We have many types of gravy, white sausage gravy is just one. There's red eye gravy, brown gravy, giblet gravy, cornmeal gravy, chocolate gravy, tomato gravy, and I'm sure there's many more you'll see across the US
Yes, Waffle House has the feeling of a "diner" - despite being a chain restaurant. Yes, he is correct they ordered the dish and the staff made it, without the dish being on the menu.
But which of the 3 immortal space-time witches that work as waitresses at *every* waffle house is your favorite? The 40-ish, rail thin trailer lady who looks like a Walter White fan, has too much energy, to the point of annoying you, but delivers polite, no-nonsense service? Maybe the eternal teenager who is sooooo over your sh*t, and is a smartass? My favorite is the heavy black lady who is sunshine incarnate. You just need a spoon less sugar in the coffee that she keeps refilling after every few sips, keeping you constantly adjusting creamer and sugar.
There is no smoking allowed in the Waffle Houses near me. I would never go there otherwise. Even if they weren't tiny spaces, smoking is disgusting where people are eating. Employees can be seen smoking outside in whatever weather.
My first full-time job was at a Waffle House (and we were next door to a couple of truck stops, so we got all the truckers in!) I never worked the late-night drunks shift, but I would do the afternoon one. And I still love the food there. It's nothing fancy, but it's simple, solid, and really, really good. Every so often, I'll just start craving a Texas cheesesteak sandwich and hashbrowns, or one of their chicken sandwiches. It's good stuff.
Don't assume, while it originated in the south, it is not the only area they are in. I am in Ohio and they are all over the place. Also, I don't drink, millions that go there do not drink, it is delicious no matter what or when They are open 24/7.
@@jessicabutler4116 Lol, I have been to the Covington one, long time ago. WH has been a lifesaver for my family, I was a full time caregiver for my mom and another family member before that along with my own medical stuff, the number of times mom especially had to go to the ER through her life made it feel like a second home to me. Obviously, when you go to the hospital, you never know how long you will be in ER, especially when a serious heart issue, finally going home in the middle of the night starving and having Waffle House at the end of my street reliably open meant so much.That's why I said drunks and alcoholics weren't the only ones going there, or that it was only good if you were tipsy. We all know that's not true, we all have our own reasons why we love it and have memories but I didn't want the wrong message to be taken by our friends from across the pond. Also to travelers driving through the night and having one at most highway exits is so handy.
Honestly not a huge fan of Waffle House, but it is reliable. The US government actually sets emergency standards by how Waffle House is operating. Waffle house is open 24/7. Even with no power like after a hurricane, they have their own generators to keep going.
Do NOT underestimate good southern grits. I won't fault Waffle House for not getting the grits right, as it's harder than it might seem to do them well.
Waffle House never makes bad grits. They were too drunk to enjoy it. All they needed to do was put some salt on there to get the flavor back if it was old grits.
@@kikibigbangfan3540 Instant grits. You know the kind that comes in a box and mixes up in a hot minute. Looks like a glop of I don't know what and has no flavor at all. I guess I should assume the people I know who do that, do not usually cook anyway. I know the 1st time I had them, stopped me dead. And I was visiting, so nothing I could do, really.
That white southern gravy goes by a few names including sausage gravy and milk gravy. Brown gravy is beef drippings, flour, seasoning and broth. Southern gravy is made from sausage drippings, flour, milk, seasoning (I like it heavy on the black pepper).
It's all "Texas Toast", you butter both sides of white bread and toast them. It is a diner, about $6 bucks a plate, and it's just good ass food, cheap, greasy food, but good food. We have the same "brown" gravy and white gravy.
All of the US has great food but the south is unmatched and there is no question it’s the best. Grits are absolutely delicious but they need to be made by someone who knows what they’re doing otherwise it will taste terrible. People who say they hate grits have probably not made them correctly
I am a breakfast person, and love going to different diners. Waffle House is one of my favorites when I travel. I have had breakfast, lunch and dinner there and never had a bad time. Sadly, I do not have one near where I live. It is an institution in communities down south--b/c it is open 24/7, 365, if the restaurant is closed, buckle up b/s come fearsome weather is coming.
In the South, there is the Waffle House Index. It is used to measure the severity of a hurricane. Since this restaurant always remains open, it has given rise to an informal but useful metric to determine the severity of a storm. The index is based on Waffle House's reputation for having good disaster preparedness and staying open during extreme weather or reopening quickly afterwards. If you get there and the Waffle House is closed? That's really bad... Levels The index has three levels, based on the extent of operations and service at the restaurant following a storm: GREEN: full menu - Restaurant has power and damage is minimal or absent. YELLOW: limited menu - Power is either absent or delivered by a generator, or food supplies are running low. RED: the restaurant is closed - Indicates severe damage or severe flooding; Severe destruction to the restaurant.
And the metric is so good at determining the intensity of storms and their damage that it's unofficially used by some agencies to predict response measures. FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) has been known to use it as part of their response readiness calculations. It's that good.
We have all kinds of different gravies. Sausage gravy is one type of white (aka milk) gravy. You fry some patties of American breakfast sausage. Make a roux with the grease. Add milk, let it thicken. Season with salt and pepper. Crumble some of the sausage into it.
Noah & Ollie need a show together 💜 Waffle House is in every state in the US (or at least the majority). One word of advice when watching Jolly-never believe what Josh says re: the US. He SOUNDS like he knows what he's talking about...nope. lol
Waffle House has kind of a beloved yet hilarious reputation in the US. If you ever want, look up the Saturday Night Live Waffle House skit. It speaks to the culture around Waffle House pretty amazingly.
