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| - Friend and I ordered late lunch, early dinner to go on a Wednesday. We had JUST missed the lunch specials that end at 3pm, so dinner orders it was. I ordered the fried chicken dinner, which came with two sides and a choice of soup or salad. I elected for the chicken dumpling soup option as opposed to the other fish stew, and also the green bean and mac n' cheese sides. Friend order fish n' grits dinner, which also came with two sides. No soup or salad, I think though.
I was so hungry, I started in on the cornbread and soup first while in the car. Cornbread was not great. The top part was dry, but the bottom was alright. We're thinking we didn't get the freshest of cuts from the day. Next, I started in on the chicken n' dumpling soup. Though it was so thick, I don't know how it could be called soup! Don't get me wrong, it was DELICIOUS, but it was super thick and creamy, far more than I expected. There's some word between soup and stew that accurately describes it.
Finally after reaching the house, I started to eat the dinner meal like proper folks should. Green beans were overcooked as typical in most soul food spots I've experienced. Mac n' Cheese was alright, but not best I ever had. The fried chicken was hardly fried. It was kind of a lightly fried baked chicken that retained a lot of the juices. It didn't have much of the crisp and crunch that I was looking for, but it was quite good for what it was. My friend said pretty much the same thing about his meal. Everything tasted light. Take that to mean whatever you'd like.
It's hard to please everyone when it comes to soul food. Certainly this food was aight, and didn't leave my stomach crying in overstuffed pain later. But it was a wee disappointing. Not to mention that they didn't have any desserts for sale when we came in because apparently the baker doesn't get in to get those ready until the the dinner rush. I really REALLY wanted me some good sweet potato pie, and was sad I couldn't try out Carmi's.
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