Guy Fieri Eats at a Funky Diner in Austin, TX | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Food Network

if you've ever been to Austin Texas then you know about the coner Street Bridge it's one all the bats live under at night like a zillion bats fly out of here it's really cool and a little further down the street is something else that's cool a little 24/7 joint called Magnolia Cafe than we love it here and they've got great food big breakfast time what should I try the pancakes the Texas Benedict rich and creamy every kind of omelette that you've ever seen I like the jumbo nachos tacos chicken stir fry pesadillas Penta Perfection and they were doing it all from 78 10 ft y'all doing okay with K Cole open this joint 20 years ago he's still working on the peppers but that wasn't enough for these folks we'd be mopping and they knock on the door so Kent and general manager Peter T took the place 24/7 we're up in 248 that's what it feels like pure Chaos Control they say the place is packed has it always been packed yeah ever since Eric Westfall started cooking here Amber 10 years ago everything scra f yeah those 24/7 joints aren't like making everything they make it around the clock and dozens of specials black and salmon it's really juicy and tender spicy mhm spicy but not too spicy not too spicy this is the blackening spice is paprika the foundation of yours does give it the color without making it brutally spicy tablespoon of cayenne black pepper little white pepper garlic and granulated onion powder Thyme and then basil I like where and that little kosher salt spice mixure it's a classic dry rub not wet like the one we made back at Glenn's in Chicago but the cooking method sure ain't classic are we going to turn that over no upside down like that the tras traps more heat underneath and gets even more insanely hot butter holy wow you need like one of those NASCAR hmat suits have you always done it that way wow I like to go pretty rare with salmon especially if you're going to char it up this okay now let me try it there's your butter okay oh this is is good you got any more things we can cook burn that's crazy that's got to be up in the 7 800° right now take a look at that that is just Optimum money spice isn't overdone extremely flavorful that's a great technique it's really moist inside it's very succulent it's actually perfect and look at what they're serving it with jumbalaya in a stuffed red pepper okay so oil and flour have come together to make a dark gr L garlic green Bells those are some monster nuggets of jalapeno shallots green onion and dewy sausage get our rice in there now we can throw a little tomato in there then we HD in a little bit of that Cajun seasoning add the stock this is that stock that you made with the shrimp shells and chicken stock onions g s ice carrot th Rosemary peppercorn strip white wine kind of spicy wow that's good that's stocking money crawfish and crab go down cover it 30 to 45 minutes perfect amount of moisture in there nice and light not too heavy of a seafood overtone I don't know how you're going to tell me it's going to get me better the breadcrumb put it in the saler oh that's great little tickle of the breadcrumb got a little crunch the red bell pepper makes that that's on point man I like the jumbo ey a lot it compliments the salmon really well it's really good Paris party it's a neat place and the fans keep rolling in I've come here for 20 years two to three times a month I come back every week for the food and the funk we like the energy of the place you have to come here I love this place we've created something that's larger than us now it's like a city it's like a village playing on like Friday we're going to Magnolia on Sunday we're just kind of working our way to do the menu one item at a time I'm having the Texas benedict with grilled sausage and homemade Chipotle Holliday a nice spicy cake to it I love pancakes and I come once or twice a week to eat them cornmeal whole wheat or buttermilk little blueberry drop however you like them with pecans there buttermilk and lots of syrup gingerbread pancakes with bananas so gingerbread pancakes yeah got some coffee buttermill so we got like a a really funky coffee milk right here water got salt baking soda baking powder cinnamon nutmeg Ginger wow that Ginger is popping and fles brown sugar okay A little liquid chicken flour I only have one shirt today and then the going do the but you don't want it not be that's good it's dynamite I mean it's great flavor I think it's going to bounce out nice let's go make some is this a big seller huge sour actually bananas SM like big gingerbread cookie that's a really good pancake know with the banana is great because it's not so super sweet it's almost like a Savory pancake it's St they're good the're best pancakes I've every there's such a variety you can mix it up it's something you're not going to get many other places like Texas Benedict or this the top with homemade Ragu crispy on the outside FEI on the inside when we come back that's Magnolia magnificent we would like to thank everybody for doing magn Magnolia Cafe if you are waiting for a table you can wait inside or outside or next door Magnolia Cafe in Austin Texas is a 24/7 local favorite we doing okay here very welcoming very nice when you think of Austin this is a place you would tell someone to come where Chef Eric westall is doing almost everything from scratch the menu is so eclectic from pancakes to block and salmon to jumbalaya to homemade palenta topped with Ragu what are we making dude we're making Peta so we've got the olive oil the shallot a lot of garlic dried tomatoes going to put the water in that's the baby right there these are preserved lemons seriously you make preserved lemons oh yeah it's like I'm a rocking thing take the lemons and salt them now it's a 24-hour joint in Austin Texas right down from the bat bridge and they make preserved lemons we're in it to win it got to taste it it gives you a real great lemon flavor adds a little bit of salt into it couple tablespoons of that in white wine yellow Penta which is yellow grits little simmer going stir those in little heavy cream well that allows a nice little creamy element to it put some in my hand P soon as it cools down it'll set up going to make some ragon to go on top of our money palenta start with some olive oil in there whole GLI cloves so you're going to really caramelize those down though those should break into the sauce completely by the time it's done by the time it's done yeah I I got your green you got your red red line a little acidity a little de glazing Factor little flavor Italian sausage thatal brown up start to render down some of the fat out of that everybody at home right now wishes they had smello Vision in Dolby tomato action we've got your crushed and we've got your there this is going to cook down for how long uh usually about 6 hours the sausage is prime time sausage it's nice and sweet right now cuz those peppers and onions the way they cook down that on pluna so how do you cut them generally just strip heat them up on the flat top yep they down all the but so this you put a little crush on them and heat them up precisely look how that all reduced down that's Magnolia magnificent that is awesome dude I can mow that whole plate in seconds seriously take me away from it before I go into a PO friend the pentil was awesome crispy on the outside creamy on the inside that's pretty Dynamite P the kicker is these salted preserved lemons really yeah no kidding I'd give it five stars it's not like your normal Diner you can't see anything else you know right we drive an hour from San Antonio just ate the food here everyone loves it sometimes when you're hungry for something and you know where the best thing is you can't do without it to make the trip who's the smart alec of this place sorry we're open he came up with that one you know that after people just saw that whole Penta thing they're booking their tickets to Austin right now

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Id: fIP7KkQTEek

Length: 7min 57sec (477 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 15 2024