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Bulgogi Burger

When I was in Austin last month my dude Papi Babylon told me to hit up Burger Tex by the UT campus for a Korean bulgogi burger. Dude was on point with the other recommendations so we stopped by for a burger and happened to make history.

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We ordered a couple bulgogi burgers, one with Swiss as recommended by the cashier. After a few minutes the burger arrived and I headed over to the condiment bar to hook up some toppings: pickles, iceberg lettuce, onions, tomato, mayo and jalapeños.

It was great. The bulgogi was crispy, somewhat sweet and slightly salty but well balanced. While enjoying the burger I looked over the menu and realized that there wasn’t any other Korean food offered, just your typical burger and fries type stuff. I then asked the cashier if they had any kimchi and she brought out her father who was cooking in the back. They told us their Grandma made their’s at home and they don’t serve it to the public, but since we asked they would let us have some. As expected it was fantastic so I asked them to make me a new burger topped with their Grandma’s homemade kimchi. Apparently this was their first request and dude was really excited to make one.

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It was decent. I’d say the regular burger had the advantage with all the condiments but for real I was trying to go authentic. I liked the acidic character that came from the cabbage but at the same time it needed something else to help balance the sourness.

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Carbonated Milk

I was hollering at CeePee the other day and he mentioned how you can buy carbonated milk in Korea. At first it sounded really fucked up and then I came to thinking that it’s probably pretty damn good if a company is selling it. I mean, there has to be a market for carbonated milk if the company exists, right? Well, after a couple minutes I realized that I could make some fizzy milk in the comforts of my own home using my homebrewing equipment.

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So here’s my CO2 tank. I use this to serve beer from my 5-gallon soda kegs and to force carbonate beers. Whenever I brew a beer and don’t have time to wait for it to carbonate slowly I hook up the gas and shake the keg for a few minutes. With a carbonator cap I can do the same thing if I want to carbonate a smaller quantity of beer like a 2-liter bottle.

So instead of using beer with this shit I decided to try out milk. We’re not stopping there though. On the way home from work I picked up some Hawaiian Punch, orange Gatorade, Snapple Iced Tea w/Lemon and a bottle of Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino.

We started off with Hawaiian Punch since we figured it would taste the best. More

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Brisketland

I was in Austin, TX last week for some work training and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to taste a little bit of Texas BBQ. I’ve been there once before a few years back and tried some really mediocre chili from the Texas Chili Parlor (beans wtf) but I didn’t get to try any BBQ. So this time I decided to do it up right by researching the area and taking recommendations from friends familiar with the scene.

Iron Works
We started off at Iron Works downtown. It wasn’t recommended by anyone but fuck it was only blocks from the hotel, they served Saint Arnold’s beers and we were hungry. What a waste. The brisket tasted like it was smoked and then boiled to eliminate all the good shit I was looking for (flavor, aroma and texture). I mean I didn’t even waste my time taking a picture of the plate. The smoke ring could have been sued for false advertising.

After visiting that shithole we knew there had to be better eats to be found so the next evening we headed south about 45 minutes to Lockhart, TX to sample 3 or 4 BBQ joints.

Kreuz Market
First we pulled up to Kreuz Market and the parking lot was empty. No wait, there was one car that had it’s dome light on so we pulled in and sure enough they were open. We ordered a 1/4 lb. of everything they sold and an old lady piled it on a sheet of paper (no tray) and gathered it up like a pouch for us to take to the dining room. More

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