Chef

Hal Holden-Bache

"Brisket. Burger. Enough said. For families that can't decide, go to Chuy's (just a 10 minute drive north, on the other side of the university.) You can't go wrong there and everyone will leave happy."

""Memphis sushi" is a sausage platter. These are two separate menu items but order them both and eat them together with the saltines. When you get some of the pimento and the sausage on a cracker with some pepper on top, it's a wonderful bite of food."

"You can order phở with different meats but I always get this one, which comes with rare beef and tendons."

"I like to get this sausage plate and the Thai papaya salad (not the Esane-style version—the other one where you can choose to eat/order yourself.) And go middle of the road on the heat."

"Order extra bread and extra pickles. I like to pull the meat and skin off the bone and make it into a white bread taco with the cole slaw and pickles."