Brown's Country Restaurant Arkansas Review

alf way between Fort Worth, TX and Memphis, TN is the spot immensely popular with my extended Stateside family on their back-and-fro travels. Smack in the middle of leafy Arkansas, just off the I-30, is tucked away Brown's Country Restaurant . It is a soul food all-you-can-eat buffet and now you know why it is so hip with my peeps.

A 100-foot counter inside a rustically decorated dining hall bustles with activity: Blacks, Whites and Latinos alike equally rub their shoulders together whilst piling up their plates with barbecued chicken, fried catfish, sweet potatoes, collard greens, chicken gizzards and other Southern classics.

I have already shared my observation that soul food is very much like West African food minus plantains, hence it is perhaps the best diet for growing and maintaining a curvaceous booty, equally admired by large swathes of populace on both sides of the Atlantic. At Brown's it is good old-fashioned with no pretence, hearty and filling, you will be bursting at your seams after the first helping - and at a 9 bucks pop it's a great value.

Perhaps, one suggestion I would make is to update the preparation methods to fit the modern ideas of wholesome nutrition: less fat and processed sugar, shorter cooking times, grilled as opposed to deep-fried, freshly squeezed juices instead.of soft drinks. I know asking for free-range meat and eggs in America is a bit of a tall order, but at least it's something the proprietors could aspire to.

Pro's: Unlimited helpings of a large variety of soul food yummies. Much better and cheaper than the hyped-up Paula Deen's Southern buffet.
Con's: Some entries will defo be scoffed by the Healthfood Squad (particularly the desserts were simply abominable).
In a nutshell: Great place to tank up when driving through Arkansas.

Brown's Country Restaurant
Exit 118 on I-30, Benton, AR
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