I Ate My Way Through Atlanta and Blogalicious 5

One of my favorite things about the South is the FOOD. I had to abandon my California, seaweed-salad eating ways and get some fried chicken. The Hyatt Regency in Atlanta has the best food I’ve ever eaten at a hotel. Still,  I made a few stops around the city for some yummy, yummy, buttery, fried and seasoned goodness. 

My first meal in Atlanta was this shrimp burger at the hotel. DELICIOUS! It came with a Mexican-flavored slaw. The buttery, chunky shrimp patty is making me salivate just thinking about it. It was so good, I didn’t put anything on it. I did scrape off most of the sauce. I loved every just juicy bite. 

Yes I ate candied bacon. I have no shame. It was hella good.  It tasted like brown sugar or maple meets bacon. The mix of sweet and salty was delish! It was a topping for a waffle.  The shrimp was also a waffle topping and soooo good. Unfortunately I missed out on the bacon doughnut. Those went quick.

Ish got real at the Dairy Queen. When I ordered hash browns, I thought it would look like those little potato paddies or tots that you get at fast food restaurants. Not at the Dairy Queen in Atlanta. Those hash browns were COUNTRY POTATOES. I loooooove country potatoes. The onions and spice made my pallet happy.

There was no way I was leaving Atlanta without stopping at Gladys Knight and Ron Winan’s Chicken and Waffles.  Fried chicken was a MUST on this trip. Luckily the restaurant was a train stop away. Too bad I found out after paying $10 for a cab, but that’s another story.  Fried chicken and hot sauce are a 

match made in my culinary heaven.

My favorite meal was the shrimp burger. In a close second, surprisingly, was my vegetarian dinner. I’ll get the name of the restaurant to you later, but it’s located in Lithonia, GA across the street from Church’s chicken. The Caribbean-inspired spot will fill you up. I had rice and peace, steamed veggies, plantains and stewed tofu. This made me more full than anything I ate during the trip. I had a food coma. Oh and you have to try their cashew smoothies. 

I used to tease my college friend for being a vegetarian, and she took me to this place.  She was right all of these years! I’m woman enough to admit when I’m wrong, and happily full.