Most of diner food originated from the simple cooking from the Great Depression, where diners originated, feeding people en mass, cheaply. It became simple, affordable, comfort food, and with better times came better ingredients, more care, and somewhat standardized expectations across the country. Chicken fried steak, chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy, shrimp and grits, hamburgers, corndogs, lots of American staples all can trace their origins to poverty foods. And they're gooood!
Grits is a porridge made from ground up hominy. What is hominy? Hominy is a white kerneled field corn. Regular corn that we eat separately is of course Sweet Corn. I personally don't like grits. I'm 50 and I bet I've onky tried 2 or 3 times in my life, and I just can't get into them. Some people put syrup in them, others do cheese, butter, and even shrimp, but I just don't get it,
Granulated (white or brown) sugar is a personal favorite grits topping for me. Cheese + butter is another solid choice. I like to think of it as separating them into breakfast grits or dessert grits; I'm happy with either/or (if they are done well of course).
I agree. I generally don't like something that has little or no flavor of it's own and has to rely on adding to it to make it interesting. When in Hawaii I discovered poi is in the same category. Just flavorless starch.
whenever there is a hurricane, you know its bad if the waffle house is closed. in texas we called that gravy texas gravy. anywhere else, its called pepper gravy, sausage gravy, or white gravy. it can be with or without sausage. the white gravy is peppery and creamy. pretty sure its made of heavy cream instead of pan drippings like regular gravy. i would frequent a place called jims in texas after a night out. id dip the chicken strips, texas toast, and fries in the gravy. i miss it dearly lol
I've lived all over the U.S. and each region and state has at least 1 good dish I like. The South has multiple things I'll eat abd love but still has some you couldn't pay me to eat. I despise grits (don't like oatmeal or malt o meal either). I don't like crawfish or really spicy food either. Butter and corn syrup on my waffles. Maybe some powdered sugar. I don't care for maple syrup. After we went out drinking we used to stop at a local place called the Hot Biscuit that was similar to Waffle House, IHOP and Denny's. They had a breakfast buffet that they put out for customers coming from the bars and clubs. I usually didn't eat the buffet because they had cubed breakfast potatoes and I prefer hash browns. Always the same order though. Biscuits and gravy with a side of hash browns and a side of crispy bacon. If I ate the buffet for some reason then I just ate the breakfast potatoes instead of hash browns.
In Europe you have Donner kabab after a night out. In the south we have Waffle House. Everything being cooked is visible from anywhere you sit. Great old school cafe vibe. Highly recommended! If someone from the south tells you they’ve never been. They’re lying.
In the northeast, particularly in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, etc) you’ll find more 24 hour family owned diners with the occasional iHop or Dennys. Never seen a Waffle House up here but they’re all over the south and Midwest
"... a little bit tipsy or drunk in this video." Wow! Talk about an understatement! 😂😂😂 I can't imagine what bullsh*t the staff must have to put up with from drunken diners on these late shifts 🙄, though I must say, these guys were very agreeable and relatively well behaved, considering their level of inebriation! 😂😂😂
There are other waffle/pancake restaurants around the US. IHOP (International House of Pancakes) has restaurants all over the US and also in Canada Mexico Guatemala United Arab Emirates Kuwait Saudi Arabia Qatar Bahrain Egypt Ecuador Pakistan India Panama Peru Puerto Rico! I don't think their menu is quite as extensive as the waffle house in this episode but they'd be worth trying. Try the JOLLY episode: "Brits try REAL Southern Fried Chicken for the first time!" - for a great southern meal and southern hospitality!!
@eee93 - I'm surprised someone besides myself knows IHOP is actually international. There have been comments on RUclips by Europeans and others claiming the name is an instance of American arrogance, like the World Series, which also used to include other countries.
Im in the Washington, DC snd Baltimore MD area and we dont have any Waffle Houses near me. When i was much younger, it was always Denny's for after a night of drinking & hanging with friends. But I have had some great road trips going South and they usually included a Waffle House or two.
2:00 A burger on toast is called a Patty Melt. 8:00 When it comes to getting good personalized service, it starts with being a good personalized customer. It works both ways. If they don't come up talking to you then you need to start talking to them to get that service.
A real patty melt is a bit more specific. Caraway rye, carmelized onions, swiss cheese, and a burger patty, ground sirloin if possible. A touch of mustard is acceptable.
waffel house food is good anytime of day, avoid going when the drunks are there it can be dangerous lol there are a lot of videos of the crazy people and fights at the waffel houses.
Americans love their diner style large restaurants. They usually serve the closest to home-style foods than any other eatery's. Fast food places are mostly for on the go like quick meals for kids or when you have no time to cook or wait in restaurants. Americans still loves the dedicated large restaurants that focus on certain foods like Italian, TexMex, BBQ, or Asian. Our fast food joints are exceptional at advertising which is why the world believes Americans live on McDonalds hamburgers & fries.
