Posts Tagged ‘Texas Barbecue’

Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Key Limmmmmmmme

Delicious Key Lime Pie ....

One of the best ways to keep cool on a hot summer Texas day is to duck into a restaurant and enjoy a nice, long meal. If you happen to be staying in a Tyler Texas Bed and Breakfast, you’re in luck, for there is some tasty food close at hand.

Fat Catz Louisiana Kitchen boasts, as they say, the Best Cajun Food West of Louisiana. Start with the Cajun Crab Cakes served over sauteed crawfish with pico de gallo. Move on to Blackened Catfish with dirty rice, then cool your palate with a slice of Key Lime Pie.

It’s best to go to Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Que with a hearty appetite. Try the Brother-in-law sandwich, bursting with grilled hot link, cheese, and chopped beef. Or go for the Big Swimmer, with pan seared tilapia, cheddar cheese, guacamole, lettuce, and tomato. They also serve full slab plates of Baby Back Ribs, tacos, and meat by the pound.

If you prefer lighter fare or amazing baked goods, head to Chez Bazan, a French Bakery and Cafe. They offer crepes, a variety of quiche, soups, and salads. Save room for dessert.

Best of all, break your fast at your Tyler Texas Bed and Breakfast.

Texas Barbecue

Friday, April 10th, 2009

There is nothing quite like perfectly done Texas Barbecue. Throw in some potato salad and a special sauce, part sweet, part tangy, and you’ve got the makings for a great afternoon.

A personal BBQ favorite of this author is from the Hill Country of Texas, just outside of Llano TX.  Coopers BBQ is a collection of unmemorable buildings; what stays with you is the vast collection of Pit Bar-B-Ques located outside. The aroma of brisket, chicken, chops and other carnivorous delights fills the senses and you are drawn to the black BBQ Pits to select your lunch off the grill.

The Barbeque Pits at Coopers outside Llano, TX

The Barbeque Pits at Coopers outside Llano, TX

Once inside, you sit on one of many long picnic-style benches with rolls of paper towel on the table for the mess you are about to make. Also scattered along the tables is the sweet nectar of Texas Hill Country: Coopers BBQ Sauce. A delicious blend of vinegar and sweet hickory smoked flavors, it should be drenched on everything.

As you dig into your meal, come up for breath about five minutes later to take in the surroundings. Large blow up prints of the former President Bush are displayed proudly; he lifts a piece of the finest Texas BBQ to his mouth in the same benches which you sit in now.

No trip to Texas Hill Country is complete without some spectacular barbecue, and Coopers is guaranteed to supply!