Keeping Austin Weird

Went on trip to Austin for a long weekend for a bachelor party of a good friend… and in keeping with the rules of a bachelor party thats all I can say about that … and there will not be any pictures involved here… other than food!

We had a lot of great food this entire weekend.  From epic BBQ to savvy sushi we covered all the bases.  I mean if your going to soak up all that alcohol you might as well do it with good taste in mind right?  Unfortunately I do not have a whole lot of pictures due to the rules, but here is a list of some of the restaurants and links to their webpages:

• Uchiko – Very cool sushi place.  Who would have thought fresh and creative sushi in Texas!!  Outside of town a bit, but I recommend.

• Unknown Food Trailer –  I will have to find out the name of the trailer and update.  Food Trailers are huge in Austin.  They are everywhere and they are not what you think of when you think trailer.  We were brought to this one by a friend that has lived in Austin for the past 5+ years and it had a very eclectic menu of Asian/Indian food that was very tasty.

• Salt Lick –  This is the second time that I have been here and I was looking forward to this trip for months.  Bottom line: If you go to Austin this is a must.  You are going to drive a bit and you may wait in line if you go at a prime time, but you will stop whining when you have unlimited brisket and sausage coming your way.  By the way this place is BYOB… which we took full advantage of since we took a limo out there.

I did take some pictures at the Salt Lick.  We snuck behind the rope guarding the open pit and started chatting a bit with the main guy manning the grill.  We asked how to get our BBQ up to snuff and he explained about the wood that is used and the temperature.  He said we needed to go even lower and slower!  He mentioned lower than our 250 degrees guess.  Also of note is that these open pits are not allowed in restaurants, but because Salt Lick had these babies way before the rule they were grandfathered in.  Below are some of the pics I snapped:

The bachelor party was a great success.  We all had a great time and enjoyed the best of Austin including a day on Lake Travis via a kick ass pontoon boat.

By the way you can buy many of the BBQ items on the Salt Lick website including the prepared meat.  I ordered some for Jessica’s Dad  and it turned out great..  My top choices would be Thurmans Pride Brisket, Hill Country Sausage, and Bobby’s Beef Ribs.  Im curious what are your favorites are? if you have been.