I was a bartender for about 10 years, and can tell you that after the bars close, the customers go to diners that are open and have breakfast. Then go home and pass out! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love Grandma Debbie
Different parts of the country are better at different things. The coast lines tend to have more options for international foods, better sea food, and lots of fusions. The flat parts of america and the center parts tend to have a lot cattle farms so there is a ton of quality beef. Closer to you get to the southern border the better the mexican food. Its very varied. There are also smaller pockets of different cultures everywhere as well. Also the super thick waffles youre thinking of are known as "belgium waffles" and while they are popular, so are thiner waffles. They cook faster and are less filling so you can swap them out for pancakes if you order a breakfast plate. All these plates of food they are ordering probably cost like 6-8 dollars each.
the best food is in TEXAS. barbecue , tex-mex, fresh seafood from the texas coast, AUTHENTIC mexican food, many asian foods (thai, jappanese, chinese, indian, mongolian,etc) caribbian food, normal american food, we even have vegan and plant based "meat" for some reason i do not understand, who can eat that stuff when you are in texas surrounded by real food, but we have something for everybody
LOL...."best food is in Texas" cracks me up!!! when all they make is food they copy from elsewhere and claim it;s Texan invented. Soul food, Mexican food, regular American food, Bar-b-que are all from elsewhere, not Texas...Texas is the best at boasting or bragging on itself and that's probably it...certainly not the best foods and culture, and nowhere close to being the best state!!!
We have Waffle House also in the NE in Pennsylvania and Maryland. I tried grits when I was in the south, didn’t like them at all. I put sugar & milk on them to try and make it taste like cream of wheat. But it didn’t. Just tried biscuits & gravy a couple of weeks ago. It was so good. I’ve had white gravy before just never with crumbled sausage in it.
That is sausage gravy and it’s made with sausage, drippings and pieces of sausage from lab flour, milk, salt, pepper on a few other spices in it but that’s just a basic recipe
Everyone knows as long as Waffle House is open, the emergency (tornado, ice storm, hurricane) isn’t that bad. Waffle House is reliable comfort food that gets progressively better the later it is and the drunker you are. It is a restaurant definitely more likely to be found in the South, but they are branching out into the northern Midwest. I think Ohio is just an honorary Southern state. The South has the best food, I think personally, but we also have the most people with diabetes, so it’s probably not the healthiest food. 😂
Waffle House is way better than Denny's. The appetizer is a good example of a custom order. Dude you have no idea, just go. Nights are the best, a meal and dinner theater. The south and midwest has bomb stick to your ribs breakfast. Denny's and IHOP are crap. Make sure you tip at Waffle House the pay is crap.
11FEB24: Those thick wafflrs are called Belgium waffles here i the States. Nest with butter and maple syrup in my opinion. More Southrtn classics: Chicken and waffles, fried Okra, Shrinp and grits. Apple butter: imagine apple sauxe with extra everything cooked down until it is spreadable. If you have ever had polenta, that is just grits cooked ina different manner.
How do you get that age with a food channel and not ever have thought to put cheese in scrambled eggs? And, the other add ins, ie: pieces of ham, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, scallions, onions, tomatoes, hash browns, diced potatoes, etc. I wonder if they pour baked beans over scrambled eggs or if they mix a bit into the eggs while they are scrambling them? Or, if they would think that was weird?
It's drunk food, but good! They are found in 25 states!! Older people and families go during the morning and day, typically. This is making me hungry!!!!!! : )
There is an “equivelant” (emphasis on the quotation marks) resteraunt in the north called huddle house but no Waffle house is a staple of southern living.
Although I think ihop taste significantly better...nothing like the memories on hitting up a WAFFLE HOUSE at 2am with my car club friends. It's the best for that after party meal meetup.
i'm not a fan honestly because Noah said it..."when they get it right", key word being WHEN. Some suck, lol. But as another person said, when Waffle House closes that means it's some apocalyptic type weather, hehehehehe.
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I live 2 miles from a Waffle House. Always a good choice to go to. 17:39 You'll get a good sample of Southern comfort food. Especially breakfast. I think you were talking about what we in the U.S. call "Belgian Waffles". They are very thick & very good, but they are not served at the Waffle House.
I love waffle house and go at least once a month. Ive been there at many different hours of the day. But after the bars close is when its the most interesting. I do like their grits, with extra butter, little salt and pepper, some sugar ... awesome 👌. I usually get 3 eggs over light, double hashbrowns with onion and sausage gravey on top. Bacon, grits and occasionally a waffle. If you go to waffle house and never been you can order hashbrowns with their own lingo smothered (with onions), covered ( with cheese) chunked (with smoked ham) diced (tomatoes) peppered (jalapeño peppers) capped (with mushrooms) topped (with chilli) and country (with sausage country gravey.
I can't speak for ppl from the south, I'm a Midwestern guy ..waffle House is the type of place you go to and eat like this when yes your drunk or hungover! Other times vast majority may do breakfast there on a weekend once a month or every other month Sure every location will have regulars that may actually hang out there for a couple hours in the morning and more so drink coffee, read the news paper or chat with others...these ppl likely retired and just like some company. Or a certain server was very kind to them!
I don't think there is one specific region with the "best" food. The South is probably the best argument for being "the best", I think in large part because of the variety of foods and prevalent use of local ingredients. Anyone visiting the US specifically to explore the food, being limited to one region, without a bias towards certain dishes or flavors, will probably be very happy choosing the South. You can go all over the US and find amazing food though, with influences from all over the world resulting in a huge variety around the country.
The tradition of eating fried chicken and waffles comes out of New Orleans. Musicians who played the last show were too late for dinner and too early for breakfast, so at the close of their shift they would be served fresh cooked waffles with leftover fried chicken. The white gravy you're seeing is actually sausage gravy. (It's delicious.) We have Waffle House in Northern California. Honestly, the food is pretty good anywhere in the US. My preferences are southern and western (which is much more oriented to beef instead of pork.) I've only recently started eating grits. Probably one of the oldest foods in the Western Hemisphere. I like them!
Waffle House is good anytime. It is the place to go after a night out drinking BUT it’s great for breakfast or lunch. They never close. It’s good anytime. I guess it is a diner. Never thought of it that way. It’s not a good representation of “southern” food. It’s just good diner food.
