a weekend of eating

last weekend we went to savannah, ga...to eat.  the main reason that we ever starting going there was to eat at the lady and sons, which is paula deen's restaurant.  it's southern cookin' at it's best.  we always get the buffet, but you can also order from the menu.  

if you want to go to the lady and son's you have to plan.  in order to eat there without reservations for 10 or more, you have to get in line in the morning to get your name on the list at the time you want to eat.  even though it is posted on the restaurant's website, people still do not know this.  the hostess starts taking requests at 9:30, but you better get there before then to wait in line.  we usually get there at around 8 and we are usually 3rd or 4th in line...then you just stand there and wait until 9:30, tell them the time you want to eat and your name, then you leave.  you come back 15 minutes before the time you chose and tell them you are there, then go into a waiting room and wait for your name to be called.  this time we got there at around 7:45 because it was a saturday and we had trouble getting hotel reservations because everything was booked so we knew lots of people would be in town.  we were like 10th or 12th in line!  

obviously you have to spend the night to eat there if you are driving in from the charlotte area.  that gives you an excuse to eat dinner the night before in town also.  last time we were there we went to an italian restaurant called fernando's that was amazing.  adam's dad had told us about it.  sadly, it had closed down and we had to go somewhere else.  luckily, we already had another place in mind so we went straight there.

the place we chose was b&d burger's.  it's a burger place that has probably about 40 different burgers.  adam had a cheeseburger with sundried tomatoes, mozzerella cheese and bacon and he went with standard fries as his side.

i chose the beer battered cod sandwhich with a side of fried pickles.  yum!before our food came the people next to us left and we eyed the mozzerella sticks and marinera sauce they left behind and decided to order some of those too.  everything was so good and we left with very full bellies.

so the next day we had lunch at the lady and sons.  as soon as you sit down you are given a garlic cheese biscuit and a hoe cake, which is like a small pancake made with cornmeal.  there is maple syrup on the table to eat with the hoe cake, but i like to use mine to clean up the collard juice!i had fried chicken, potatoes and gravy, creamed corn, lima beans, mac n cheese, collard greens and black eyed peas.  adam is not that interested in the veggies so he had fried chicken, pork ribs and mac n cheese. we both had seconds!  at the end of the meal you choose from one of three desserts.  i had gooey butter cake and adam had banana pudding.  

when we left we had to go straight to bed.  my belly hurt for days, but that didn't stop us from having an ice cream cone for dinner.