[upbeat music] Birmingham is now
known as a new foodie
city, and moms just don't have
time to cook. So if you're looking
for some local down home Southern
cuisine, then pull up a chair
for Dining Out with Comedienne Joy.
That's right! Dining Out with
Comedienne Joy takes us to some of the
best places to eat,
in Birmingham and it's surrounding cities.
So whether you're on 20/59
east or west, or 65
north or south or 459
or somewhere in between, Dining
Out with Comedienne Joy is about to
tip your tummy and make those taste buds water!
So if you like your meat and three in a
brick and mortar or in a gas
station, Dining Out with
Comedienne Joy takes you to some of the
best spots in town!
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and hormone balance.
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- When it comes to some delicious, fresh
seafood, most of the time you think
I got to go down south to the gulf!
That's not true! See, what you need to do is
make your way here to Vestavia, AL
over here to the Cajun Seafood House!
Not only is the food fresh,
but they have several lunch specials
that is under $10!
Blackened fish and chips, along with
etoufee, oyster po'boys,
and gumbo, and even
fried green tomatoes with crab meat
are just some of the delicious meals
that you can get every day at
the cajun seafood house in Vestavia
Alabama. - It's delicious!
Yes!
[laughs]
- Joy, this is one of the best
fried green tomatoes in Alabama.
- Owner
and executive chef Avi, he is
the creator of these mouthwatering
dishes, he even makes some of the
famous crawfish
and chargrilled oysters.
And as you can see, at Cajun
Seafood House, the oysters
are shucked fresh before they're put
on the grill. - And the sausage
and wine, it's a reducing white wine,
lemon juice,
little bit of Greek seasoning,
a little bit of Creole seasoning,
Tony's Grill seasoning,
and a little bit of garlic
and that's it.
- And once the oysters cook down, he then
tops it off with some parmesan cheese!
Now I watched you make
some delicious oysters
on the chargrill, and there is nothing
like oysters. I love them,
- Alright, I'm just waiting for you to try it,
tell me what you think about it. - Alright, you put some of your garlic
sauce on here as well as some of your cheese?
- Yes. - Oh, my god.
This right here is incredible!
here! - Thank you, thank you, I'm glad you
like it. - These are amazing.
Can I have one more? - Absolutely! Try it.
Lemon, just squeeze the lemon on top.
- Mm!
Yes! This is
incredible!
- Also you can build your own dish. And we
Seafood Lover's Trio. We can either
do two pounds of crawfish,
a pound of royal reds... - You go all these fancy
silverware to eat it, I'm just
a pincher girl, you don't mind if I use my fingers,
do you? - No, no.
- Oh yeah. Oh yeah this is on point here!
This in this bottle right here?
- Yep.
- Now some people don't know how to eat
crawfish. And I'm about to give you a lesson
on how to do it.
First, you separate the head from
the body. I'm doing it right?
- Yes you're right. - And then, you peel this
shell off right here. - Yes.
- And when you get halfway done, you probably
can pull it out! - Oh yeah, you can them
on here. - Look at that right there, ya'll.
I am ready to go in. What you say, dip it
in that butter? - Yes ma'am. - Here we go!
Mmm, mmm!
And you final lesson,
come here to Cajun Seafood House,
and do it again! OK?
Now don't you touch that dial, because
after the break, I'm gonna show you some
lunch specials that you can get that's
under $10 at the Cajun Seafood House,
in Vestavia.
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Then come out to this year's Eat Drink
Read Write Festival at the Birmingham Public Library
during the week of October 1-10th.
On October 1, enjoy
local cultural foods, and learn how
chefs use their experiences to
create menus. And on October 3rd,
I'll be moderating a blogger
panel on the most exotic foods.
There you can try some of
'I've never had that before, but it sure
is good, Joy!' For more info, go to
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so she can take you from the closing
table to your dinner table! - Yay!
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Before the break, we showed you
the oysters on the half shell,
crawfish, and po' boys
at the Cajun Seafood House in Vestavia.
Now, if you love Cajun
Soups, then you will love their
round of gumbos, and etoufee's.
Well which one is your favorite? You got a lot
going on.
- The crawfish etoufee, jambalaya is my
favorite. - Definitely the jambalaya.
- Another thing that
flies out is the
mahi mahi special, which is
it is a
mahi steak that's blackened,
and it is over mashed potatoes
with lemon-butter sauce that comes
with a side of asparagus,
but that's a very popular dish.