Waffle House is all over the US but its concentrated in the Southeast. The first Waffle House was in an Atlanta suburb not far from me. Grits is a porridge made from corn. It's best with just butter salt and pepper for breakfast and maybe with some sausage gravy or red-eye gravy from another dish on your plate.
The best way I can put it is that sothern cuisine is very comforting, its delicious and it feels like you're getting a hug from your mom. In the northeast we have the same but its more of a melting pot, like NYC where im from we have a lot of caribbean diaspora so theres a lot of Jamaican, Trinidadian, Haitian, Dominican, and Puertorican cuisine. But we also have a lot of Asian restaurants and Mexican restaurants but not as good as the west coast from what I hear many people say, its still good though. Theres also very high end restaurants which serve Italian and French cuisine, and of course you cannot mention the Italian and Jewish delis we have in the city which are and institutionof the city alongside the many pizza shops that have been run by generationsof families. The West Coast has a lot of Asian and Mexican restaurants which is the best in the countrybfrom what i have heard, theres also Californian cuisine, which is very much farm to table and focuses a lot on their rich farmland and vineyards they have out there. And the midwest is a lot of meat and potatos and very hearty cuisine which is very much influence by the many Scandinavia immigrants and eastern European immigrants that moved there. Thats just a bit of what I know, I'm sure you have many that will tell you many more characteristics of their foods in their regions. That's what makes America so good, depending on the region or even city, you can find so many different types of cuisines and customs that are inherent to those places. Cheers from NYC my friend keep up the good videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love Waffle House. It's mostly in the southern parts of the US. I live in the northern part of the Midwest, and the closest one to me is about a 6hr drive 2 states over. I only get it when I go visit my family in Georgia. We go for breakfast. I'll always order the all star plate with a light waffle and grits. So good! 😅
work at waffle house, been here for a year. i tried third shift (overnight) and hated it, now i'm only on days and I don't have that drunk crowd from the bar or strip club anymore.
Stick with the brown gravy, I’ve never been a fan of white gravy/sausage gravy. I can’t eat anything that looks and tastes like vomit. And the only grits worth eating are high quality grits made by somebody who knows how to make them. Never ever get the grits from a box, those are cheap and gross.
You can't look for which region has the best food really. Some foods are universal and the Waffle House isn't just the only ones doing it. We have an all night diner here that does just as well, if not better. But Waffle House has spread further north. Other regions have different foods. Having lived in the south, raised by southern parents who traveled the world, food everywhere has it's moments to shine.
We have Belgian Waffles which are the thick one otherwise they are thin like here. Frozen toaster waffles are all over the US which I like a lot for a quick breakfast at home.
Waffle House is good usually but when you’re half in the bag it’s amazing lol
We have many types of gravy, white sausage gravy is just one. There's red eye gravy, brown gravy, giblet gravy, cornmeal gravy, chocolate gravy, tomato gravy, and I'm sure there's many more you'll see across the US
White gravy is what the British would call a bechamel sauce -flour, butter or pan drippings, milk and salt and pepper.
exactly! the brits think our gravy is only white sausage gravy..... in reality we have that and all the other types of gravy they heard of lol
Yes, Waffle House has the feeling of a "diner" - despite being a chain restaurant.
Yes, he is correct they ordered the dish and the staff made it, without the dish being on the menu.
👍... What I usually get isn't on the menu. 3 egg 🥚 ham and cheese omelette with a side of cheese grits with toast and grape🍇 jelly....🤤
If you go to a Waffle House and the person working the grill is smoking a cigarette, you know it's gonna be good.
An added plus if they've brushed up on some fighting skills for just in case.
But which of the 3 immortal space-time witches that work as waitresses at *every* waffle house is your favorite?
The 40-ish, rail thin trailer lady who looks like a Walter White fan, has too much energy, to the point of annoying you, but delivers polite, no-nonsense service?
Maybe the eternal teenager who is sooooo over your sh*t, and is a smartass?
My favorite is the heavy black lady who is sunshine incarnate. You just need a spoon less sugar in the coffee that she keeps refilling after every few sips, keeping you constantly adjusting creamer and sugar.
That ash just adds a special something 😂
There is no smoking allowed in the Waffle Houses near me. I would never go there otherwise. Even if they weren't tiny spaces, smoking is disgusting where people are eating. Employees can be seen smoking outside in whatever weather.
As a girl born and raised in Florida, can confirm!
My first full-time job was at a Waffle House (and we were next door to a couple of truck stops, so we got all the truckers in!) I never worked the late-night drunks shift, but I would do the afternoon one. And I still love the food there. It's nothing fancy, but it's simple, solid, and really, really good. Every so often, I'll just start craving a Texas cheesesteak sandwich and hashbrowns, or one of their chicken sandwiches. It's good stuff.
Texas cheesesteak is absolutely the correct move!
Don't assume, while it originated in the south, it is not the only area they are in. I am in Ohio and they are all over the place. Also, I don't drink, millions that go there do not drink, it is delicious no matter what or when They are open 24/7.
I am an Ohioan also. Love Waffle House with my Grand-daughters.
