Chicken Fried Steak Review

Tried the Chicken Fried New York Strip at Jack Allen's Kitchen.

It was good, but as usual, the breading had little adhesion. Maybe one day science will advance to the point where we can get this stuff to stick to the meat.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Nunnrey and I tested out the Steak Bites at the San Marcos River Pub and Grill. The menu describes them thus:

Our famous chicken fried steak served in bite sized portions with fries and cream gravy...

It'd be cooler if they included a couple more steak strips, but they're pretty good. I think this might be my preferred way of eating this stuff. The steak was tender, and the breading had great adherence. It would probably be even better with a dash of some hot sauce. I forgot my carry bottle today. On the downside, the Coors Light wasn't at its optimum temp.

Chicken Fried Steak Review (Interview with James)

James had a CFS from the Louisiana Longhorn Cafe in Round Rock, TX last night. It looked pretty good.



Me: Is the breading sticking to the steak?
James: Not really.
Me: Is the breading greasy?
James: Nope, it tastes good.
Me: How's the gravy?
James: Me likey, it has some green onions and stuff to fancy it up.
Me: Is the steak tender?
James: Yup. It's a good total package. Can I finish my food?
Me: Sure.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Had lunch at the Hill Country Cupboard today. They make quite the claim.



World's Best CFS? They offer a regular and a large. I went with the large so we could get an idea of what's available (and I eat a lot).



The steak and breading were good. The breading had good adherence. The gravy could have used a little spicing up. The menu listed a Mexican sauce, and in retrospect I should have gotten some of that to test too. So was it the world's best? I'll have to try a lot more CFS before I can decide.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Had some CFS at The Texan Cafe tonight. The CFS was aight, and it's adequately sized. Not sure if this is a good place to go if you're thirsty though. After our initial drinks and meal were dropped off we weren't checked on again until we ready to leave. Maybe they were shorthanded tonight. They do have some pretty good pie.

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Met up and Nunnrey and JoJo for dinner at the Gristmill restaurant in Gruene, TX today. Had the CFS.



The picture looks like it came from a gas station security camera. It was pretty tasty; nice size, and the breading was about as good as you can expect. The squash was good too.

Also discovered they make 24 oz. SipSacs now (or maybe they've been making them for years, and I've just been overlooking them like Twang).

Chicken Fried Steak Review

Had CFS at Silver K Cafe in Johnson City, TX today. Good size to it, and was aight taste-wise. Afterwards I saw a sign around the corner for a different place claiming to have the best CFS in TX or the world or at least Johnson City. Guess I'll try it next time.