A while back Diana and I had the pleasure of dining at the Super Jumbo Buffet at the Cross County Mall over in Mattoon.
While this expansive buffet isn't a culinary gem or anything, it does have one curious offering on its buffet: frog legs.
Frog legs, I love those little things.
They're much better than the ubiquitous chicken wings that every other restaurant shoves onto their menus. Talk about a good thing gone wrong from over-saturation. I'm buffaloed out, people.
While the wonderful gams of our amphibious friends don't offer the same amount of meat as the yardbird, frog legs offer tender, succulent meat to gnaw on, especially if they're lightly battered.
Besides Super Jumbo, the only other place I know of in Coles County that offers frog legs is Roc's Black Front, a bar/restaurant that's semi-famous because its facade is featured on Backyard Tire Fire's Bar Room Semantics album, a good disc by the way.
And today for Father's Day we ventured over to Casey to try out Richards Farm restaurant, an establishment that serves up home-cooking specialties like chicken and noodles, country ham, catfish nuggets, stewed cabbage, good pies, and wonderful fried chicken.
That trip coupled with getting two pies (blackberry and peach) made by Sweet Tooth Specialties here is ChuckTown made this a wonderful weekend of eating.
I pine for pie.
3 comments:
What was that seafood buffet place way North of K-Ville that we went to? The whole time I was reading this entry that trip was in my mind. It was a good time.
And as far as buffalo wings: 1) Do not let I.P.H. 3 here about this blasphemy, and 2) What is wrong with you?
Man you must be getting old... ??? :)
Or was it east of Kville, Arbeala or something like that? I can't remember the spelling of the town.
Are you talking about the magical trip in the UAV with a party ball "just because," the buffet place where you could feed the catfish people would eventually eat, and other various shenanigans?
Yes sir - Good stuff - That is exactly what I was referencing!
I believe you are correct on the town.
The good old days.......
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