I’m in ohio too!!! And Waffle House when your at 3am hits like no other. We have whole parties in the parking lot in the Covington one 😂
@@jessicabutler4116 Lol, I have been to the Covington one, long time ago. WH has been a lifesaver for my family, I was a full time caregiver for my mom and another family member before that along with my own medical stuff, the number of times mom especially had to go to the ER through her life made it feel like a second home to me. Obviously, when you go to the hospital, you never know how long you will be in ER, especially when a serious heart issue, finally going home in the middle of the night starving and having Waffle House at the end of my street reliably open meant so much.That's why I said drunks and alcoholics weren't the only ones going there, or that it was only good if you were tipsy. We all know that's not true, we all have our own reasons why we love it and have memories but I didn't want the wrong message to be taken by our friends from across the pond. Also to travelers driving through the night and having one at most highway exits is so handy.
Ohio is incredibly close to the South.
Honestly not a huge fan of Waffle House, but it is reliable.
The US government actually sets emergency standards by how Waffle House is operating.
Waffle house is open 24/7. Even with no power like after a hurricane, they have their own generators to keep going.
Do NOT underestimate good southern grits. I won't fault Waffle House for not getting the grits right, as it's harder than it might seem to do them well.
True, so many folks mess up grits. Cooked right they shouldn't be gritty.
So true. I know people who think instant grits are normal.
@@lizetteolsen3218 instant what? 😜😆
Waffle House never makes bad grits. They were too drunk to enjoy it. All they needed to do was put some salt on there to get the flavor back if it was old grits.
@@kikibigbangfan3540 Instant grits. You know the kind that comes in a box and mixes up in a hot minute. Looks like a glop of I don't know what and has no flavor at all. I guess I should assume the people I know who do that, do not usually cook anyway. I know the 1st time I had them, stopped me dead. And I was visiting, so nothing I could do, really.
That white southern gravy goes by a few names including sausage gravy and milk gravy. Brown gravy is beef drippings, flour, seasoning and broth. Southern gravy is made from sausage drippings, flour, milk, seasoning (I like it heavy on the black pepper).
The lumpy bits are crumbled sausage.
Definitely heavy on the pepper.
Andouille sausage is excellent. It adds a tiny kick and with the black pepper… sublime.
It's all "Texas Toast", you butter both sides of white bread and toast them. It is a diner, about $6 bucks a plate, and it's just good ass food, cheap, greasy food, but good food. We have the same "brown" gravy and white gravy.
After a night at the clubs, it's either Waffle House or Dennys to eat a good breakfast before going home.
Denny's in BC, Canada. Worst looking clientele and sad servers..it's where you eat after a loooong night
Upper midwest we used to go to White Castle for sliders or Perkins for breakfast. After moving south - definitely Waffle House
All of the US has great food but the south is unmatched and there is no question it’s the best. Grits are absolutely delicious but they need to be made by someone who knows what they’re doing otherwise it will taste terrible. People who say they hate grits have probably not made them correctly
I am a breakfast person, and love going to different diners. Waffle House is one of my favorites when I travel. I have had breakfast, lunch and dinner there and never had a bad time. Sadly, I do not have one near where I live. It is an institution in communities down south--b/c it is open 24/7, 365, if the restaurant is closed, buckle up b/s come fearsome weather is coming.
People go to the Waffle House all thru the day. It's popular with the night owls because it;s open in the middle of the night.
In the South, there is the Waffle House Index. It is used to measure the severity of a hurricane. Since this restaurant always remains open, it has given rise to an informal but useful metric to determine the severity of a storm. The index is based on Waffle House's reputation for having good disaster preparedness and staying open during extreme weather or reopening quickly afterwards.
If you get there and the Waffle House is closed? That's really bad...
Levels
The index has three levels, based on the extent of operations and service at the restaurant following a storm:
GREEN: full menu - Restaurant has power and damage is minimal or absent.
YELLOW: limited menu - Power is either absent or delivered by a generator, or food supplies are running low.
RED: the restaurant is closed - Indicates severe damage or severe flooding; Severe destruction to the restaurant.
And the metric is so good at determining the intensity of storms and their damage that it's unofficially used by some agencies to predict response measures. FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) has been known to use it as part of their response readiness calculations. It's that good.
It's not TRUELY a Waffle House experience without a fight.
We have all kinds of different gravies. Sausage gravy is one type of white (aka milk) gravy. You fry some patties of American breakfast sausage. Make a roux with the grease. Add milk, let it thicken. Season with salt and pepper. Crumble some of the sausage into it.
Noah & Ollie need a show together 💜
Waffle House is in every state in the US (or at least the majority). One word of advice when watching Jolly-never believe what Josh says re: the US. He SOUNDS like he knows what he's talking about...nope. lol
HOW the frick is there 20 Waffle Houses here in AZ but NONE in Cali?? 😳
Driving across the US i guess I only stopped in Waffle House states 🤣🤣🤣
Waffle House has kind of a beloved yet hilarious reputation in the US. If you ever want, look up the Saturday Night Live Waffle House skit. It speaks to the culture around Waffle House pretty amazingly.
In most of the U.S. you can’t go 15 miles without seeing a Waffle House and yes, it is the absolute best bad restaurant on earth.
Most of diner food originated from the simple cooking from the Great Depression, where diners originated, feeding people en mass, cheaply. It became simple, affordable, comfort food, and with better times came better ingredients, more care, and somewhat standardized expectations across the country.
Chicken fried steak, chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy, shrimp and grits, hamburgers, corndogs, lots of American staples all can trace their origins to poverty foods.
And they're gooood!
Grits is a porridge made from ground up hominy. What is hominy? Hominy is a white kerneled field corn. Regular corn that we eat separately is of course Sweet Corn. I personally don't like grits. I'm 50 and I bet I've onky tried 2 or 3 times in my life, and I just can't get into them. Some people put syrup in them, others do cheese, butter, and even shrimp, but I just don't get it,
Granulated (white or brown) sugar is a personal favorite grits topping for me. Cheese + butter is another solid choice. I like to think of it as separating them into breakfast grits or dessert grits; I'm happy with either/or (if they are done well of course).
