When I heard about chicken-fried bacon I thought, how could something so wonderful exist in this cold, cruel world? So of course my food-frakking deputy Julia and I had to make a pilgrimage to the holiest place in the chicken-fried bacon universe, Sodolak’s Original Country Inn in Snook, Texas.
I don’t think that four hours is too much to drive on a Sunday to get chicken-fried bacon, do you? There’s plenty of beautiful Texas scenery on the way.
There’s not a lot to Snook. There’s an intersection and a stoplight. There’s a post office. And there’s Sodolak’s.
The interesting thing about chicken-fried bacon is that not only is it a conceptually stunning concept, but it actually tastes really good. The bacon is surprisingly light without sacrificing its rich flavor. And the dipping gravy takes it over the top.
In this video, Sensei Sodolak says that people will purchase two orders of chicken-fried bacon and call that a meal. Personally, I think that Julia and I could have split that single order and it would have been perfectly filling.
The chicken-fry batter crumbed like the feathers of angels.
On the way back we stopped by Round Rock and visited the eponymous round rock.
Could any day be more perfect?