- And after the general manager said
that about the mahi mahi, I had
to ask Chef Avi to make me
some. You have
paired this with some asparagus. - Mmhmm.
- Now let me ask you, if I start eating some of your
grilled asparagus, will it help me
lose weight? - Yep. Absolutely, yes.
- I'm fixing to get some more
of these potatoes with that wine!
Mm! This is so good, you've
got to make your way over here, ya'll.
- Now if you're looking to eat
something for lunch, that's under $10, then
you must check out their fish and
grits! - The main dish
is the very very popular right now,
we have been selling for almost a year.
Homemade grits with some blackened
fish tied with our shrimp grilled
sauce. Sometimes the best
item at lunch time for under $10.
- These grits are so good
right here! You get all of this for $10?
- Mmhmm. - Man, that's a good deal right here!
- yes, it is a good deal.
Come back and see us, we here to take
care of you guys every morning, every
night, so welcome.
- And again, when
ya'll come to get this, get your girl
a plate! It's only $10! I know
you got $10. And if you're
a real seafood lover, check out this
grilled grouper that's
topped with calamari!
What's on his dinner
menu? Now it comes with some white
rice over here, topped with some
of these big old shrimp creole dishes!
MmM!
- Not as spicy?
- MMMhmmm!
- You can tell the textures of the calamari.
- Now look, I do want to try some
calamari now. Some of ya'll may be saying, Joy,
I can't eat that because of these fingers up here but listen,
anything that's fried, I'm going in!
Oh yeah, this is great!
- Mmhmm. - It's really crispy!
- It is. - Well seasoned!
Besides all of the beer that they have
on tap, they also have a wide variety
of wines, and other mixed drinks.
I heard that the Hurricane
is one of ya'lls most popular drinks.
- Yes it is. - Let me test it out and see how
good it is!
Oh yes, baby!
Hey, we got to tell James Spann
there's a hurricane coming right here,
at the Cajun Seafood House in Vestavia!
This is a hit right here! - Thank you. thank you
so much. I'm glad you like it.
- The Cajun Seafood House in Vestavia
also has fried oysters and crab cakes.
So check them out today,
and tell them Comedienne Joy sent you!
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energy and low sex drive...
- I'm in my mid 40's and I have
all of those symptoms that
Dr. Mia just named! But then
I made my appointment to get
my hormone replacement therapy
pellet, and I found out it was
a simple procedure, and in
less than two weeks, I feel
better, I'm more energetic,
sleeping better, and other
things are also better! So make
your appointment today here at
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- Yo, what's up!
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Just got through
Dining Out with Comedienne Joy.
I had a real good
old fried okra
sandwich. It was
allll that.
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- Now typically when you see me eating chicken
it is off the bone!
But when you are looking for a delicious,
homemade tasting chicken tender,
you got to make your way here to Hoover, Alabama
to my friends at Famous Fred's!
His chicken tender baskets are incredible,
and so are his clubs,
and his burgers.
Famous Fred's
located in the Burlington Shopping Center
on Montgomery HWY, has been
cooking up delicious chicken tenders
for the last 30 years.
Now, they have a new owner
in there, they're still making delicious
chicken basket after chicken basket,
after chicken basket!
And he said they go through about
300 pounds of chicken
every week.
- Chicken baskets are the bomb.
- And what sets yours apart?
- The sauce! Our sauce and our seasoning.
Well, we take the
chicken and we put it in a bucket
like this, and then we put our marinade seasonings
all in it and then we mix it all up.
really good, and we
put it in the refrigerator, let it marinate for a few
hours until we start lunch.
- And after a few minutes in
the grease, along with those crispy fries,
I understand why Famous Fred's
is so famous! Cause my mouth
said mmm, mmm!
You just made one of my favorite things,
chicken! - Yes.
- Now, listen typically I eat my chicken
and leave bones, but when I saw
you frying this, I knew I had to have
some of this. It looks so good in this sauce over here!
What is in this sauce? Cause you told me that this
is what makes it so good.
- It's a mayonnaise and ketchup based sauce.
- You put more than that in here.
It's really good. - Oh yeah.
- You can't go wrong with chicken anyway.
[laughter] And I know you
won't tell me how you marinated this,
but I swear this tastes just like chicken
that I would cook at home. - It does,
we have a lot of people who come
in and 90% of the business
is chicken baskets. That's what everybody wants.