I agree. I generally don't like something that has little or no flavor of it's own and has to rely on adding to it to make it interesting. When in Hawaii I discovered poi is in the same category. Just flavorless starch.
They took a week off of their life, but its worth it!
whenever there is a hurricane, you know its bad if the waffle house is closed. in texas we called that gravy texas gravy. anywhere else, its called pepper gravy, sausage gravy, or white gravy. it can be with or without sausage. the white gravy is peppery and creamy. pretty sure its made of heavy cream instead of pan drippings like regular gravy. i would frequent a place called jims in texas after a night out. id dip the chicken strips, texas toast, and fries in the gravy. i miss it dearly lol
You use the drippings to make the roux that thickens the milk. If you also crumble a cooked sausage patty into it it’s sausage gravy.
I've lived all over the U.S. and each region and state has at least 1 good dish I like. The South has multiple things I'll eat abd love but still has some you couldn't pay me to eat. I despise grits (don't like oatmeal or malt o meal either). I don't like crawfish or really spicy food either.
Butter and corn syrup on my waffles. Maybe some powdered sugar. I don't care for maple syrup.
After we went out drinking we used to stop at a local place called the Hot Biscuit that was similar to Waffle House, IHOP and Denny's. They had a breakfast buffet that they put out for customers coming from the bars and clubs. I usually didn't eat the buffet because they had cubed breakfast potatoes and I prefer hash browns. Always the same order though. Biscuits and gravy with a side of hash browns and a side of crispy bacon. If I ate the buffet for some reason then I just ate the breakfast potatoes instead of hash browns.
Genre wise Waffle House is a diner, not fast food.
It's just taste better when you are drunk
In Europe you have Donner kabab after a night out. In the south we have Waffle House. Everything being cooked is visible from anywhere you sit. Great old school cafe vibe. Highly recommended! If someone from the south tells you they’ve never been. They’re lying.
In the northeast, particularly in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, etc) you’ll find more 24 hour family owned diners with the occasional iHop or Dennys. Never seen a Waffle House up here but they’re all over the south and Midwest
Pita Pit is really good! Used to visit one right next to my university all the time in Florida.
"... a little bit tipsy or drunk in this video." Wow! Talk about an understatement! 😂😂😂 I can't imagine what bullsh*t the staff must have to put up with from drunken diners on these late shifts 🙄, though I must say, these guys were very agreeable and relatively well behaved, considering their level of inebriation! 😂😂😂
Deep South: Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, North & South Carolina
If the Waffle House is super clean, walk out and go find one a little more used, as food will be better
Another great one by Jolly is "Brits try Real Southern Fried Chicken."
Waffle House is excellent when you're drunk.😂
There are other waffle/pancake restaurants around the US. IHOP (International House of Pancakes) has restaurants all over the US and also in Canada Mexico Guatemala United Arab Emirates Kuwait Saudi Arabia Qatar Bahrain Egypt Ecuador Pakistan India Panama Peru Puerto Rico! I don't think their menu is quite as extensive as the waffle house in this episode but they'd be worth trying. Try the JOLLY episode: "Brits try REAL Southern Fried Chicken for the first time!" - for a great southern meal and southern hospitality!!
I would not compare IHOP to Waffle House. IHOP is gross now. I rather go to Denny’s than IHOP.
Good to know! I haven't been there in years and years. Thank you!@@aggravatedHart
@eee93 - I'm surprised someone besides myself knows IHOP is actually international. There have been comments on RUclips by Europeans and others claiming the name is an instance of American arrogance, like the World Series, which also used to include other countries.
Waffle House is my grand-daughter's favorite place for me to take them. And I love it also.
Im in the Washington, DC snd Baltimore MD area and we dont have any Waffle Houses near me. When i was much younger, it was always Denny's for after a night of drinking & hanging with friends.
But I have had some great road trips going South and they usually included a Waffle House or two.
These restaurants are pretty much everywhere in the USA. The food too.
You have not done Waffle House right unless you feel a little disgusted with yourself at the end. Now you know you did it correctly.
I’m glad I live in southern part of USA yea we see this everyday.
I'm from Philly and after partying all night we would go to a place for cheese steaks at 3 in the morning.
2:00 A burger on toast is called a Patty Melt.
8:00 When it comes to getting good personalized service, it starts with being a good personalized customer. It works both ways. If they don't come up talking to you then you need to start talking to them to get that service.
A real patty melt is a bit more specific. Caraway rye, carmelized onions, swiss cheese, and a burger patty, ground sirloin if possible. A touch of mustard is acceptable.
waffel house food is good anytime of day, avoid going when the drunks are there it can be dangerous lol there are a lot of videos of the crazy people and fights at the waffel houses.
Americans love their diner style large restaurants. They usually serve the closest to home-style foods than any other eatery's. Fast food places are mostly for on the go like quick meals for kids or when you have no time to cook or wait in restaurants. Americans still loves the dedicated large restaurants that focus on certain foods like Italian, TexMex, BBQ, or Asian. Our fast food joints are exceptional at advertising which is why the world believes Americans live on McDonalds hamburgers & fries.
