Foodie in Williamsburg
I’m a foodie, so where ever I go it’s a must for me to check out as many restaurants as my time allows. While staying at one the hotels Williamsburg offers, I managed to eat a three very excellent restaurants. The Old Chickahominy House, Dudley’s Farmhouse Grille and the Fat Canary. I do recommend all three. They were so delicious, I gained five pounds, but I’ll lose it when I get home and use my treadmill for a whole week.
The Old Chickahominy House had the best biscuits and gravy. It’s located in a 200 year old plantation off of Route 5. It’s a family owned restaurant and has been open since 1955. The breakfast was exquisite. As soon as I was seated at my table, I was brought a tray of drinks: grapefruit, mimosas, rebel cocktail (tomato juice, beer and some spices and orange juice. I ordered the rebel cocktail as it was tauted to be known as the ‘redeye’ drink. I did need that after clubbing all night. It tasted like a tweaked Bloody Mary. I even got to meet one of the owners and asked her for her secret to the best biscuits I’ve ever had. She just laughed and thanked me for enjoying them so much.
Then I ate at Dudley’s Farmhouse Grille for lunch. It opened in 2007, so it’s not as established as The Old Chickahominy. But, it does offer the freshest food possible, because they purchase everything at the local farmers market that day. Plus, the restaurant keep an herb garden right outside of the restaurant. I had to try the homemade creme brule made with local eggs. I was melted with just how having the most freshest ingredients can make something taste even more marvellous than can be expected.
My final stop was having dinner at the Fat Canary. It’s a small family run restaurant that’s upscale and it’s the kind of place you’d like to go to on very special occasions. It’s modern, which was refreshing compare to the other two restaurants. It was dimly lit and the walls are painted a pistachio color with accents of original art purchased locally. The kitchen is an open fare for all to see what’s going on. The mozzarella is homemade, all the food to purchased locally and the dishes are serve with a playful flair, like the lobster mac ‘n cheese combination with mint ice cream sandwiches brought back childhood memories (except the lobster part). The specialties are their sandwiches, but I went for the mac n’ cheese with the mint ice-cream sandwich. Mmmmm…
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