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| - Down home Carolina BBQ!
Carolina BBQ means pork. Pulled pork with a vinegar based sauce.
I'm a Texan, and I appreciate good BBQ. I seek it out. That's why I was so pleased to try Midwood Smokehouse. I was fairly clueless about Carolina style BBQ, and was excited when the waitress knew exactly what I should have when I said I wanted local style BBQ. They served me up two heaping spoonfuls of pulled pork, topped with onions, a side of hushpuppies, and bacon-wrapped jalapenos.
The bbq sauce was vinegar based, with spices and peppers sloshing around the bottom of the mix. I've never quite understood vinegar based sauces, but enjoyed the pickled pepper flavors when mixed with the pork. Parts of the pulled pork had that char on it, or bark, which gave some pieces a smoky, crunchy quality.
The hushpuppies seemed like deep fried pieces of cornbread. They had a slight sweetness to the cornbread. Decent.
I wasn't wild about the bacon wrapped jalapenos. Being from San Antonio, we know our jalapenos, and these weren't the most primo peppers. On the small side, and overcooked so that they squish when you bite 'em.
I was blown away by the beer list. They had a rare cask aged beer, and lots of local options for fine beer.
Unfortunately, they were out of a lot of items, so our selections were somewhat hampered.
The service was very friendly, and they made lots of great recommendations and carefully explained a little about everything we were eating. You could tell that they take pride in the BBQ here.
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