A friend of mine has a concessionaire's service called Funny Face Foods. They travel all over the southeast selling their wares. When not on the road, they have had their trailer set up along Hwy 49 in Yazoo City serving the weekend crowd. They just recently set up in Canton, Mississippi, just off exit 119, in a gas station parking lot.
Funny Face has one of the best desserts I have ever eaten, a red velvet funnel cake served with cream cheese icing. This thing is awesome, and it has won them several festival awards along the way.
When I saw their latest posting on Facebook about their newest parking spot, and they were open for business, It was roadie trip time! I could barely wait for the spousal unit to get home!
Finally, we were in the road, up Hwy 25, to Hwy 471, to Hwy 43! Then to Nissan Parkway, I55, and then our destination, Canton exit 119! Believe it or not, this is actually a short cut for trips up I55 N, bypassing Jackson, Ridgeland, and Madison. We exit the interstate and to the immediate right is the Valero gas station where Funny Face is located.
All of a sudden, the bottom falls out of our trip, they have closed for the day! Seems the City of Canton has a regulation that limits these types of food vendors on the hours that they can operate within the city limits. Today they closed at 5 p.m. and it was now 7 p.m. Damn! That dang funnel cake was on my taste buds the whole ride over! Oh well, plan B. Downtown Canton here we come!
We make it to Downtown Canton in a matter of minutes. Canton is known for their town square with the courthouse in the middle. Guess what? On a Monday night, the Square is closed up tighter than a rusted top to a mason jar full of your favorite salsa! What now???? Plan C of course!
We decided to head south on Hwy 51 to Hawkinsville (i.e. Madison) for another try. As we made our way south, we passed the time looking at the latest establishments to build up along the Highway. Wow! There is even a Donut Palace in Gluckstadt! Decision finally made, Georgia Blue, here we come!
Georgia Blue is a local establishment that now has several other locations. They have a great menu selection, but are know for their daily blue plate specials. With the trip so far being a bust, we decided to go for the full meal deal, appetizer, main course, and of course dessert!
Our waitress, Emma Holmes, was awesome! I decided on the country fried steak, which she said they were out of. With a little encouragement, she said she would see what she could do, but I gave her option B just in case. Lucky me! The chef went ahead and prepared five more of my request, just in case other diners requested it. A table of three young lasses next to us got three of them! The best was yet to come!
The appetizer we picked was the crawfish crepes. OMG! The sauce is absolutely to die for!
I later inquired if the sauce was available for sale. Good ole Emma came through again! The sauce is made daily, never frozen, YES! I was having visions of this stuff at the beach, served on pasta with an awesome salad! They sell it in a Styrofoam cup, a little less than a half pint for $10. I figured two of these would be just right for the pasta, more is better, right???
Dinner was finished off with their peach cobbler a-la-mode. But,my thoughts we now about the next beach trip with this sauce in hand, can't wait! Emma Holmes and Georgia Blue, we will be back!
You just never know where a roadie trip will lead. Be flexible, Plan B,C,D ... And you know it, I'm already making plans for a return trip for that funnel cake and those crepes!
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