- Everybody loves chicken!
I love chicken! The world would be a better place
with more chicken. Especially
here at Famous Fred's chicken!
- That's right! Come and get your chicken!
- It's so good I can't stop eating!
And I'm not the only one that
loves the chicken fingers at Famous Fred's
- They're pretty good.
I like it cause it's kind of
crispy.
- Do you think you want to share
some of your chicken with me?
Really? You're not gonna
share your chicken with me?
- Nope. - ...kids!
And if you prefer the lighter
side when eating at Famous Fred's
He will give you your chicken basket
grilled. - I needed to lose a little weight,
and one of the easiest ways
to do that is to
go grilled. And there are not
a lot of fast food places
or even restaurants that are
known for grilled chicken,
especially being able to just walk in and pick it up.
Except for Famous Fred's!
- Did you say you lost 51 pounds cause you switched
from the fried chicken to the grilled chicken?
- That is correct. That is exactly what
I said.
[laughter] So I have to give up my fried chicken in
order to be skinny? I'm just gonna suck my stomach in cause
this chicken at Famous Fred's it is
too good! - Hey, but the grilled
chicken is too! I mean, this is
you can't tell me
that doesn't look good.
- What? - And it's tasty!
- I'm not gonna tell you that!
- What you got there is texture, you got that crunch,
that's delicious, but
grilled is also fantastic.
- I'm gonna hold on to my
fat just a good while longer! [laughter]
Stay tuned, and after the break
I'll show you the sandwiches and the
breakfast that's served Monday through
Saturday at Famous Fred's in Hoover.
[upbeat music]
- Need a dentist that's open late and some
Saturdays? Have a toothache that stops you from
smiling? Call Birmingham Eastern Family
Dental Care! They offer complete dental care
for the entire family, including teeth
whitening, extractions, crowns,
bridges, dentures, fillings,
preventive and cosmetic dentistry!
Dr. Wright and his staff believe in providing
caring, gentle and quality treatment.
Birmingham Eastern Family Dental Care
accepts most major insurance carriers,
private pay and Medicaid for those
under 19. Call them today where
they treat you like you're part of
the family.
- Want to enjoy some great, delicious food?
Then come out to this year's Eat Drink Read Write
Festival at the Birmingham
Public Library during the week
of October 1-10th. On October 1st, enjoy
local cultural foods, and learn
how chefs use their experiences to
create menus. And on October
3rd, I'll be moderating a blogger
panel on the most exotic foods.
There you can try some of 'I've never had
that before, but it sure is good, Joy!'
For more info, go to
BPOnline.org/EatDrinkFest
- Becoming a homeowner can be stressful! Having the right
realtor can make home buying or selling hassle-free.
Let Ashley Burks with Keller-Williams
Metro South do the work for you!
Ashley is a tough negotiator in
multiple offer situations for buyers, or getting
the best price for sellers. Ashley
can sell and find your dream home
at any price point anywhere in central
Alabama. Her professional contacts
ensure a smooth transaction throughout the entire
process. So call Ashley today
so she can take you from the closing
table to your dinner table! - Yay!
[upbeat music]
Before the break,
I took you to Famous Fred's in Hoover,
Alabama and showed you their famous
chicken baskets. They also
breakfast sandwiches
that you can order, because we
all know that breakfast is the most
important meal of the day.
- Sandwiches,
it's a lot of sandwiches,
bacon egg and cheese,
sausage egg and cheese,
lot of plates, breakfast plates.
Eggs over easy, scrambled,
bacon...
- Looks great.
Biscuits in the morning
bacon egg and cheese,
bacon egg and cheese sandwich is the best.
- Grilled cheese!
- Chicken basket!
- Oh yeah, I love grilled cheese.
- And you've got an egg and ham
- BLT!
- I love chicken basket!
- So much, fries, chicken tenders,
and a biscuit.
- Three eggs over easy
biscuits, and grits.
- And when you want something
a little bit more hearty, you've got to
check out the club sandwich at
Famous Fred's. - We're gonna put some cheese,
we're gonna put some ham,
and then we're gonna put some lettuce
and tomato on it. It's gonna have 3 pieces
of bread, it's gonna have a fried
chicken patty, ham, bacon,
mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato.
And it's gonna have American cheese and Swiss cheese.
- It's like the Big Mac of sandwiches over here!
Three pieces of bread,
bacon, chicken,
Mmm,
mmm. mm!
