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  • Old City Hall and New Murals Around Brunswick, Georgia

    a stone and brick two story building with a spire

    When my dad and I stopped at Tait’s Feed and Seed a few weeks ago, I walked around and took some photos of the Old City Hall and some street art murals in and around downtown Brunswick, Georgia.

    a utility building with a welcome to brunswick georgia mural painted on one side
    a building with a mural of an old woman, american flag, and child on the side of long building
    a mural of the side of the old Piddler's building showing the sound and the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the center

  • Kyoto Express in Brunswick, Georgia Is My Favorite Americanized Japanese Food

    a white plate with plain fried rice, fried zucchini, teriyaki chicken, hibachi shrimp and broccoli,

    Another favorite restaurant of mine in Brunswick, Georgia is Kyoto Express. It carries on the tradition of Kyoto Restaurant (lovingly called Kyoto’s) that used to be the go-to celebration hibachi restaurant on St. Simon’s Island, which featured large hibachi grills you sat around, twirling knives, explosive fire cooking, and good times. After Kyoto Restaurant closed, one of the chefs opened Joe’s Japanese next to Glynn Place Mall, which recreated the Kyoto Restaurant experience without the same kind of atmosphere as the original. Unfortunately, it didn’t last long, but thankfully, Kyoto Express opened as a quick alternative without the show and atmosphere but with the same good food. It is located in the Publix shopping center next to the Super Wal-Mart.

    I went there several times during my last trip to Brunswick. My go-to meal is the teriyaki chicken and hibachi shrimp dinner (above). I also like the teriyaki chicken and hibachi steak combo dinner (below). If I’m real hungry, I’ll add on a side of extra veggies (stir-fried zucchini, onions, and sesame seeds).

    There are two key elements that keep me coming back to Kyoto Express besides the overall quality of the food. The first is the way that they make stir-fried rice. It’s simple. They begin with oil on the grill. Then dump the rice. After working it a little, they add a lot of butter while working it over the grill’s surface and then toss in some soy sauce for flavor and color. The second element are the sauces. While most folks tend to like the “white sauce,” I don’t. I only use two sauces: mustard sauce (a concoction I’m guessing of thick mustard and soy sauce) and ginger sauce (both seen below). I use the ginger sauce for shrimp and steak. I put mustard sauce on everything else–chicken, veggies, and rice.

    several plates: one plate of plain fried rice, hibachi steak and mushrooms, teriyaki chicken, stirfried zucchini, a bowl with extra stir fried veggies, and a small plate with three cups of mustard sauce and one cup of ginger sauce

  • Pizza Inn Thin Crust and a Box of Grandy’s French Fries is a Delicious Combination

    A family favorite meal when I was young was a box of french fries from Grandy’s and a thin-crust pizza from Pizza Inn. When I make my way back to Brunswick, I try to get this combination at least once. However, this past trip I went four times during my two week trip! Since my parents live about 30 miles from Brunswick now, my dad and I would eat our pizzas and fries in the car–sometimes in the Marshes of Glynn Overlook Park and sometimes in the back of the Pizza Inn parking lot. Nowadays, my dad prefers a double helping of hamburger on a pan pizza, and I get a handful of different toppings (hamburger, pepperoni, black olives, spinach, mushrooms, and onions) on my thin-crust pie. If you find yourself in Brunswick, both restaurants are recommended!

  • Tait Feed and Seed in Brunswick, GA

    a large plastic rat next to a wood sign that says Tait Feed & Seed, 50 years

    When I was visiting my folks a few weeks ago, one of our first stops was to Tait Feed and Seed in downtown Brunswick, Georgia. We needed to get three new blades for my dad’s 61″ cut Skag Tiger Cat II mower. We changed the blades and cut the grass twice while I was there. Even with such a wide cut, it takes about an hour and a half to cut the yard around their house, metal building, and the driveway from the gate, along the field, and to the house.

    an antique telephone mounted on a wall above a modern corded phone

    Besides the giant rat shown above, two other things caught my attention in the shop while we were there. First, they have an antique hand-crank phone stationed above their modern AT&T phone. Second, the Master Price List Replacement Parts catalog for Kut-Kwick mowers, which are designed and manufactured in Brunswick, reminded me of the first riding brush mower that I learned to use at Ellis Auto Parts on 341 Highway. I don’t know the year model, but the one I used many times was an updated version of this one from the 1960s.

  • A House at Night Illuminated by Porch Light

    a barn roof house at night illuminated by porch light, trees in the background,

    After I moved the oak lumber and cement mixer off the porch of my folks’ house, I took this photo at night.