Darrens Adventure

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So this meal was the best thing I ate all trip and possibly all my life. It all started with the bread rolls, not just any bread rolls but soft freshly baked rolls with but instead of being benign they top it with benne seeds and sea salt. The simple addition of the salt just brought out such flavour in the rolls, this was served with a lard and butter spread which was absolutely amazing, so good I wanted to lick the little bowl it came in. After this was the kentuckayaki pigs ears deep fried, served with marinated cucumber, red onions, in a lettuce wrap covered in a delicious asian sweet and sour vinaigrette. It was absolutely delicious, a mixture of crunchy, sweet, sour, equally balanced by the onions and cucumber and the ears and the sauce. I had four in my serving but I could of easily eaten a dozen. My main was a Quail stuffed with bacon and brioche, cooked perfectly so the meat was moist and tender. The stuffing was perfectly cooked and not dry and you could taste the flavours of the bacon and brioche. It was served on top sweet potato puree and honey mustard glaze with charred brussel sprouts and carrots. The sweet potato was smooth and charred brussels and carrots were done to perfection slightly charred on the outside and soft, but still had a little crunch in the inside which gave them an amazing texture, and the sauce just rounded it all off. When you took a bit of the meat, puree, sprouts and carrots and sauce and combined it in one bite the mixture of flavour and texture was just magical. To this day I still dream of this meal and what I ate, it was amazing. Also it was $36 (inc tax and tip) for that whole meal, I couldn't believe it, amazing food for such an affordable price. This is a must eat if you're ever in Charleston (or nashville the other place they have a husk).

Much of the rest of the day was spent walking around town, just taking the cityscape all in. I loved walking without purpose here, just going from street to alley to street and just seeing all the different houses, the insignias and symbols on them and the gardens. I think I wandered all the streets, even at night time you felt very safe and didn't really have much of a worry. That night I stopped off back at the hostel, then headed back out at night time to walk. Down one of the main streets King St, there is quite a bit going on in the upper section where all the bars and restaurants are. Down further where all the shops and nearer to the houses, it is a bit quieter but still lots of people walking around. That night I wanted to eat some South Carolina BBQ, so I went to Nicks BBQ. Pretty busy place, lots of people, good reviews on Yelp, so thats why I chose it.

I got pork, brisket and ribs, with bacon baked beans and collard greens. All very good, the pork wasn't as good as what I got at The Pit in Raleigh, but the beans were awesome and the ribs were really tender and tasty as well. After that I just had a night walk around town before calling an early night.

So one of the other restaurants that I really want to try was the Hominy Grill, I got there on a Sunday and so there was a bit of a wait. I had a 45 min walk til a table opened for me just around the local area, where theres a medical university. When I got back I knew exactly what I was ordering, Shrimp and Grits. Something I had always wanted to try after seeing it on tv, and I had been waiting to eat it here after seeing it on menus at other cities.

I had never had grits before so didn't really know what to expect, but it was nice, not to dissimilar to rice porridge but a bit softer and smoother. The shrimp were juicy and perfectly cooked and there was bacon and mushrooms cooked with just the butter and drippings ontop of it. It was really amazing and how i expected it and more after watching it on the tv. Also the waiter was really nice and recommended a few things to try out whilst I was in town. After having an amazing meal, I walked around town just enjoying see the city any some of its different views. I walked down the West side, down an amazing view of both the houses and the seaview. There were heaps of people walking around, exercising doing what I was doing just sitting alongside the wall and relaxing, it was so nice. I just mozzied around the bottom of Charleston no real goal or time set to do anything just looking at the awesome houses. Saw the Charleston College as well really cool small little college but was amazing. I walked up along the East side of the island to where the aquarium is, I didnt go inside but it was a busy area around there, there was also an aircraft carrier across the river which was awesome too see. I continued walked up the east side my plan to go to the Tattoed Moose that was recommended by a couple people. Was super keen to eat there but funny thing was that as I was walking I stumbled onto Martha Lou's Kitchen. Marthas was one of the places I really wanted to go to but thought I missed out cause I read on Yelp it was closed on Sunday. As I walked past I saw the cars realised it was open, and I obviously went straight in. The place is super cosy, Marth Lou herself is there to greet you, you feel like your eating at home and not in a restaurant. The menu is hand written with a meat and you choose your sides. I chose Fried Chicken, dark meat of course so I got a thigh, also got sides of green beans and turkey rice (which sounded awesome).

OMG it was amazing the food I could not stop eating it. The turkey rice, bits of turkey succulent and delicious, the rice soft and all together like a southern fried rice that kicks all other forms of rice. The green beans were soft, but full of flavour, the cornbread was warm, delicious and moist and not dry. The chicken perfectly fried, crispy skin, succulent meat amazing. The food was slightly salty but that just gave it that southern taste, that was so amazing. It was so amazing, on my way out as I was paying I even got convinced to buy some peach cobbler (take away though). Now the walk down was like an hour so I thought I would catch a bus, but I couldnt figure it out, so ended up walking. Parts of that North area was a bit dodgy, homeless people under highways, the houses weren't like downtown, and you felt more like in a suburb. It was good to see cause Charleston isn't just what you see in the downtown it is these other areas as well. The plan was to go down to where I was in the afternoon to see the sunset, took me awhile and the peach cobbler got a bit messed up on my walk. I did manage to get there in time for the sunset which was amazing, ate some of my cobbler enjoyed the view. After this I went up to the Hostel to change and shower. I then went to a pub cause there were some NFL playoff games, one was super packed with Patriots fans which would of been awesome to get into but it was too packed. Ended up going into another bar, sat down and struck up a conversation with a couple guys from Boston down scouting Charleston. Then started to talk to some of students form Clemson, talking about Summer Heights High amongst other things. They are so friendly, got nice a rowdy as a college bar should, which was awesome. Ended the night so happy with the day, great food, great bar, great game not much more I couldn't have asked for (except more turkey rice).
After this as I walked back I realised it was Martin Luther King day so was cool there was a big parade down the Main Street and just cool to see people uniting some awesome school bands and just a bunch of different stuff to parades back here. My bus ride from Charleston was via Savannah then to Miami (I'll get onto that the next post)

After this I got picked up and taken to his place which was a mile south of the mall. It was nice, like a typical housing estate suburb. The room I got was awesome, and there was a little tablet I got so I could watch Netflix on it.

