Good morning adventurers.
Good morning.
From Miami!
Just kidding. We had enough of the fun in the Sun, you guys, we wanted some winter vibes.
'Coz it's Christmas time!
So we ended up just heading back home to Missouri and just hanging out with some of our family. We had Thanksgiving with everyone
Yeah didn't film for a while, which is great
And then we decided to take ourselves a little trip out to the east over to North Carolina
Which we've been to the state
but it's been a long time
And we found this adorable little
Cabin behind us right outside of this little town called Boone. We have a super fun and delicious day planned
We're gonna explore the area eat some local food and some just really delicious food.
Try not to freeze our asses
Oh my god! We got our biggest jackets we could find, our sweaters.
It's freezing out here
We're gonna go crank the heat up in the white stallion over here. Yeah
He's back
We're off
Our first half of the day we came to a little place called "Stick Boy" or I think if the locals refer to it
Maybe as the kitchen - it's Stick Boy Kitchen. It's a bakery and you make all these amazing fresh breads pastries
bagels so
When you're in North Carolina, you can't come here and not get a biscuit
So we thought we'd start today the southern way with deep fried chicken on a biscuit
Well Eric kind of destroyed it when he was holding it for a photo
[Eric]: It's so pretty. It's so much prettier.
It's got a garlic aioli in there and house-made pickles
So everything is made in-house, the aioli
I think they do their own pickles, the biscuit itself, of course
and then I
wanted to try one of their bagels because they make them fresh daily and they boil them and do it all I got I think
It's called "The Grenade". There's bacon, eggs, sriracha
Jalapeno, cream cheese, and this is a jalapeno bagel
Oh and some spinach keeping it a little healthy, right?
But if you come to Boone, you will likely see a Stick Boy on a lot of the restaurant menus
I think they provide a lot of the restaurants with their fresh bread for the day
[Eric]: Look at this biscuit, you guys
It looks so fresh and delicious and buttery. I just picked it up from one time earlier and already destroyed it. So it's really hard to eat
Okay. All right. There we go. I'm going quick before the whole thing falls apart.
Oh man, that chicken, holy cow!
I feel so good to be back in the south. You guys that fried chicken down here. It's so delicious
Well, the biscuit is super fluffy and buttery. It's kind of toasted on the inside there
So it's a little bit crunchy and oh my god the chicken you've glide right through it. It's so juicy. So flavorful
It's got a little bit of pepper, or actually, I think now that I'm destroying this thing
But look what I did to the sandwich you guys the biscuit is just so soft. It falls right apart.
[Allison]: There's literally none of it left
[Eric]: There you go, have fun!
Thanks, thanks a lot.
Let's put our pickle guy up there.
Oh it's so good.
It's just such a perfect combination, the tang of the pickle, the garlic aioli.
[Eric]: Oh, I didn't get any of the pickle.
Oh, they're really good.
And then the fried chicken is perfect. It's so juicy so crisp and the biscuit is perfectly like moist crumbly
This is a breakfast my grandma would approve of but we can't forget about our little bagel guy over here luckily
This one's cut in half so you can see it's all juicy got my egg over-medium
[Eric]: We're kind of bailing on the etiquette today
I get why they call it the grenade it is spicy
Oh my word with the sriracha the jalapenos and the cream cheese and in the bagels
But it is super tasty this bagel, so good
So like tender and fluffy and kind of chewy if I came back here
I'd probably just try a bunch of the bagels on their own and the bake but there's some cinnamon rolls up there y'all that look
amazing
Are you think we should try it?
I would except we have a very delicious sweet treat that I want to try at another stuff
So we'll save that for another day.
Stick Boy Bakery actually just started as a bakery people were upset because they couldn't stay and enjoy their baked goods
They had to get it to go. So I guess they complained enough that in 2013
They opened the kitchen here so that you can have sandwiches you can have all day breakfast
Now you can just stay and enjoy and eat in
Holy cow, it's could out here.
I'm not getting used to it.
It's in the 20's which is negative - negative something in the Celcius
This is where you got to go from indoors then to your car as quick as possible. Spend it as little possible time outside
We need to work up an appetite before we head over to our next spot
So we figured we would come to the historic
Blowing Rock which will tell you about in just a second
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This is the Blowing Rock and y'all you can actually climb on this thing
They say do it at your own risk never in the States. Do they let you climb on cool old stuff?
Let's go climb on it. Alright
It's actually kind of scary cuz it's just a straight drop over there. Should I go all the way? I'm scared!
[Eric]: Go for it. Don't fall!
Sit on down now.
It's pretty scary when you get up here
It is scary but I think we're gonna try to get an epic photo
If you do it right it looks like you're sitting on the edge of the world.
[Allison]: How's life on the edge, baby?
It's actually really scary but totally worth coming here
You actually have to pay six dollars to enter this area to sit on the rock - seven dollars, but nobody else is here
We got the rock all to ourselves. It's an excellent photo spot. The views are incredible
Also, this is supposedly the oldest tourist attraction in all of North Carolina
A fun fact I would say the rock itself is pretty underwhelming, but the views are pretty spectacular
Alright, but I'm freezing and I'm hungry again. Let's go eat and warm up
Oh! There's a kitty cat, holy cow!
It's like a little lion bear cat.
That's right guys
We got donuts!
That's the best way to warm up on a cold
Freezing day donuts and a coffee.
