Dishola: Reviews by the Dish

11506 Century Oaks Ter, Austin, TX
(512) 834-4111

hamburgler on 05/05/08

You should not die before you try these. Best ribs in Austin. I will beat you if you disagree. I have nothing else to say. Swayze got sauce in his mullet.

18001 Fm 1826, Driftwood, TX
(512) 858-4959

hamburgler on 04/08/08

I firmly believe that finding a perfect 10 in barbecue is as fruitless as searching for the Holy Grail. It's fiction. Having said that, the Salt Lick is about as close to a religious barbecue experience as one could ever hope for. I'd love to go on about comparing the Salt Lick to the Sistine Chapel, about how it's a pilgrimage, comparing the trip from the parking lot to the restaurant as emerging from the desert, all the bluehairs milling about...but this is supposed to be about the food. The "Trinity Platter" (pretty good, huh?) is about as perfect of a sampling as you can get. Sausage, brisket, a big effing rib, some potato salad and coleslaw. The ribs fell off the bone easy enough. Crispy on the ends but still moist. It had me uttering Jesus Christ through a mouthful of meat. The sausage. I couldn't suck it down fast enough. Not sure why, but Swayze keeps snickering about something...The brisket. eh. The brisket was a little tough and a little fatty. Very unusual. Delicious nonetheless. The coleslaw--perfect-o. The potato salad--uniquely weird, a bit dry, but still pretty good. And let's not forget the bread. Obviously when you go for barbecue you don't go for the bread. However, I witnessed not one but TWO bluehairs order extra bread, wrap it up and put it in their purse. I thought it was a good idea so I did the same thing and had Swayze drop a loaf in his fanny pack. I will say that the gas is something you need to prepare yourself for. Burning brimstone and all that. Like casting out Satan.

4800 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX
(512) 454-7827

hamburgler on 01/28/08

Damn. I wish I had some of that pie right now. I'm sure Rachel Ray would say something like Yum-O or some other sort of bullshit like that and after I dislodged my coffee cup from her skull I'd probably have to agree with her. Then I'd steal her cigarettes. In my experience, the cookie pie is one of the hardest pies to pull off. Mixing a cookie with a pie is a lot like genetic engineering. Sort of like breeding a cat with a small Mexican dog. Shut up Swayze--you thought it was a good idea too. My point being, what looks good on paper after you've had a few drinks doesn't always turn out like expected and can end a relationship real quick. Anyway this pie was perfectly gooey and the perfect temperature. The ice cream did not seize the chocolate. This pie was so good it attracted a small child from a neighboring table. It's like she could smell it. At first I thought she wanted a drink of my beer, but Swayze quickly pointed out that she was pointing at my pie plate which was nowhere near my beer glass. Now, I know you're thinking. Don't get all bent. I know that small children are allergic to chocolate, so I didn't give her much. Go have some Toll House Pie!

1110 W Lynn St, Austin, TX, 78703

hamburgler on 01/25/08

This dish is certainly nothing to write home about. Like one of the previous dishers I found this ham sandwich (because that's what it is despite the name) lacking in flavor and the bread texture a bit mealy. Now my buddy Swayze liked it--he ate the half I didn't finish. But he was also drunk. And he threw it up later. But I think that had more to do with the 9 Smirnoff Ice Raspberry bullshit things. He also smokes Virginia Slims. Take that Swayze. Overall I would say that there are better things on the menu at this very decent restaurant. Sam49cooks review reminds me of the time I went out with this French chick-Suzette. I thought she was pretty hot until I found out she had more hair in her pits than I had in mine. Swayze told me that French chicks all have hairy armpits. That's just the French he said. Swayze is generally and idiot so I looked it up on the internet and Swayze was right. French women are hairy. Did knowing that fact make my hairy French woman more hot? Nope. I couldn't do it. She also had a mustache that you could see only when you got up real close. And she smelled like a man. And not in a good way.

1303 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX
(512) 444-8081

hamburgler on 12/30/07

Apparently black pepper is the new green curry. I'm not sure what to say about this dish. It was very forgettable. Like they got the recipe out of a Martha Stewart cookbook. I remember the chicken being dry and the sauce gluey. I tried to eat it, but about 5 bites into it I found myself un-hungry. Yeah, I know that ain't a real word, but that's how I felt. Bored. Couldn't finish. Green curry should taste like green curry. I once got pepper-sprayed directly in the mouth (long story) and the after-taste was very similar to the beginning taste of this dish. The lesson here is that if you want good curry go to a Thai or Indian restaurant. If you want good sushi, go to a sushi restaurant. If you want sort of generic asian tasting green paste with pepper, go to Zen.