Went to a new jernt that I've driven by and jogged by for over fifteen years and have never tried - Uncle Andre's Barbecue, just a couple of minutes away on Moorpark. It's in a horrid little strip mall. But Yelp sent me a thing about barbecue in the Valley and I read up on Uncle Andre's, which has pretty divisive reviews. Apparently more of a soul food/barbecue place, which I suppose confuses people. After reading the raves about the fried chicken, I ordered the chicken strips - there were only three of them but they were extremely filling, especially with my two sides - mac-and-cheese and potato salad. The latter were really quite good, and the fried chicken strips were great. They had squeeze bottles of their barbecue sauce on the table so I had a little taste of that. Many of the reviews complained that the sauce was too fruity for certain people. Now, when I read fruity I think sweet. Well, this thing had no sweetness and was all vinegary and kind of yucky-tasting, so I don't think I'll be trying the barbecue there. But fruity? These reviewers are nut jobs.
