixth St, where the night life is... bar hawkers were shouting about $2-3 beers and basic spirits... it was insane. $10 would cover a round for me and my friends. Even tipping wasn't as painful as I would have thought, and in fact I think it's something Australia should adopt, for various reasons.

onebogan · 26th June 2012, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sciby

I can't speak for Agg, but I think I spent about $1600?

Dayum, and here I was thinking of $200 a day budget, thats pretty good.

Agg · 29th June 2012, 5:02 PM

I suspect Sciby isn't factoring in the cost of car hire there. He paid for car hire and I paid for accomodation, coz it worked out about the same. I was also buying more tshirts and DVDs and CDs and things, being much more of a blues fan than him. So I spent about $3k I reckon, ignoring airfares.

Anyway, Day 9 now posted. Only 2 to go!

FoxMaN · 9th August 2012, 9:31 PM

You didn't happen to see a Five Guys burger place anywhere? Man I still have hauntingly sexual nightmares about that place. Sooooo good.

PS. Double Baconator, did 3 in 6 weeks. My body couldn't take them at a faster rate.

Davo1111 · 9th August 2012, 9:33 PM

fantastic pics. Although, i'd embarrassed to be the cop on that 3-wheeled "thing". His face said it all

millsy_c · 9th August 2012, 10:16 PM

Can I just say a big thanks for putting up the pictures of the menus and whatnot!
Most people don't do that, and it's cool seeing what you get for your money there

Agg · 9th August 2012, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by FoxMaN

You didn't happen to see a Five Guys burger place anywhere? Man I still have hauntingly sexual nightmares about that place. Sooooo good.

Hrm, not that I recall. Certainly didn't stop at one for food anyway. Next time?

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Originally Posted by Davo1111

fantastic pics. Although, i'd embarrassed to be the cop on that 3-wheeled "thing". His face said it all

Heh, from memory I'd just asked him a bunch of dumbass tourist questions then asked if I could take his photo, so he was probably not in a customer service mood by then.

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Originally Posted by millsy_c

Can I just say a big thanks for putting up the pictures of the menus and whatnot!
Most people don't do that, and it's cool seeing what you get for your money there

No worries, mostly did it coz I couldn't order everything I wanted and try it all in one go.. stupid finite stomach!

pugsley · 9th August 2012, 11:09 PM

Looks like a great trip. Would love to spend some time in the south. The culture down there really sounds like my type of people.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/r6geek/7220935134/
Man i could go there and never leave

Dreakoth · 10th August 2012, 1:06 AM

Ii did a trip about a year ago, not to the south but we went like NY up to canada for a bit down to san fran, las vegas, into middle of utah/colorado/arizona/newmexico

Wanted to add my two cents for comparison purposes.

My take on the size of food was that it was pretty large, i guess its like eating a resturant main for everymeal.

Prices looked cheap, but u had to factor in 15% tax (like gst but not added to the menu price) and 15% tip (sometimes they expected 18%) so ur adding a good 30-33% to the ticket price which doesnt make it soo cheap for us. That $20 buffalo stake dinner was closer to $27 when u goto pay.

Beer was yeah on the cheap side, but overall very unimpressed with the quality, did you guys (scib / agg) stumble on any good ones?

I was looking forward to getting to drive some classic style american cars (would have loved a crown vic just to say iv driven one)
the new dodge charger/ford mustang/chevy camaro's man they all look the same, they are to americans as falcodors are to aussies. When i got to colorado it was interesting because it changed to being all about the dodge RAM, ford Fseries and chevy Silverado's.

We did all the national parks, yellowstone, arches / grandcayon, Niagra falls, glaciers up in canada - as our main like theme, with a sub theme of food. Funny how america is so big u can visit it for different reasons, with food always being one of them :P

Makes me want to do a trip log, but all my local copies of the photos have gone from a RAID fail

19th June 2012, 4:12 PM	#20
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26th June 2012, 6:08 PM	#21
onebogan Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Mill Park, 3082 Posts: 51	Looks like heaps of fun! How much money did you end up spending, I'm looking at spending 2 or 3 weeks over there next year, going to Vegas for a 21st haha, just starting to save now. __________________ System: i5-2500K, 12GB RAM, GT 550 ti. Successful trades: martino, WooKiE_MaN, ShaunDXB, Virtuoso X, -inVaRed., Trebek, fuze.

