Until this week, when I was cleaning out my wallet! I found the card and remembered it had about $30 on it.<\/p>\n
I ordered an item I’ve never had before, the Bluff City Nachos: “Crispy wonton chips topped with baked spicy crab, diced avocado, diced jalapenos, and sweet soy. Spicy.” I didn’t think the portion would be very big, and I didn’t expect a lot of crab. So I ordered a side of edamame too, to make sure I’d feel full when I left.<\/p>\n
The portion was big and there was a LOT of crab!<\/p>\n
I didn’t need the edamame! Then again, who can argue with edamame?<\/p>\n The nachos were delicious and made me feel like I was on the beach patio of a restaurant in Destin. The sauce nicely accented the taste of the crab, and the chewiness of the crab was a nice counterpoint to the crunchiness of the chips, which held out well until the last few bites. I enjoyed this dish from start to finish.<\/p>\n One thing I will note – the nachos are sticky and messy! Get extra napkins. If you finish this dish without a bite of crab landing on the floor, you have attained mastery.<\/p>\n If you only get the sushi when you come to STIX, this is a good choice to venture out to the rest of the menu. Strongly recommended.<\/p>\n Readers’ generosity helps keep this blog afloat. Donations:<\/strong> I said on Facebook that I wouldn’t be blogging until Thursday or later, but I came across something so yummy I changed my plan. Several years ago my neighbors slipped several STIX gift cards under my door as a Christmas present. I used most of them not long afterward, but the final one made its … Continue reading “Bluff City Nachos @ STIX”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27531"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27534,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27531\/revisions\/27534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/stix-bluff-city-nachos.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\")
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