In honor of having slipped softly off the coil of my mid-30s today, Kate and I met my folks in Round Top for lunch. I'd been having a hankering for good fried chicken and it just so happened that Royer's Round Top Cafe was having a Sunday chicken dinner special.
We each got four pieces of chicken, mashed potatoes and creamed corn. The corn would've been replaced by green beans if I ran the show, but the buttermilk and garlic-battered chicken was both crispy and succulent in all the right places. Then we had apple pie a la mode for dessert. You can't have a much more American birthday than that.
I don't eat fried chicken all that often because it's not healthy and I'm almost always disappointed by it. Popeye's is okay for a chain store, but I've yet to find a really good down-home fried chicken dinner anywhere near Austin. Does anyone out there know if such a place exists outside of my extra-crispy dreams?
Sunday, November 05, 2006
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4 comments:
Happy Birthday, Greg!
Earl Abel's had good fried chicken, but I don't know how it is at the new location. Also, I prefer Church's to Popeye's for chain fried chicken. That's the way I roll.
Terri R.
Gene's at 11th and Rosewood has the best fried chicken in town, IMHO.
Top Notch on Burnet used to have really good fried chicken. I haven't had it in awhile, but it used to be fabulous. Plus, it's in your neck of the woods.
I've had Gene's po-boys, but I'll have to try the chicken next time I'm over there.
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