Good Eats
Hit a homer on Lake Guntersville when you go to bat at The Boat House
ribbons of shaved ribeye atop rice and stir-fried veggies all dressed up with a Korean glaze and served with a side dish of Asian cucumber salad. ucie Keck may be a small woman “All the recipes are with a sweet voice, mine,” Lucie says, adding but she’s a brave soul. that weekly specials are The Korean-born lady based on whatever she is practically grew up in an craving. Asian restaurant in Los We simply had to save Angeles. She’s traveled the the Bavarian pretzel bites globe doing technical work with beer cheese dip – a in places such as Greece, recipe that reflects her time Ireland and Germany. in Germany – as well as Here’s where it gets onion rings for another time. good for us. Her onion rings feature a In each of her stops, she Japanese batter kept ice cold spent time trying different that puffs up when it hits the foods and learning to make fryer. They have a devoted the ones she liked. Lucie’s fan following. biggest adventure started, “They’re different though, when her heart because of the batter I use,” and her husband led her she says. to Alabama where they Lucie admits that she opened a restaurant in a changed the menu many converted nightclub in times during the first year Guntersville. as she figured out what Against the seeming Wings? You bet. Buffalo, Korean and garlic Parmesan flavors, local folks like to eat. She odds, this little lady has built served with The Boathouse’s own dipping sauce made with never dreamed she would a local following. The Boat ranch and blue cheese dressing with Korean marinade. be serving a lunch menu House Lakeside Bar & Grill made up of meatloaf, turnip serves delicious “Southern greens, collards, peas, fried meat-and-two” lunch okra and cornbread, but that’s what her some heat, while a soy sauce provided specials along with dinner offerings you customers want. a more traditional flavor. Both were won’t find elsewhere in Marshall County. A sampling of those dishes showed delicious. “It’s eclectic,” Lucie says of their them to be as good as you’d find menu. “There’s something there for anywhere. One reason is that Lucie ext up, the black and blue steak everyone.” seasons her greens with Alabama’s own tacos are almost too pretty to eat. Sliced This Louisiana-born codger noticed, Conecuh sausage. flank steak is marinated in balsamic right off the bat, it’s a fantastic menu. and honey then grilled. Flour tortillas Lead-off for Rose and me when we branded with grill marks are piled with ucie and her husband, Brian, ate there was one of Lucie’s most popular meat on a bed of lettuce, topped with an engineer who works evenings and appetizers, Greek Fries. Would local fresh blue cheese and drizzled with an weekends as bartender/handyman, diners go for fries doused with something spent more than a year renovating the called Tzatziki sauce? I saw the light with Italian balsamic glaze. If that were not feast enough, alongside is a bowl of the building. The fresh new look perfectly my first taste, and I don’t mind eating best black beans this cowpoke ever tasted, complements a gorgeous view of the lake things I can’t spell. Tzatziki is made of as well as salsa, sour cream and lime. over the levee, which may be the best sour cream, grated cucumber, garlic, Another hit. seats in the city. The perfect setting for yogurt and dill – all of which I love. Top The bases were loaded by the time the an old fashioned, an Alabama Slammer, a that with fresh feta and you’ve got a clean-up batter came to the plate. We were mimosa, bloody mary, craft beer or wine. delicious starter. looking at a grand slam. Korean Bulgogi Cheers … and grand slams to boot! The on-deck hitter was the pork and – barbecue beef – is a beautiful plate with vegetable egg rolls – and just like that, Good Life Magazine
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another hit. The outside was perfectly crisp and golden brown, stuffed full of tasty meat and veggies, but the stars here are the sauces. A sweet chili sauce offered
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