I had originally posted this review days ago, but WordPress decided to chew it up a bit and only bits and pieces came out. So, here’s a recap of my original post. Since I’ve been so mad at WordPress, [and maybe add many a non-sober nights], I haven’t been updating lately.
For Corinne’s birthday, we thought it’d be cool to eat somewhere around her work place because we usually eat around midtown east. Since she works in Chelsea now, I’ve got no problems with that. Chelsea’s always coming out with new hip places to eat. A lot of Chelsea food places tend to be attached to a lounge, which I wouldn’t go to for food [I say, just go for the atmosphere and drinks]. Corinne chose Righteous Urban Barbeque, RUB for short, and I had heard good things about it, so off we went one day after work. The dining area is on the medium to smaller side; it seems like one of those places with long waits on weekends. Luckily for us, it was a weekday and it was before 6PM. The inside is very basic, and furnished with wooden tables and chairs. There’s also a small bar area, though I’m not sure what’s on tap.
outside
Corinne and I ordered a whole bunch of stuff to share. We knew we couldn’t eat like two orders each otherselves, so we got 3 things to split between us. We ordered half a rack of baby back ribs, a pulled pork sandwich, an order of onion strings, and to top it all off, fried oreos for dessert. The baby back ribs were very tender and practically came right off the bone. The half a rack came with 6 or 7 ribs; I recall not being able to finish my portion too. They serve the ribs with white bread and a few pickles [which I ate] on a metal pizza tray. Easy cleanup and hard to break I guess? Before I continue with the pulled pork sandwich, I have to mention that RUB has some really good bbq sauce. It wasn’t too tangy, like some of the store bought stuff and it wasn’t too liquidity, like I was expecting for some reason [I think it’s the squirt bottle]. RUB also provides Frank’s hot sauce for those who are fans. The pulled pork sandwich was juicy and it was fairly easy to split into two. The sandwich comes on a bun with some pickles on the side- nothing out of the ordinary. I personally enjoy pulled porkwiches with cole slaw in them ever since I was introduced to them during the Big Apple BBQ. Corinne’s not a big fan of the slaw, so we just got a regular pulled pork sandwich. They do offer the sandwich with slaw though from what I remember; someone should try it and let me know how it is!
white bread & bbq- such southern things
add some slaw 😛
What we were really surprised at were the onion strings. I thought they’d just be chopped of version of an onion blossom, but these are like the onion equivalent to shoe string fries- and you all know how I’m crazy for shoe stringed fries. That wasn’t the part that really wowed us though. These onion strings are seasoned with stuff! [don’t ask me what type of seasoning.. cuz… I have absolutely no clue] It was good enough to eat without ketchup. But I’m the queen of condiments, so of course, I had to add the ketchup on anyways- though I did eat quite a couple without any ketchup. We got a small order and it was wayy too much. We kept eating it and it seemed to refill itself; the quantity never seemed to deplete!
it was seriously never-ending.
I really didn’t want any more food after this- but the fried oreo just seemed too tempting. I didn’t know what to expect except for a lot of sugar. I’ve seen these at street fairs and carnivals and such, and I was always curious about them, but I never thought I could handle it. I like a lot of simple food, with simple flavors. Anything too heavy, meaty, greasy, or fatty- you can count me out. However, my love for food has overpowered my sense of self. I’ve been eating chocolate and meat like they were my friends. Half the time, I don’t even know what to do with myself afterwards. Anyways, for the sake of food, I just had to try these oreos. I liked the batter that they use.. it’s … cakey… it reminds me of that fried chinese treat with the meat stuffed inside.. [do you know what I’m talking about?]. The oreo and the cream inside is melted; they should’ve used double stuffed b/c it’s hard to locate the cream. These come 4 in an order and are all sprinkled with confectionary sugar.
ya want some; i know it
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Here’s Corinne being a fatty friend. One hand in the onion strings and one hand in the meat. This is why we’re friends. She also goes to Foxwoods just for the buffet. I remember several trips to Atlantic City for the same. No, we are not sad people.
And finally… here’s a pic of our sauce……
this was full when we started… and we weren’t even done yet =X
we didn’t buffet it today. we did win big (just me and my mom). but we got some pretty good soup at this little place my dad totally loves. so there WAS some foodage involved. hooray!
oh mang. i want some onion strings.
The cole slaw is tangy and you should try the burnt ends–they’re amazing.
Hmm tangy slaw? I may have to pass on that.. but I will remember the burnt ends on my next trip- thanks Lisa!