Makes it...
it makes it pop! Is it the
chicken? Is it the combination
with the bacon? - I think it's the combination
of all of it. But, not very many clubs have the
chicken on it. You don't find it everywhere.
So, it definitely makes it
a lot better to me.
- Well, chicken is a game changer.
You know that's my favorite food.
- Oh yeah, mine too. - I love this!
Just like I demolished those chicken tenders,
you know I'm about to demolish this club right here!
I'm going in for the kill.
Mmm!
Something else that's pretty popular at Famous Fred's,
are the chicken salads. Famous
Fred's also makes a delicious
hamburger! So stop
in today and tell them Comedienne Joy sent you!
And while you're at it, get another one
of those chicken baskets.
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- Weight gain, low
energy and low sex drive...
- I'm in my mid 40's and I have
all of those symptoms that
Dr. Mia just named! But then
I made my appointment to get
my hormone replacement therapy
pellet, and I found out it was
a simple procedure, and in
less than two weeks, I feel
better, I'm more energetic,
sleeping better, and other
things are also better! So make
your appointment today here at
MiBella Wellness, you can give
them a call or go online.
[upbeat music]
- The next time you're over in the Hoover
Pelham area and you're craving
for some delicious Chinese
or Japanese food, you have got to make your
way here to
they just opened and I've already
sampled the menu.
Oka Chinese and Japanese restaurant
is located in the Pelham/Hoover
area on Valleydale
Road and HWY 31.
Now it is the area's newest
spot for some Asian eats.
You can order a variety
of freshly cooked Hibachi
meals, such as
chicken, and teriyaki salmon
you can get that with a bed
of veggies as your side dish,
and some veggies in your rice.
Now usually when we think of
Hibachi foods, we think of
some tricks that are done at your
table, but unfortunately at Oka,
all of the tricks are done in the back,
but the food tastes
magical!
- Hibachi salmon,
chicken and your hibachi vegetables,
zucchini, mushroom,
broccoli, carrot,
and onion.
- The hibachi chef cooks up
a combination plate for me.
Now, I have to note that typically
the salmon is served as a stand
alone meal, but the rest of
the dish is cooked in some oil,
add some butter,
some different spices,
of course some garlic, along with some
teriyaki sauce and then he adds
a little saki in there! Now, he
could have put a little bit more saki in mine,
but he cooks it up until
everything is tender and crispy!
- And how about you try it?
- Yes!
It looks really incredible and I know
it tastes just as good. - It's making you hungry!
[laughter] - Oh, this is really
good! Cause I love
teriyaki anyway. So it's
very good and I saw you put that
saki in there. - Yes,
make it more tasty and also
saki, wine
saki, can take
on a special
smell, especially on seafood
- Oh, ok!
- Try the salmon? Tender shrimp.
- Yeah, this is so good.
It really is. I can
taste like, all the ingredients, cause teriyaki
is in here, and something else I like
is it's not overly salty,
so it is very, very good.
- And hibachi is mostly
part of hibachi is
not too much oils.
- Mmhmm. - And not too much salt.
- So that means, it healthy for me?
- Absolutely. - That's right!
so if you looking to eat healthy like me,
and the food tastes good, you got to come see
my friend Steve over here at Oka.
They're located over here on the Hoover /Pelham line,
right here on 31 and Valleydale Road.
- I've been here a couple of times,
I had the orange chicken and today
I'm having General Tso's chicken.
- My good friends, do you mind if I taste
some of your food, cause I hadn't tried this dish right here!
- You're more than welcome to! - I appreciate it.
Well ya'll know, I love to eat with strangers.
- You didn't have any shrimp!
- Oh is this shrimp too? Oh man,
this is my best friend right here, he's sharing all his
food with me! Mm!
- This shrimp is huge!
- You a good friend, cause I wouldn't
share my shrimp. What do you think about it?
- It's pretty good. It's the first time
I've ever had this, it's really good.
- So you've eaten just about everything
off the menu? - I'm trying to, I'm not there yet.
- We gonna hang out together
and make our way around. How about that?
- It better work! - After the break,
I'll show you the sushi at Oka and
also some of their desserts.
[upbeat music]
Want to enjoy some
great delicious food? Then come
out to this year's Eat Drink Read Write
Festival at the Birmingham Public Library
during the week of October 1-10th.
On October 1, enjoy local
cultural foods and learn how
chefs use their experiences to create menus.
