In this episode of Top 5, host Francesca Sullivan-Hester takes you on a tour of the top five low country dining spots in and around Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Top 5: Low Country Dining - Myrtle Beach, SC

Lowcountry cuisine is awesome!

Everyone that visits this area has to try some of our Lowcountry cuisine. It's very good!

I was lucky enough to attend a Lowcountry cooking class recently at Liza's Kitchen in Panama City Beach. It was awesome!

Here's the menu:

From Liza's Kitchen: We’re celebrating our Charleston culinary roots with a Low Country Dinner. Learn to prepare this gourmet meal while sipping wine at one of your favorite restaurants. Perfect for date night, girls’ night, or try-something-new night! Students will watch as Chef Mike Meek prepares a four-course, gourmet feast for your enjoyment with wines perfectly paired to each course by Sommelier Cat Meek. Recipe cards will be provided.


~ Menu ~

Amuse Bouche

She Crab Soup

Fried Green Tomatoes with Hollandaise sauce

Shrimp and Sausage Grits with stone-ground grits

Benne Seed Basket with Sabayon

4 of these places are still in business and doing well, Goat Island Grill closed down earlier this year.

3 of the other restaurants offer a buy one get one in the MyrtleBeachPromotions.com fundraising book, 2 were in the 2011 book and Cradys is being added to the 2012 edition.

I'll be dining at WaterScapes tomorrow night for my girlfriends step-fathers birthday. With 6 of us dining the discount will save us around $75

Gary

I've never been to Waterscapes. Lets me know how it is.

My error, WaterScapes is next Wed night and as long as I remeber I will post about our dinner.

Gary

Sorry to hear about Goat Island Grill. I enjoyed shooting our show there and the food was delicious along with a great wine selection.
I LOVE Low Country Food so much so that I am going to do another Top Five show about it, traveling to Hilton Head Island and visiting a couple of places on the Grand Strand too! Shrimp and Grits anyone? YUM!

Francesca

Six of us dined at WaterScapes, Wednesday evening and what a marvelous
experience. It was Darlene's' stepfathers birthday and if you are looking for
thee place to dine for a special occasion, this is it.

The restaurant is located in the Marina Inn at the Grande Dunes and is one
of only four properties that have a 4 star rating along the Grand Strand
(there are no 5 star resorts).

Upon entering the Inn you realize immediately that you have been catapulted
outside of the Myrtle Beach Florissant light show and large try to be special
resorts. The wood, winding staircases, wrought iron, chandeliers, paintings
and art all catch your eye.


With the drinks they brought out baskets of breads which are baked in house and
all 3 were incredibly good and the flavored butters were great!

We started out sharing appetizers of :

Wood-Grilled Flat Bread
House-Made Mozzarella, Slow Cooked Pulled Pork,
Caramelized Onions

Pan Seared Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Pepper Chow Chow & Mustard Remoulade

Shrimp with a wonderful what I think was a Thai Sweet Chili Sauce.

Entrees of Triggerfish were ordered by 2 and both these people fish on a
regular basis and said this was one of the best fish meals they ever had.
By the way fish is hand chosen daily in Murrells Inlet.

A roasted chicken entree was very interesting looking and I was told
very good.

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Two others had the Bistro Steak and the taste I had was extremely flavorful.

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I had the Tenderloin and I have had tenderloin at numerous Ruths Chris's,
Morton's, and many great steak houses such as at Hard Rock Hotel Universal,
Gaylord Fl, TN and TX, Miami, St Louis, San Diego, Harrah's & Caesars
Vegas, and I could go on. This is the only one I remember that did not come
with a large heavy steak knife, it came with a butter knife only and, seriously
you could cut it with just the fork, unreal. For $30 which is less money than
the above mentioned places not only was it the best steak but the presentation
also beats the others.

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By the way, the beef is all from grass feed cows the chickens are all free
range and I believe most is bought locally from farmers here in the county,
find me another restaurant in the area who can say that!

Dessert, do not even think of missing out on this, my gosh, you have to try
them yourself to really appreciate what I am going to say. I was told the
Crème Brule was extremely good, I did try the Raspberry Sorbet which I found
to be very smooth and not too sweet, the Passion Fruit Sorbet was out of this
world, it was tart and I so enjoyed making faces while my taste buds were
bursting with pleasure.

I had the Sweet Potato Bread Pudding that was very nice and was enhanced
by the praline sauce and bourbon marshmallow.

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All desserts are made in house.


The check comes with a giant snifter glass overflowing with the lightest
watermelon cotton candy.

As a side we saved $77 using the MyrtleBeachPromotions.com fundraising
book, it provides for BOGO free and is good for up to 6 people.

Impressive review, Gary... sounds like a great place.