Food from the Lowcountry
2025年08月4日
One thing I can say about food from where I’m from is that we love to eat. You can tell from the various sizes of people you see walking down the beach. Savannah, Georgia is known for cuisine from the sea, river, and places in between. Savannah is called the lowcountry because we sit right on the sea level. Here are a few of the delicious foods you can try if visit one day.
- Crab Stew. It’s best eaten as breakfast, when the thick stew comes atop a mess of cheesy grits with a side of eggs. The stew itself contains generous fresh crab meat in a peppery “smothered” sauce with shrimp studded throughout
- “Peas and Carrots”. The sweet peas carrots are both buttery and made into a ginger carrot reduction. It comes with seared scallops and shrimp.
- BBQ Brisket and Ribs. The brisket, is exceedingly tender, brushed with a mildly sweet tomato-and-molasses sauce with a touch of mustard.
- Le Parisien. The most popular sandwich is Le Parisien: with ham, brie, Swiss cheese, a mandoliner apple, served on a fresh ciabatta. They also have daily macarons including a caramel and sea salt one.
- Fried Chicken Sandwich. A Southern fried chicken sandwich with bacon and swiss cheese.
- Seared scallops. Sea scallops, served with fennel puree, grilled apple, pomegranate coulis and watercress.
- Fried green tomatoes are a staple of Southern United States. The dish is made with firm, unripe, and tangy green tomatoes that are sliced, dipped in seasoned cornmeal, then deep-fried. Ideally, the tomatoes should have a crunchy crust and a succulent interior after the deep-frying.
- Banana pudding is a sweet treat originating from the Southern United States. It typically consists of layered vanilla custard, sliced bananas, and wafers or ladyfingers. The concoction is then topped with either meringue or whipped cream.
- Peach cobbler. One of the quintessential summer desserts, peach cobbler is a deep-dish fruit pie with a fragrant peach filling covered with a thick biscuit dough crust.
- Shrimp & Grits. One of the most iconic Lowcountry foods out there, shrimp and grits is exactly what it sounds like: delicious grits topped with shrimp, served together in the same dish.
- Biscuits & Gravy. No list of southern food items could ever skip over biscuits and gravy: commonly served both as a breakfast item and later in the day, there’s nothing quite like a warm buttermilk biscuit topped with sausage gravy!
- Macaroni & Cheese. Southern macaroni & cheese is a special, carby, cheesy, heaven of a dish.
- Fried Okra. What better way to eat a vegetable than to coat it in cornmeal and fry it first? Fried okra is commonly served both as an appetizer and as a side to the main meal when eating in Savannah. Rick