Hopdoddy Burger Bar. Go there. You will never find a meat patty that is so juicy and full of flavour I guaranty. I could of done some naughty things to that burger, things that would of had my face on the side of milk cartons and listed somewhere on the Internet, and this is Texas where meat isn't just part of your diet, it IS your diet. Someone said to me a friend of theirs was visiting here and she was a vegan. She can't have eaten anything here since she landed.
You can order an 18oz steak with a side of BBQ ribs and another of chili. That's just three meats cooked in different ways!!! Why isn't everyone here suffering from scurvy?
This part of the world is just a mecca for carnivores, with BBQ restaurants like churches, burger bars as Temples, and steak houses as Synagogues, on every corner. The sheer number of restaurants and eating establishments here is biblical. How they all survive I'm not quite sure, everyone must be so busy working in all these places that there can hardly be anyone to frequent them surely?!?
But there they all are, queueing up outside all these places, getting ready to gorge themselves, whether it's Tex-Mex, Sushi, BBQ, Far Eastern, Italian, South American, Steak, Burgers, Tacos, Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch or Dinner, everyone treats their meals with a religious fervour.
Other than politics and religion, both subjects I would not advise anyone to strike up a casual conversation with anybody here (unless they enjoy an hours worth of argument and harassment), the third most popular and strongly debated topic in this part of the world is where the best place to eat is. It is a debate that rages across offices and bars up and down the state. Even when people are in a restaurant they are there saying how;
'This place ain't as good as Uncle Jo's over on 23rd and Vincent'
'What you talking about? Jo's closed over three years ago'
'Yea, but their Philly Steaks were the best in town'
'But we're talking about the best you can get Now. Jo's don't count. You go to go over the county line to beat this here.
'What about Hobarts on Calhoon?'...
And so it goes on.
Everything, they say, is bigger in Texas. Portion sizes definitely stick to that principle and with that, so do a lot of peoples waistbands. However the Americans are fully aware of this. They are not so stupid as to realise they are eating too much, however their treatment for this is not just to reduce what they eat but to just go out and train like crazy. People run everyday, go to the gym, play sport and work out just so they can have that gargantuan pile of deep fried chicken wings covered in cheese.
I'm just hoping I don't suffer a heart attack after having my three hundredth Hopdoddy burger! Guess I should go for a run.
Until next time...
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