26th June 2012, 8:00 PM	#22
Sciby Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: OCAU, Australia Posts: 1,698	I can't speak for Agg, but I think I spent about $1600? including buying touristy tshirts and a few stock-ups on things like fresh boxers/socks/tshirts/shorts at Target (Why pack the things when you can just buy more there?) I also drove across to Texas after New Orleans, so I spent an extra $100 or so on fuel, etc, plus 3 days in Austin. Food is ridiculously cheap in America - I think only one place we went to (BB Kings with the catfish) had prices that you'd expect in Australian joints, but even then it wasn't crazy. Alcohol is dirt cheap - my friends in Austin took me to Sixth St, where the night life is... bar hawkers were shouting about $2-3 beers and basic spirits... it was insane. $10 would cover a round for me and my friends. Even tipping wasn't as painful as I would have thought, and in fact I think it's something Australia should adopt, for various reasons. __________________ Follow OCAU on Twitter! Two kinds of awesome - Not For Consumption - Flickr

29th June 2012, 5:02 PM	#24
Agg Lord of the Pings Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: A Reported Post near you Posts: 25,486	I suspect Sciby isn't factoring in the cost of car hire there. He paid for car hire and I paid for accomodation, coz it worked out about the same. I was also buying more tshirts and DVDs and CDs and things, being much more of a blues fan than him. So I spent about $3k I reckon, ignoring airfares. Anyway, Day 9 now posted. Only 2 to go! __________________ www.overclockers.com.au - also now on twitter and facebook.

9th August 2012, 9:31 PM	#25
FoxMaN Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 440	You didn't happen to see a Five Guys burger place anywhere? Man I still have hauntingly sexual nightmares about that place. Sooooo good. PS. Double Baconator, did 3 in 6 weeks. My body couldn't take them at a faster rate. __________________ // GAMING // i5-2500k @ 4.5GHz 1.3v w/ Corsair H80 // ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 // DDR3 2133 G-skill 2x4GB // HIS 6970 // Crucial M4 128GB // 2x WD 1TB Green // Thermaltake Toughpower 775W // Thermaltake Overseer RX-I // Last edited by FoxMaN; 9th August 2012 at 9:34 PM.

7th June 2012, 8:56 AM	#17
Tekin Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Elsewhere. Posts: 3,636	Hey! Awesome trip guys. I've been working in the states for the last 2 years, so I've been forunately able to get down to a few of these places - not as long continuously as you though! I was in New Orleans ('nawlins!) for Memorial day weekend (28th of May) and it was kinda nuts. Let me know if you want any recommendations for food / drink places, we all went as foodies and ate very well.

11th June 2012, 2:02 AM	#18
Creekin Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10,204	so this is where all my ocau membership fees have been going..... maybe i watch too much manVfood but i am dying to go there just to eat all that slow cooked meat droolz im sure id have a heart attack in a month, but would be totally worth it... does stuff like this taste as good as it looks??

9th August 2012, 9:33 PM	#26
Davo1111 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Syd Posts: 2,606	fantastic pics. Although, i'd embarrassed to be the cop on that 3-wheeled "thing". His face said it all

10th August 2012, 1:06 AM	#30
Dreakoth Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Perth Posts: 113	Ii did a trip about a year ago, not to the south but we went like NY up to canada for a bit down to san fran, las vegas, into middle of utah/colorado/arizona/newmexico Wanted to add my two cents for comparison purposes. My take on the size of food was that it was pretty large, i guess its like eating a resturant main for everymeal. Prices looked cheap, but u had to factor in 15% tax (like gst but not added to the menu price) and 15% tip (sometimes they expected 18%) so ur adding a good 30-33% to the ticket price which doesnt make it soo cheap for us. That $20 buffalo stake dinner was closer to $27 when u goto pay. Beer was yeah on the cheap side, but overall very unimpressed with the quality, did you guys (scib / agg) stumble on any good ones? I was looking forward to getting to drive some classic style american cars (would have loved a crown vic just to say iv driven one) the new dodge charger/ford mustang/chevy camaro's man they all look the same, they are to americans as falcodors are to aussies. When i got to colorado it was interesting because it changed to being all about the dodge RAM, ford Fseries and chevy Silverado's. We did all the national parks, yellowstone, arches / grandcayon, Niagra falls, glaciers up in canada - as our main like theme, with a sub theme of food. Funny how america is so big u can visit it for different reasons, with food always being one of them :P Makes me want to do a trip log, but all my local copies of the photos have gone from a RAID fail Last edited by Dreakoth; 10th August 2012 at 1:18 AM.