Thursday, April 09, 2009

Bad BBQ in Texas

There are undoubtedly wonderful things about Texas, and even about Texas BBQ, but I have to say the Sonny Bryan's BBQ is definitely not one of them. This is a chain in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area that offers lots of choices, but not many of them are good. I wanted to try a mixture of things, so I went with the half-pound plate with two veg, which lets you try up to three meats. I tried the pulled pork (tasteless), the ribs (some taste, but not very good), and brisket (equally tasteless). The BBQ sauce that came on the whole plate was obviously made with too much tomato paste (no BBQ sauce should have much, if any, paste in it), which gave it a metallic, sharp tomato flavor. The coleslaw had no flavor either. The only semi-redeeming piece on the plate was the fried okra, which was okay, as long as you added mayo to it.

When in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, stay away from Sonny Bryan's.

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