Road Trip to the South: Atlanta

Looking for more burgers in Atlanta

Vortex Cheese Burger with Onion Rings

Steakhouse Bison Patty burger with Tater Tots 

Vortex House Salad

The Varsity - The World's Largest Drive-in Restaurant 

Longest counter too?
"What'll Ya Have!!!"

Yes, Varsity is known for its hot dogs
not appearing here because it was AGAIN!! :( consumed before photographed

My sister's research for food in Atlanta lead us to Vortex Bar & Grill and The Varsity.


I wasn't convinced to go to Vortex. NOT INTO BAR SCENE, yo.
But eh... wasn't that bad at Vortex. In fact, it was quite nice.
Music wasn't crazy loud (the thing I dislike about bars) and food was good.
Bison burger that mon ami had was fresh and juicy.
Vortex cheese burger got thumbs up from the sister too.
I had the salad... weight watching, YO! 


The following day for brunch, we went to The Varsity.
Sloppy fastfood but inexpensive and fun to visit.

Road Trip to the South: Richard Blais

Cuban Burger

Burger of the Day (Can't remember its name.)

Blacken Shrimp Burger with Sweet Potato Tots

Raw Tuna Tartare Burger with Fried Zuchini

In Atlanta, Georgia live 2 of my favorite Top Chef contestants/star chefs: 

Kevin Gillespie and Richard Blais.

For sure, we'd love to go to Kevin Gillespie's restaurant, Woodfire Grill

instead we opted for Richard Blais' more budget friendly, Flip Burger.

I love you, Richard Blais. 

Don't take this the wrong way

but your burger "boutique" is too sleek.

The interior decor looks like the now defunct Fashion Cafe,

not that I have been to one but it's what I imagine Fashion Cafe to be.

I'm not fond of flashy clubs and your burger "boutique" looks like one.

I had the shrimp burger.

I LOVE shrimps (it's hard to do wrong by me with shrimps)

yet the Blacken Shrimp burger was bland and boring.

I rather have a Mos Burger Ebi Rice Burger any day 

and it's cheaper too.

The raw tuna tartare burger disintegrated too easily.

I had to eat it in my open palmS.

I had 2 Flip Burgers, that's how much I want to believe in Richard Blais.

Mon ami enjoyed his burger of the day with a name I cannot recall.

Because I have witness Richard Blais' struggles and triumphants

in Top Chef and have deemed him as a good man and chef,

I shall retain my faith in him.

Hasta la vista, Richard Blais.

Road Trip to the South: Ça Va? Savannah!

 

Forest Gump told his life story here at Chippewa Square = Tourist photo op!

Mon ami ordered chicken pot pie at The Lady & Sons (Paula Dean!!!)

in Savannah. We were excited to eat there because we are BIG FANS of Top Chef. 

We got to know Who's Who in the Culinary World from the show so since Paula Dean was a guest judge for the southern cooking quickfire challenge in Top Chef All Stars, we imagined Paula Dean's to be the paradigm of southern cooking. 

My sister & I had the fried chicken buffet. No pics of the fried chicken because we were too busy trying to eat as much as possible. That's the downside of buffets - Overstuffing :(  They are good fried chicken but we think we can get as good fried chickens from Malay aunties in Singapore.

Mon amie's chicken pot pie looked glorious and tasted good in the first bites but very soon, mon ami's appetite (despite the fact that he is french and LOVES cream) was defeated by the super buttery pate feuilletée and the thick cream sauce. 

Thank Y'all!!