Today I woke up early because I wanted to go to Raleigh. I walked the mile up to the mall and waited for the bus. The bad thing was that there was some snow and ice on ground front the cold weather so it meant there was a delay to the buses. This meant I was waiting around for 2 hours til the bus came in the cold. Funny thing was I asked a lady about Raleigh but I pronounced it Ray-lee and she didnt understand me. Apparently that isnt the way to say it, its more pronounced like Raw-lee. When it eventually did it was about a 1 hr journey to Raleigh. Once at raleigh I had a little walk around but knew I was to head to the pit for bbq. I'm had this place in mind because I saw it on man va food. I ordered a three meat combo chopped pork, brisket and ribs with Mac n Cheese and slaw.

It was amazing bbq, the standout the chopped pork. Sauced with that standard NC vinegar based bbq sauce it was succulent and juicy. Not to be outdone the brisket and ribs were both delicious and tender. As you could imagine a plate of this size was too much for me, I managed the pork most of the brisket and half the ribs. All this food for only $25 including tip, which was outrageously cheap, i thought for the different meats and sides. I was so full after this, I didnt even finish it, the walk around town was definitely a slow one after this. As I slowly trudged along I wandered around some of the city, stumbled across town hall (or state capitol building) and went inside. There was a little bit to see, not to much, but some history of the building and the state. Side note alot of information about what happened in the civil war era, so I assumed Raleigh played a significant role. After that I walked to the Museum row where they had several museums free to look in. First I looked at the North Carolina History (i think) museum, not massive like in DC but still a good size. They had a great exhibition on the Native Americans of the area which was what I was searching for when I went to the Native American Museum in NYC. This time it went more into the culture, livelihoods, which was exactly what I was interested in. I also walked around through the NC sporting hall of fame which was cool to see, as well as some other exhibits. I then made my way down to the natural history of North Carolina museum. This was a very big museum, and the best part was that it was focusing on the state of North Carolina and what you would see around the state, rather than expanding beyond borders. They go from beach flora and fauna to woodlands, to the geology of the area, to insects, snakes and even a small dinosaur exhibit. I thought this was an awesome place to visit, I especially spent heaps of time just staring at the snapping turtle and how it moved and what it did. After the museums it was late arvo, I planned to not be too late because I knew I would have to walk back to the house from the mall, and there was no footpath and no street lights, so I didnt want to get back to late (tip: make sure where you stay fits what you are doing and how you can get around). So I wondered abit more around the city, fairly big place, but not super busy. I got some honey fried chicken and honey biscuits and cane sugar grape soda for an earlish dinner.

I really got into these cane sugar soft drinks, or the ones sourced from mexico (could be the same ones) just tasted really good. Chicken and biscuits were both good, they drizzle honey ontop to mix it up which I thought was a good twist. After this I took the long bus rides back and walked in the dark back to the house. That night I did have a good chat with my host. Got to talking about travelling and all sorts of different things. A really knowledgeable and well travelled person himself so it was a great talk. This is one of the things about airbnb, the hosts are normally so open and you can talk to them about so many different things.

My last full day in the triangle, I wanted an early start to go to Chapel Hill. Now I wasn't expecting much just to go try out a chicken and cheddar from timeout, which I saw off Man vs food, and to see UNC campus. Chapel hill was closer to the mall so it only took 30minutes, and you get dropped off right in the middle of campus. Again just the size of the place was amazing, really big and loads of new buildings mixed with older buildings that had history embedded in the stone. I walked in and around with no real direction just feeling like one of the many students walking around. I eventually made my way to their football stadium which was massive. Couldn't believe that a college could have such a sizeable stadium, and inside the stands were awesome, on the roofs there were fans and tvs. Just really breathtaking to see, and best off people can workout and excercise in the stadium and get that motivation. From the stadium I got a bit hungry, so I headed to try my chicken and cheddar from timeout. I was expecting more of a line or at least the place to be busy, but there wasnt really anyone in there. Nonetheless I ordered my chicken and cheddar, which was like $5, so cheap and really big size. It was a little dry probably needed a sauce, but the biscuit was so good, and the chicken was really juicy with the cheddar being masterly melted ontop. Its like something you could eat daily cause its so simple and delicious but not expensive and quick as well.

After this I just had a chance to walk around the town of Chapel Hill. I got to see the sorority and fraternity houses which was cool, they had the greek alphabet on the front, but nothing was going on at that time. The town itself is small but had an great feel to it, loved the sense that it was a college town and like everyone knew everyone. I eventually walked all the way around til I got to the hospitals. Yep more than one UNC hospital, I was so amazed at how big just that area was and how many people were there. Bout mid arvo I got on a bus back to Durham town, thought Id have a little mosey around. Durham township isnt
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