The dinner is everywhere and there food is really good
It's sometimes the best or only option for people getting off the night shift
I was a bartender for about 10 years, and can tell you that after the bars close, the customers go to diners that are open and have breakfast. Then go home and pass out! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love Grandma Debbie
Honestly if you really wanna know what they serve look up the menu online its very detailed of whats on it
Different parts of the country are better at different things. The coast lines tend to have more options for international foods, better sea food, and lots of fusions. The flat parts of america and the center parts tend to have a lot cattle farms so there is a ton of quality beef. Closer to you get to the southern border the better the mexican food. Its very varied. There are also smaller pockets of different cultures everywhere as well. Also the super thick waffles youre thinking of are known as "belgium waffles" and while they are popular, so are thiner waffles. They cook faster and are less filling so you can swap them out for pancakes if you order a breakfast plate. All these plates of food they are ordering probably cost like 6-8 dollars each.
Hot sauce and a gurney !!!! 😂😂😂
dont think this is just the south you can get this in every state.. might not be waffle house but still amazing
Noah’s a national treasure.
Waffle House is my go to when traveling by road. Breakfast through dinner.
Waffle House is a nationwide chain here in the US :)
Southern food is by far the best, including all the BBQ, Cajun and Creole, and Tex-Mex in the West.
Best Waffle Houses will be in the south-east US.
the best food is in TEXAS. barbecue , tex-mex, fresh seafood from the texas coast, AUTHENTIC mexican food, many asian foods (thai, jappanese, chinese, indian, mongolian,etc) caribbian food, normal american food, we even have vegan and plant based "meat" for some reason i do not understand, who can eat that stuff when you are in texas surrounded by real food, but we have something for everybody
LOL...."best food is in Texas" cracks me up!!! when all they make is food they copy from elsewhere and claim it;s Texan invented. Soul food, Mexican food, regular American food, Bar-b-que are all from elsewhere, not Texas...Texas is the best at boasting or bragging on itself and that's probably it...certainly not the best foods and culture, and nowhere close to being the best state!!!
We have Waffle House also in the NE in Pennsylvania and Maryland. I tried grits when I was in the south, didn’t like them at all. I put sugar & milk on them to try and make it taste like cream of wheat. But it didn’t. Just tried biscuits & gravy a couple of weeks ago. It was so good. I’ve had white gravy before just never with crumbled sausage in it.
It's the sausage that makes it best. And so easy to make at home.
I ❤ Jolly !! 😂
Waffle House is institution!Facts!Hangover and still hammered food!Best Uber ever!Hellyeah Brother!
Breakfast waffles are thinner. Belgian waffles are thicker, originally used more as desserts. Breakfast waffles done right are my favorite 😍
That is sausage gravy and it’s made with sausage, drippings and pieces of sausage from lab flour, milk, salt, pepper on a few other spices in it but that’s just a basic recipe
Everyone knows as long as Waffle House is open, the emergency (tornado, ice storm, hurricane) isn’t that bad. Waffle House is reliable comfort food that gets progressively better the later it is and the drunker you are. It is a restaurant definitely more likely to be found in the South, but they are branching out into the northern Midwest. I think Ohio is just an honorary Southern state. The South has the best food, I think personally, but we also have the most people with diabetes, so it’s probably not the healthiest food. 😂
We have a Waffle House 50 minutes from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Waffle House is way better than Denny's. The appetizer is a good example of a custom order. Dude you have no idea, just go. Nights are the best, a meal and dinner theater. The south and midwest has bomb stick to your ribs breakfast. Denny's and IHOP are crap. Make sure you tip at Waffle House the pay is crap.
11FEB24: Those thick wafflrs are called Belgium waffles here i the States. Nest with butter and maple syrup in my opinion.
More Southrtn classics: Chicken and waffles, fried Okra, Shrinp and grits.
Apple butter: imagine apple sauxe with extra everything cooked down until it is spreadable.
If you have ever had polenta, that is just grits cooked ina different manner.
How do you get that age with a food channel and not ever have thought to put cheese in scrambled eggs? And, the other add ins, ie: pieces of ham, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, scallions, onions, tomatoes, hash browns, diced potatoes, etc.
I wonder if they pour baked beans over scrambled eggs or if they mix a bit into the eggs while they are scrambling them? Or, if they would think that was weird?
The South is the Best overall for food. Southerners know how to season food!!! 👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That white gravy is called "sawmill gravy" and it's a sausage gravy (sausage drippings and bits + flour & water (?) , I suppose)
It's drunk food, but good! They are found in 25 states!! Older people and families go during the morning and day, typically. This is making me hungry!!!!!! : )
There is an “equivelant” (emphasis on the quotation marks) resteraunt in the north called huddle house but no Waffle house is a staple of southern living.
Waffle House is basic American with no fluff. You can find them all over the States. We have both brown & white gravy.
if you live along the Mexican border you tend towards Mexican food as the late night food choice...Or Waffle house. It's all good.
Although I think ihop taste significantly better...nothing like the memories on hitting up a WAFFLE HOUSE at 2am with my car club friends. It's the best for that after party meal meetup.
i'm not a fan honestly because Noah said it..."when they get it right", key word being WHEN. Some suck, lol. But as another person said, when Waffle House closes that means it's some apocalyptic type weather, hehehehehe.
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I live 2 miles from a Waffle House. Always a good choice to go to. 17:39 You'll get a good sample of Southern comfort food. Especially breakfast. I think you were talking about what we in the U.S. call "Belgian Waffles". They are very thick & very good, but they are not served at the Waffle House.
