Why did the dish run away with the spoon? Because they experienced Shrimp and Grits and Hyman's Seafood Company and fell madly in love, that's why.
I stumbled into this restaraunt completely by accident and it was love at first bite. I met the humble grit a few years ago in South Carolina and wasn't all that impressed really. It was a bit, well, gritty and therefore aptly named and bit bland, but after some experimentation I came to appreciate the gritty grain.
Hyman's is located in Charleston, SC. I've heard that shrimp and grits is a classic lowcountry dish so I thought I would give this local favorite a shot. To be honest I had low expectations, expecting creamy bird seed topped with shrimp - lowcountry surf and turf?
But I was wrong. Dead wrong. I think this may have been the best thing that has ever graced my taste buds. I expected some sort of culinary purgatory (not bad, but not really good), but what I experienced was, okay I'll just say it - food porn. They suggested topping it with bacon and cheese. I agree. I had a difficult time not bursting into song while I ate. I also had to resist the urge to lick the plate. Yep, Shrimp and Grits from Hyman's Seafood Company. Food porn.
Click the title to go to their menu. If you're ever in Charleston check them out.
4 comments:
Angie,
Our friends from S.C. (Shandon) made a dish called chicken bog or chicken bottom. do you remember it? They say that it is a lowlands dish much like shrimp and grits, etc. It is delicious. Did you have it? If not, I think we definitely need to find the recipe.
Shrimp and grits is my favorite dish EVER!!!!!!!
no way. i had never had it before. i'm afraid to try it anywhere else. i can't imagine anything better.
I have eaten it at a rest. in Pigeon Forge that I can't right now remember the name of but there is a great big bull in front of it. I also had it at the Boatyard in Panama City. Somewhere in Outer Banks, too. It is the greatest thing ever. :)
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