Last Friday was a cold and rainy day, which meant time for some comfort food. So I braved the water and drove to Yukon to experience The Lokal, a new restaurant on old Route 66. Tucked away on the western most corner of an old grocery store is where you’ll find this new location for culinary delights.
Being early lunch time, I was seated immediately. Nice large wooden table but I hate those metal chairs that are everywhere now, just not comfortable. My order was taken quickly and yes I started with some of their famous deep fried deviled eggs. Regular deviled eggs are great (especially when my husband makes them) but bread and deep fry them, better than anything at the fair. The egg whites themselves are the only thing deep fried, the yolk is mixed with other ingredients and placed on top. The 6 eggs (yes I ate 2 before I took the pic) come with a side of jalapeno ranch that really gives a spicy kick to an already wonderful appetizer.
Next up was my lunch sized chicken fried steak. If this is lunch sized, then dinner sized must take up the rest of the plate because it was huge (not that I’m complaining). Along with my side of mashed potatoes, the steak was generously drowned in cream gravy. So much so that my fried okra came in a bowl, just to keep them dry. After I polished off those eggs, I started on the steak. Fried to a crisp gold brown perfection, the breading was light and took nothing away from the flavor of the steak. The steak itself was very tender and easy to cut. The mashed potatoes were great as well, complete with some actual potato chunks and skins. As good as all of it was, the cream gravy was the star. They must use real cream in it, I made sure every bite I took had some of that gravy on it including my okra.
Then for dessert I took home a slice of red velvet cheesecake. The red velvet part was perfect as was the cheesecake. The service the entire time was wonderful and my food was delivered quickly. I highly recommend that you check it out while in Yukon. Go for the deep fried deviled eggs, stay for the cream gravy, 5 strips of bacon from me.
The Fat Okie 