After touring the Texas Capitol, I wanted to walk along the lakefront and take a few pictures of Austin’s beautiful skyline at dusk. But that meant I had a couple of hours to kill. Since it was dinner time, I considered my options. I was tempted to check out a restaurant that I kept hearing people talk about — the Salt Lick — but I discovered both of its locations were a long drive from downtown Austin. Another possibility was a place called the Hula Hut on Lake Austin, which a friend recommended. It was much closer, and I’m glad it was, because the Hula Hut is where I enjoyed the best meal of my vacation.
The Hula Hut serves Tex-Mex food with a Polynesian twist, or as they call it, “Tiki-Mex”. It’s part of a complex of restaurants at Oyster’s Landing Marina on the waterfront of Lake Austin, just north of the Tom Miller Dam, which created the lake. You can eat outside or inside…
… but most people choose to take a seat on the deck, over the water.
My meal started with the chips and salsa you see in the background. The salsa was freshly prepared, and had a light and tangy (but still spicy) flavor. The main course…
… was a Chicken & Guacamole Tubular Taco. It’s somewhat like a burrito, only inside it’s loaded with cheese and chicken, then a guacamole sauce is generously poured in and around it. It had a fantastic flavor. I left the restaurant overstuffed, but completely satisfied.
As I left the restaurant, I tried to get a closer look at the Tom Miller Dam, but all I could manage was a camera shot out the car window, while driving over a nearby bridge.
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