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The Triple Crown Dinette formerly consisted of a kitchen and a small antechamber with a few swivel seats and a wraparound counter. Thankfully they've expanded into a larger dining room, however the two are only connected by the kitchen. While staff can flit between the curtains, regular patrons must exit the front door and reenter through another door.
I ordered the small Mac and Cheese, with deep fried sweet potatoes and ancho pepper mayo, and a buttermilk biscuit. Of course, I also had the strawberry milkshake :D.
I've had several Mac and Cheese dishes in my lifetime, and this is undoubtedly the best one. Sorry to my friends at Kraft, Le Cheese, Fortune, Deville, and EVOO, but the richness of flavour here is unbeatable. The noodles are cooked just right, the creamy sauce is tasty, not just generically creamy, not too fatty. The cheese on top is baked to just the right degree, not burnt to a crisp, leaving a beautiful caramel brown colour in just the right places (thank you to the Maillard reaction!). This is no one-trick pony either, I've been back on a few other occasions, and they've consistently impressed me with this dish.
Those who know me know I don't like potatoes, but I love sweet potatoes, so when I heard "deep-fried sweet po..." I don't think I even let the server finish the sentence before shouting "Yes!". Ancho mayo was a new one for me, though, so I looked it up. "Ancho" is another name for the Poblano pepper, a mild chili pepper from Puebla, Mexico. The sweet potatoes were delicious on their own, but the mayo's spiciness provided a nice balance to the sweetness.
I've never had a buttermilk biscuit before either, and I was in for a treat! The outside was slightly crunchy, the texture reminiscent of a fresh scone, and the inside was a wonderful blend of salty-sour butter and milk flavour. I was barely able to finish the biscuit, I had to take half of the rest to go, except for the fact that I couldn't move for a good 10 minutes.
The only negative is that the strawberry milkshake was uninspiring, perhaps my expectations were too high given the level of the salted caramel variant here.
I probably spent 20 minutes trying to finish the meal (and failing), and another 20 minutes endeavouring to move again. It was worth it!
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