Cracked out in Lakewood

For those of you that don't already know, I have a complete addiction to pork. I love ham, ribs, fried pork chops, roast pork, pulled pork, carnitas, and most of all bacon. Rarely a day that goes by that does not have some form of my love. The other day I was driving and noticed a sign for a new barbecue restaurant. I was so excited! I didn't have time to stop, but today I did! I was a little skeptical because of the location. It is in a little mini strip mall by Lakewood Country club. I thought, yep, they probably have everything watered down so that the old folks don't get to burned up by the spices. Even if it is good, how long would this place last? Old folks cant eat heavy, spicy food all the time. However, since I am on a mission to try everyone's ribs, I went anyway.

I hopped out of the car, and immediately the smoke smell hit me. I thought, ok, a real smoker, no Tony Roma's happening here. Good. I walked in to see a few tables filled with families eating. Good again. Must at least be tolerable. Then I looked at the menu. Short and too the point. Ribs, pulled pork, tritip, etc. The usual fare. Then I saw it! WONDER BREAD!!! I almost squealed in excitement. Any joint that has loaves of Wonderbread on the counter must be pretty damn good! You only see that in the 'hood. Yeah!! I proceed to order one of everything on the menu, but then quickly remembered I only had $21 dollars in my pocket. Damn. Oh well, I can't eat that much anyway. I ordered the two-meat meal, with St. Louis Ribs and pulled pork. Today's special was macaroni and cheese, so I ordered it instead of potato salad, and my other side was barbecue beans.

As I hurried home, I thought ooooh, this will be a good opportunity to practice my food shots! The red in the sauce and the yellow macaroni will look great! Right. It was all I could do to snap off these couple shots. I was hungry and it smelled good. Forget practice! These would have looked much better if I would have plated the food, set up the lighting, etc. That will have to happen next time.

On my eye's note:
-Eat before trying to learn food photography.
-Practice with food you are not obsessed with.