I love waffle house and go at least once a month. Ive been there at many different hours of the day. But after the bars close is when its the most interesting. I do like their grits, with extra butter, little salt and pepper, some sugar ... awesome 👌. I usually get 3 eggs over light, double hashbrowns with onion and sausage gravey on top. Bacon, grits and occasionally a waffle. If you go to waffle house and never been you can order hashbrowns with their own lingo smothered (with onions), covered ( with cheese) chunked (with smoked ham) diced (tomatoes) peppered (jalapeño peppers) capped (with mushrooms) topped (with chilli) and country (with sausage country gravey.
It’s in the Midwest too, love Waffle House.
Search for the Waffle House songs they are hilarious.
My wife always gets the steak and eggs and I always get the patty melt and waffles...
What's your hashbrown bowl order? Mine is covered, capped and country.
I can't speak for ppl from the south, I'm a Midwestern guy ..waffle House is the type of place you go to and eat like this when yes your drunk or hungover!
Other times vast majority may do breakfast there on a weekend once a month or every other month
Sure every location will have regulars that may actually hang out there for a couple hours in the morning and more so drink coffee, read the news paper or chat with others...these ppl likely retired and just like some company. Or a certain server was very kind to them!
Southern food hands down. White gravy is made with flour milk seasonings and crunchy bits from the frying pan.
I don't think there is one specific region with the "best" food. The South is probably the best argument for being "the best", I think in large part because of the variety of foods and prevalent use of local ingredients.
Anyone visiting the US specifically to explore the food, being limited to one region, without a bias towards certain dishes or flavors, will probably be very happy choosing the South.
You can go all over the US and find amazing food though, with influences from all over the world resulting in a huge variety around the country.
The tradition of eating fried chicken and waffles comes out of New Orleans. Musicians who played the last show were too late for dinner and too early for breakfast, so at the close of their shift they would be served fresh cooked waffles with leftover fried chicken.
The white gravy you're seeing is actually sausage gravy. (It's delicious.) We have Waffle House in Northern California.
Honestly, the food is pretty good anywhere in the US. My preferences are southern and western (which is much more oriented to beef instead of pork.)
I've only recently started eating grits. Probably one of the oldest foods in the Western Hemisphere. I like them!
Waffle House is good anytime. It is the place to go after a night out drinking BUT it’s great for breakfast or lunch. They never close. It’s good anytime. I guess it is a diner. Never thought of it that way. It’s not a good representation of “southern” food. It’s just good diner food.
Its not fast food. Its just a breakfast place like dennys. Nah people just go eat after u party. Hiw do u guys live..dont u peaople eat food.
Lol, the South has the best food in the country hands down. I'm from New Orleans, and we can stack up against anyone.
Waffle House is all over the US but its concentrated in the Southeast. The first Waffle House was in an Atlanta suburb not far from me.
Grits is a porridge made from corn. It's best with just butter salt and pepper for breakfast and maybe with some sausage gravy or red-eye gravy from another dish on your plate.
The best way I can put it is that sothern cuisine is very comforting, its delicious and it feels like you're getting a hug from your mom. In the northeast we have the same but its more of a melting pot, like NYC where im from we have a lot of caribbean diaspora so theres a lot of Jamaican, Trinidadian, Haitian, Dominican, and Puertorican cuisine. But we also have a lot of Asian restaurants and Mexican restaurants but not as good as the west coast from what I hear many people say, its still good though. Theres also very high end restaurants which serve Italian and French cuisine, and of course you cannot mention the Italian and Jewish delis we have in the city which are and institutionof the city alongside the many pizza shops that have been run by generationsof families. The West Coast has a lot of Asian and Mexican restaurants which is the best in the countrybfrom what i have heard, theres also Californian cuisine, which is very much farm to table and focuses a lot on their rich farmland and vineyards they have out there. And the midwest is a lot of meat and potatos and very hearty cuisine which is very much influence by the many Scandinavia immigrants and eastern European immigrants that moved there. Thats just a bit of what I know, I'm sure you have many that will tell you many more characteristics of their foods in their regions. That's what makes America so good, depending on the region or even city, you can find so many different types of cuisines and customs that are inherent to those places. Cheers from NYC my friend keep up the good videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love Waffle House. It's mostly in the southern parts of the US. I live in the northern part of the Midwest, and the closest one to me is about a 6hr drive 2 states over. I only get it when I go visit my family in Georgia. We go for breakfast. I'll always order the all star plate with a light waffle and grits. So good! 😅
work at waffle house, been here for a year. i tried third shift (overnight) and hated it, now i'm only on days and I don't have that drunk crowd from the bar or strip club anymore.
Stick with the brown gravy, I’ve never been a fan of white gravy/sausage gravy. I can’t eat anything that looks and tastes like vomit. And the only grits worth eating are high quality grits made by somebody who knows how to make them. Never ever get the grits from a box, those are cheap and gross.
Also cracking up that dude doesn't know apple butter, haha.
You can't look for which region has the best food really. Some foods are universal and the Waffle House isn't just the only ones doing it. We have an all night diner here that does just as well, if not better. But Waffle House has spread further north. Other regions have different foods. Having lived in the south, raised by southern parents who traveled the world, food everywhere has it's moments to shine.
i'd prefer a kebab or fish n chips any day of the week. except waffle house grilled chicken is 11/10 so i get one a day
I too would embrace being closer to the UK than Florida, and I feel like Noah just gave me a good excuse to visit. 😅
We have Belgian Waffles which are the thick one otherwise they are thin like here. Frozen toaster waffles are all over the US which I like a lot for a quick breakfast at home.
They used to have $3.95 all-you-can eat where I lived, lol, like in the '90s.
It's the only restaurant that's open at 3 A.M. and Taco bell stay's open until 1 A.M. in my area.