We decided we'd go to a more local spot actually called Local Lion. It's this really cool cafe. It's got a really nice vibe
Super warm on the inside. Everyone's just working. I'm glad you're playing Magic the Gathering over there. I'm super jealous this side
know I used to be really into Magic the Gathering. It's also roasting a bunch of beans back there some walking
You just hit in the face with this delicious aroma of roasting beans and it's really cool to just watch him do that
I love when they have it all exposed like that
But most importantly we got some donuts you guys starting from this side
We've got a maple glazed donut the cashier up there said this was her favorite. That's why we got this one
This one looked the best to me. This is chocolate espresso, which how can that be bad?
this one is apple cider and sweet potato Allison had our eye on this one and apparently
Sweet potato is the vegetable of North Carolina. She just told me that
[Allison]: Apparently, I saw that sweet potatoes are in a lot of menus and looked it up.
I'm eating it in donut form. I don't know if that still counts but sure it's healthy
I'm gonna try this espresso one first cuz it's the one I'm most excited about first thing
You notice is just how soft and fluffy these donuts are they just feel amazing at the bottom
Well, the donut is delicious and you can see just how perfectly cooked it is on the inside and it's got this perfect brown color
And the chocolate's great. It's not super espresso. I was hoping for it to have a really strong coffee flavor. Not super coffee-y
Let's see if the sweet potato one tastes more like sweet potato than this tasted like espresso
It just sounded so wintery and perfect an apple cider
Well
Donut texture is amazing. It's so thick and really the yeasty tasting in there
It's actually not too sweet
The sweet potato is really subtle and so is the like a little bit of cinnamon and apple you get from the apple cider
This is really pleasant this pairs perfectly with the coffee which by the way, it's phenomenal this town
It's a little town, but it's a college town. So they've got great coffee
I guess to keep the students going
So we have one last one to try the maple
Do you wanna try it since you didn't love your first one?
Okay, there's so much icing on this.
I love how you reacted. It's the minute it gets in your mouth. That's a good sign
[Eric]: Is that the winner?
Oh my god, it's so good. It's so sweet. But so amazing
Okay, maple you're the winner.
[Eric]: I'm glad she recommended that to us.
We came to downtown Boone they actually have this charming little downtown area King Street
Yeah, and they have all sorts of little shops with little knickknacks and all kinds of really cool old stuff
We have a dinner spot that we're headed to but uh, and it's also getting really cold out here
But if it was a nice warm day, we would spend some time just perusing all these shops because they are amazing
We also almost forgot to mention that Boone is named after Daniel Boone
Which if you're not American or maybe so Americans even don't know exactly who that is
But Daniel Boone was basically the first great American hero. He was an explorer and a pioneer
They say that he camped out in a place near here and they considered it within the city limits
So that was good enough to name the place after him
But if you want to know more about Daniel Boone his history is actually really interesting. Look him up
It's a little too much to say in this video. But but also we have some food to eat
So let's get off the cold streets and go do that
For our final stop of the day
We came to this amazing little restaurant called Proper. It's in this house
We're actually out on the patio, but they've got a heater for us. So nice and warm also
Sorry about the camera our batteries keep dying
Cuz the cold we forgot about this was not very good in low light and the battery's almost dead on this
So we're trying to go fast so we were actually after this gonna go to a brewery called Boone Shine
But because we don't have the battery we instead just went ahead and got the beer here
So Boone Shine tropic ale
[Eric]: And it is delicious.
It is so good.
but if you come here, maybe go to the brewery in addition to having dinner here our
Little first dish has arrived and this is actually what we're most excited to try believe it or not
It is not a little fried Christmas tree
It is actually fried green tomatoes with homemade pimento cheese in between and I think there's like some peach
Sauce drizzle some reduction, but fun fact pimento cheese is actually from, North Carolina
There are so many things in, North Carolina
I can't believe like the Texas Pete hot sauce, which is funny because it's called Texas Pete from a town in north
Yeah, winston-salem. Actually Hardee's is from here Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Also Pepsi and a whole bunch of other stuff. So what is pimento cheese?
Well, it's cheese mayonnaise and pimentos mixed together
Which doesn't necessarily sound that appetizing but I used to eat it as a kid Oh, oops. This guy's going down fast
[Eric]: I've actually never had fried green tomatoes. I'm excited to try it.
They're so good
They're a little crisp which is really nice. Then the breading is great
That peach drizzle gives it a little sweetness and the pimento cheese is just super savory and salty it is
deep-fried kind of gourmet and
Heavenly and I love it.
Our food has arrived. I got some delicious chicken and waffles. That was a special for tonight
It just sounded so good
I know I had fried chicken basically the same thing earlier
But I just can't get enough of it when you're in the South
You got to go all in for the fried chicken, and I got my shrimp and grits. It looks
Amazing. Look at this. Oh my god. I think there's even bacon and they are actually known for their collard greens
So camera number one officially died. Oops. This one's - technically it says it has no battery left
So I'm going to eat this real quick for you guys
Mmm mmm. That is the most interesting shrimp in grits I've ever tried
It's got some cinnamon or nutmeg or something in there
It tastes like Christmas Eve shrimp and grits which sounds terrible
But it's absolutely amazing and there's some delicious red sauce on top of there. Maybe it's like coconut
I don't know but it is super savory and amazing on - apparently the star of their sides the collard greens
[Eric]: We asked him what side we should get he said colored greens
[Eric]: I mean, I don't know how good collard greens can get but
I think this good
They're sweet and vinegary and they've got a little bit of a almost like a grape leaf texture there
They're really nice. They're not super wilted.
Oh, well our camera survived. We're going to probably put it away demolish all this by the way
I forgot to mention. I got macaroni on the side. It's a glutenous day
We're doing a hike tomorrow and I'm gonna have to burn off a lot of these uh calories
Yeah, I think that's gonna do it for us today here in Boone
Let us know if you've been to the area or to North Carolina in general. What we should try next time we're here
Otherwise yes devouring time good night adventurers
We'll see you on the road