So awesome that we got tickets to Best Bites again this year.
Lots of pics, not much words... here we go!
Killen's in the Heights, who won the Rookie of the Year with their Brisket Enchilada, and what you don't see was the Bacon Bread Pudding. Both were equally good. They did say to come back for short ribs, but the line is just too long for even really good ribs.
This is a Chicken Caprese sandwich bite...
Italian Sausage Meatball and small little Pork Sandwiches. The Pork Sandwich was actually pretty good.
Sorry couldn't get the picture fixed...
Here's various
Glazed Donut holes.
Bread Pudding from
Lemond Catering. There's quite a few of bread pudding throughout the night.
Then came
Rustic from Downtown.
This is their Wild Boar Meatball over beans. Amazingly delicious.
Their menu sounded good but it as too fishy for me.
Low Tide from downtown did the Shrimp Taco with aioli sauce.
They've brought something I've never seen before, Guacamole Deviled Eggs with Pico on top. Definitely very rich and you taste the pico.
Award winning dish, the fried oysters. It comes with some kick to it. They also gave us a small bowl of Mock Turtle Soup with Veal.
Omni Hotel brought us bao.
The presentation is lovely, but it's sausage with panic chips on top. It's alright.
Here's one of my favs: Uchi, which brought nice a fresh Salmon with Black Truffle, so yummy.
Phat Eatery brought Coconut Curry Beef Meatball. Very delicious, but I do like their food.
Surprised that St Arnold was there to present food not beer.
They brought Smoked Duck Breast with corn. Not bad but it tasted more like pork than duck.
The
Palm brought Pork Chop with Bourbon Cinnamon Apple. I liked the apple but not a fan of the pork chop.
Next to Pam is Ashley's Cakes, the chocolate cake has glitter on it, of course I flocked to it. Nice consistency, not too dense.
The Toffee Gooey Cake with roasted pecan infused with whiskey and a bourbon anglaise.
Got the Soy Garlic wing with honey butter fries. My brain was so confused, the fries are sweet but savory at the same time. It's confusing my taste buds but were so good at the same time. The Soy Garlic wing as a tad too salty for me.
This is Salted Carmel Bodino, which tasted good but too rich after all the food we've had.
We were all just saying how the chocolates are works of art that are too pretty to eat. Of course, I ate mine but it's still super pretty.
All in all, here's what we learned. Even if you have tickets, don't go super early because you wait in line like sardines. They really should have a more orderly system for early entry versus normal entries. It was a tad chaotic at the beginning.
Go with a plan: you know about which restaurants and which winery will be there. So plan while you wait. And hit that booth first.
The voting, you're given coins at the entry, voting is only for food. There's a people's choice and judges, both awards are just as prestigious.
Wear cute clothes but comfortable shoes. Tons of walking, people dropping food, and some dropping alcohol, so don't wear too nice of shoes they'll get ruined.
Lastly drink plenty of water, and when you're done - head out. There's tons of people waiting for valet or their Ride Share and have been known to wait over 35 mins, we waited for 10 mins or so. Not too bad.
Great night, walked lots, ate lots, and took lots of pictures at various stations. This is a start to this Rodeo Season!
Rodeo Uncorked!
Best Bites Winners:
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2020/02/24/see-which-local-favorites-won-2020-rodeo-best.html
