Revenge is often preferred to be served cold but I on the other-hand decided to serve it hot,…read morepiping hot. A few weeks ago I was in Austin, catching up with some friends and they decided to take me to lunch at Franklin's on a hot Texas July day. As someone who despises the heat and would rather not have something than stand in line for it, I was in for a long day. It indeed was a long day, a long day of standing in line surrounded by absolutely lovely friends, new and old with the end of this faster-than-expected line being a perfect plate of barbeque and fixings.
No good deed goes unpunished, so when these Texan comrades flew into John Wayne Airport on a hot Sunday afternoon, I decided to enact my ironic revenge. I pulled up to the curb of their arrival at the exact perfect time, I jumped out of the car, hugged all of them and launched their luggage into my trunk as if I only cared about my belongings in life.
We drove straight to Heritage Barbeque in San Juan Capistrano, which is an uncomfortably long ride for people who just got off an airplane. I didn't ask them what they felt like eating, or if they even wanted to eat, I just drove.
When we arrived, parking was a real 'female dog.' "Yes! Perfect! My revenge is taking shape," I thought. After parking, we went and stood in what would turn out to be a two hour line. I did them one better than in Texas, not only would we have to stand in line for two hours, surrounded again by absolutely lovely friends new and old, here at Heritage you can drink while you stand in line.
By the time we got to the front, we were all three sheets to the wind and loving every second of it but we had to gather our senses because this alcohol in our stomachs needed delicious food to soak up.
I decided to order for the group and we ordered enough to sober up hours worth of drinking. It started with the meats, pounds of brisket, tri-tip, pulled pork, pork baby back ribs, pork belly, sausages and chicken Pollo A las Brasas style and the other style too. When I say pounds of meat, I mean pounds of meat, enough to make you want to make an appointment with your proctologist.
In addition we ordered every side, which I think is the underrated part of their menu. Their beans, mac & cheese, chili, potato salad and the rest are the best of any barbeque institution and I should know, I've been to a minimal amount of barbeque establishments.
Anyway, by the end of the meal, my friends were full, happy and still a little buzzed. My revenge was complete....
Stay thirsty for revenge my friends....