I ate my first reptile on this trip. Chris ordered Gator Bites at the Sea Shack on Hilton Head Island. They were a little chewy, but kind of like dark chicken meat. Of course they were fried. We enjoyed a variety of Lowcountry fare including fried oysters, fried local shrimp, fried flounder, fried scallops, fried crab cakes, fried hushpuppies, etc. We tried the infamous boiled peanuts, but neither Chris, Davin, nor I were sold on them. They tasted like warm, salty Garbanzo beans, which isn't all that bad but not what you would expect from a peanut. Davin, however, seemed to enjoy everything else and happily consumed some strange delights such as fried oysters, Gator bites, and an apple covered in sand (a beach speciality only he seemed fond of). Our favorite restaurant was Clary's in Savannah- it was worth going to Savannah just to eat there. Chris had Malted Waffles Supreme and helped Davin with his Georgia Pecan Pancakes. I had Eggs Benedict Clary's style, with a nice crab cake in the middle. It is a good thing for our health that we don't have a Clary's in Winston.
Davin enjoying the view at Hudson's on the Dock, a restaurant in Hilton Head
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