Another story another adventure

I lived in Nashville Tennessee for almost 5 years from 2012.Known as Music City , it embraced all styles not just country.I wasn’t into all the honky tonk music bars on Broadway , I went to cool venues to see outstanding artists such as Rockabilly Queen Wanda Jackson.This was my first musical thrill seeing her perform at 3rd and Lindsley.

Southern food was something else .My first encounter was at Arnolds Country Kitchen , a taste of true Nashville meat and three , serving up home-style cooking.This restaurant has been a local favourite for more than three decades.

My first taste of grits and it tasted like cement , although I have never tried eating cement.I looked at someone who waa eating biscuits and gravy. The gravy was not brown.I thought why would you eat biscuits with a white gravy and how come those biscuits look like scones.In England our biscuits are sweet and we have them with tea.

Nashville also had many Mexican restaurants which I really liked going to frequently.

Margaritas were the best and the food was amazing.My favourite places were La Hacienda in Berry Hill that served great combo platters and Rosepepper Cantina in East Nashville which made excellent Margaritas and spicy enchiladas .

I am not a fan of fast food restaurants but I did like Krystals , famous for its small square hamburgers known as sliders.I also liked their hash browns as they were finger shaped .My first encounter was entertaining. I asked politely for some hash browns. The lady behind the counter, said in a Southern drawl ” Oh my you’re from England, have you seen the Queen”I replied” No I haven’t ” then she carried on and asked “Have you seen Prince William”? I smiled at her and jokingly said “Not recently ” . I think the few people that were listening to this banter really thought that I had seen Prince William.I have only seen him and the rest of the Royal family on the telly.

I will have more stories to tell from Tennessee and other Southern States later.