And on October 3rd,
I'll be moderating a blogger panel
on the most exotic foods.
There, you can try some of
'I've never had that before, but it sure is good, Joy!'
For more info go to
BPOnline.org/EatDrinkFest
- Need a dentist that's open late and some
Saturdays? Have a toothache that stops you from
smiling? Call Birmingham Eastern Family
Dental Care! They offer complete dental care
for the entire family, including teeth
whitening, extractions, crowns,
bridges, dentures, fillings,
preventive and cosmetic dentistry!
Dr. Wright and his staff believe in providing
caring, gentle and quality treatment.
Birmingham Eastern Family Dental Care
accepts most major insurance carriers,
private pay and Medicaid for those
under 19. Call them today where
they treat you like you're part of
the family.
[upbeat music]
- Before the break, I took you to Ooka
Chinese and Japanese restaurant in Hoover,
off Valleydale Road and HWY 31.
I showed you a
few of the items off the Hibachi menu,
but if you are a sushi fan,
then you must try the wide
variety of sushi at Ooka.
In fact, they
expanded my palate way past
California rolls!
I really admire the talents of the sushi
chef who made this Yum Yum
Roll for me. Now all sushi
starts with some sticky white
rice that's placed on
some seaweed sheets.
He then takes a spicy crab mixture
and tops that with a
fried shrimp tempura,
with some sliced avocados.
Rolls it up on this bamboo mat,
to get it's shape
- I am putting the tuna on the top,
- ...and the final
touch comes when he adds
this mayo on here.
And then he sears it with a blow
torch.
Now doesn't that look yummy?
But check out the sushi
chef's skills when it comes to
slicing an avocado.
Now this
one is called the Dragon roll,
and it's topped with some avocados.
And on the inside, it has cream cheese,
and some eel
its also topped with an eel sauce
as well as a spicy mayo sauce.
But when you taste it, man, oh
man! It is so freaking
good!
And something else about Ooka's sushi,
is the decorations.
I've never seen a presentation
look as good as this one.
Two different
kind of sushi for you
- Man, and it's so beautiful!
Look at this light that's
flashing on here, I've never had sushi
like this before! - Flashing decorations,
and we made some
Yum yum rolls, and a Dragon roll.
- Mm, that's very good!
Mmhmm! Mmm that's good!
So can I lick my fingers
eating sushi? - Oh yeah, you can do
any way you want!
- Oh this is the one that he burned!
With all that fire
on there, to get the flavor in.
Yes! It's the dragon roll?
- Yep. And then we have the
cucumbers inside
- Oh man, this is better
than [garbled]
Oh, that's real good! It has a sweet taste to it!
- Sweet taste, yep.
- So, sushi
yes, it has hundreds of different kinds
of sushi. - So, we are gonna
share some dessert together since
we have my new friend over here....
- Well since you ate my food, is what you're actually trying to say...
- See thats what I'm ... - I'll try some of your dessert.
- See that's what I'm talking about! So this
is some ice cream with rice cake
on it. It looks pretty
good, everything else has been
amazing.
- That's good! I'm trying to figure out what
it tastes like. Tastes like
green tea ice cream
- Ah! Green tea ice cream! So now,
this is like a healthy
dessert then?
- Let's go for the
unhealthy dessert, now. - Hey, that's what I'm
saying, you're a man after my own heart, Steven.
Hey let's dig in.
- Now that was some fried tempura banana.
Now, be sure to mention Comedienne Joy
for your 10% discount!
[upbeat music]
- Well, that's gonna do it
for this week's edition of Dining
Out with Comedienne Joy. Now,
you know as I stand here at The Club overlooking the
beautiful Red Mountain here at Birmingham
I can't help but to be grateful
for each and every one of you!
I want to thank you so much
for tuning in each and every week, but
most importantly, I want to thank you for going out
and supporting the restaurants you've seen on the show.
Now, if you see another spot that I have missed and you want to
see on the show, or you own a restaurant,
I need you to email me!
You can email me at
ComedienneJoy@gmail.com.
That's ComedienneJoy@gmail.com
and I'll be sure to get back out to you!
Now, for those of you that are continuing
to eat at those restaurants,
I need you to go on social
media and tag me with those pictures!
You can find me on Facebook at
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and on Twitter and Instagram, my handle is
simply Comedienne Joy! And until
then, I need you to remember, that the
places I take you the food is so good,
it make you want to lay down.
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