Everytime I read the ingredients for "loaded fries," I get chest pains.
The perfect meal - turkey leg, pulled pork, "curly" potato chips and lemonade.
I have one question - which is healthier, the 1/4 pound hot dog or the 1/2 pound Italian sausage?
The 'Merican taste bud. While most of these folks in MIssouri scream about "immigrants" and share Facebook posts calling for "English to be America's official language," they have no problems buying corn dogs, crab rangoons and burritos from food booths.Oh, the irony.
Steak and cheese. Feel the heart attack! That should be their motto.
St. Louis is as close to the "center of America" you can get. It's physically near the center of the contiguous 48 states and reflects both the collusion of north and south culture, as well as east vs. west. One popular style of food here is cajun, as Louisiana fare does well. There probably are more cajun restaurants in St. Louis than Chinese.
This was a first for me - a Kurdish food booth at a fair. This was taken at the Fair St. Louis 2013. The folks running this booth were very proud of being there, as they took a ton of photos of their operation. Obviously, much of the food wasn't "Kurdish" as Gyro's are Greek, Falafel's are Jewish and/or Palestinian, Hummas is seen as Morrocan, and snow cones are clearly American, but still, it was different.
Yes, this could be argued as a cheap shot, or a brilliant artistic photo that should be hung in a museum. Here, an oversized American flag is bordered by two greasy, fast-food booths at the Fair St. Louis.
This is a photo of a food truck at the Art and Air Festival in Webster Groves, Missouri, on the grounds of Webster University. The 10th anniversary, this is considered to be one of the best art festivals in the midwest.
This truck was one of several food trucks at the festival, and I snapped this photo to show how serious the food truck culture in St. Louis. About once a month, there is a food truck gathering in Forest Park (St. Louis' version of Central Park on NY) where folks actually fight for picnic space and bring out chandeliers and fine dinery. I haven't been yet, but have heard many, many descriptions of it. So this truck sold high-end Latino food.
So here's my mia-culpa - right next to it was a food truck that sold high-end Italian food. I photographed it but was with a co-worker who had no patience for my photography thing, so I just quickly snapped it. It wasn't until I downloaded form the camera that I saw that the photos were all slightly out of focus because I most likely shot them while walking.
I ask for your forgiveness and will try and capture the truck the next time I see it, which I hope will be soon.
So this restaurant is about 20 minutes from my new St. Louis home. My daughter and I went and ate there, as we had heard it was one of the best BBQ places in the region. Its reputation certainly holds up after our meal there. Without a doubt, I had one of the most succulent rib sandwiches there, with great side dishes such as baked beans, macaroni and cheese and coleslaw. The restaurant itself is really just a hole-in-the-wall located well outside of the main city, but during our 20 minutes there (we were doing take-out), at least 20 other people came in for food. In fact, their reputation is so well known, that they frequently run out of certain meats during the day because they can't keep up with demand. Well worth a visit if you are ever in town.
This town takes its barbecue seriously.
If these folks aren't South Park fans, I'll be really disappointed.
For those of you who are wondering why I moved to St. Louis, here is just one bit of evidence: they have Jack Daniel booths at their festivals. I have clearly found home.
This food truck at the Blues Festival had its entire menu painted on its body. The name of the business was "The Oil Experts," and the fact that they served deep-fried pickles left no doubts about what they did to everything else.
