Southern Meat Kitchen - Taupo

Had a great chicken and slaw takeaway feed from SMK in Taupo. Very yum, lots of care with and no reaction :

Was so satisfied with the food and service. We ordered the platter and every element on the platter was so delicious. There chilli sauce was awesome too. A place to go for dinner in Taupo.

This was really quite a nice dinner. Kids meals were generous and well enjoyed, our fried chicken was huge and we were glad to split it with a side/“small plate” of extremely tasty burnt ends. Other meals we saw looked generous and worth the price tag, but do consider some kind of split unless you are really hungry!

Great shared board with a good selection of meats on rice. Tidy premises and friendly staff. Had a nice kids meal aswell.

I've had American bbq in the US and i can't in honesty say that this matched that. The reality is that this is southern bbq INSPIRED as opposed to trying replicate the genuine article. I had the Pork Belly Burnt Ends the Tex Mex Chicken Burger. To begin, Burnt Ends refers to the small point of meat on a Brisket that burns when you smoke it. It has nothing to do with Pork. The Tex Mex Chicken Burger was ok but rates about the same as a KFC chicken burger. Disappointing given that it costs twice as much. That said, I did get a reasonable amount of food albeit at a premium price. It was certainly worthwhile as an experience... Although I likely wouldn't be in a rush to repeat it.