September | 2014 | For Food's Sake – A Sydney Food Blog | Page 2

Wanting to experience the south but finding the prospect of doing it ourselves a little daunting we decided to finish our USA adventure with a Contiki tour. We were all a little apprehensive about doing an organised tour especially a contiki. Everybody’s pretty much across what happens during a Contiki sojourn, the ‘contiki cough’, late nights leading into early mornings, and copious amounts of alcohol – not exactly my scene. Give me a good book and a slice of cake any day. We started the tour in New Orleans which I covered in a previous post, our second stop was Memphis where we visited Elvis’s Graceland (a trippy experience if there ever was one) carpet on the ceiling anybody? Most the of the meals on the tour were pre-planned with Contiki’s affiliate restaurants so most of the time it was pretty hit and miss, there were occasions when we were able to head off on our own and seek out any restaurant that took our fancy. We were advised that some of the best fried …

So I can assume most people have seen a few photos of THAT burger from Brooklyn Social. When I saw it I knew that it belonged in my stomach. Alex and I decided to go on a Friday for lunch, it took us a few good minutes to find it, when in reality it’s really in a prime location. Occupying the old ‘Mexico Food and Liquor’ site opposite Central station. Now I wasn’t fortunate to make it to MF&L before they closed but Brooklyn Social hands down have the coolest entrance I’ve seen in some time, whether it was there before I do not know. Black vinyl strips hang from the ceiling cloaking the entrance, Alex couldn’t help but mutter as we walked in “I feel like I’m going to a brothel”. I haven’t been to a brothel so I can’t confirm the black vinyl….Alex? Touted as a restaurant/dive bar, the inside is rather grungy with dark wood, photos of tittays and old school bands, not to mention a myriad of neon signs. As well …