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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Southen Comfort

I was in Virginia this past weekend, and a few exits away from the Southern Kitchen (raved about by many food writers as a superb roadside destination).

Although it’s dangerously close to bathing-suit season, I decided this was too tempting to pass up.

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Located in the small town of New Market, Virginia, the large vintage sign outside says it all. No trendy food fads have tainted the down-home menu.

Peanut_soup

House specialties include peanut soup and the friend chicken platter (served with choice of two sides, ranging from the smart (house salad) to the sinful (buttered corn, fried potatoes).

I chose stewed tomatoes, forgetting that most true southern cooks put a half cup of sugar into any vegetable dish. Thankfully, it turned out to be a nice balance to the savory chicken.

Chicken

I don’t know how they did it, but the fried chicken was the crispiest and most flavorful I have tasted, yet it had no greasy side effect. Note: only one napkin was needed.

And the meat inside, well, let’s just say it was juicy and tender enough to leave the plate clean. (You did see the plate above, right?) About the only unauthentic things? Our charming waitress (from New Jersey) and some of the taxidermy on the walls.

Southern_kitchen_decor

Although the atmosphere and service was no worse the wear because of it.

Comments

Hey, that's not that far away from me! I'm totally going to check it out. Thanks!

Peanut soup - never had that before. Although I have dried a sweet walnut soup which is a chinese dessert - tastes like almond milk. Delicious. That fried chickens looks amazing! + Super sweet tomatoes... yum.

That looks SO yum!!

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