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>> anthony: the south is not a monolith. there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness, and then there's charleston. where for some time now important things have been happening with food. a lot of them having to do with this guy. [ laughter ] ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ >> anthony: what are we drinking? beer? we drinking harder stuff? what's g...

>> sean: so there's a balance, and then when you find your balance you memorize it. i go scattered, covered, smothered, chunks. >> anthony: which means, i gather, scattered on the griddle, heaped with brown onions, cheese and chunks of hickory-smoked ham. >> sean: that's my style, like i've been doing that since day one, and i didn't even know what that means. >> anthony: you know what i know? i don't want waffles at the waffle house. >> sean: bullshit, man, you have to have -- >> anthony: waffles? >> sean: okay, you have to -- pecan waffle. so what i've devised as -- >> anthony: all right. >>...

>> which means i gather scattered on the griddle, heaped with brown onions, chunks and hickory smoked ham. >> that's my style. i've been doing that since day one. and i didn't even know what that means. >> you know what, i don't want any waffles at the waffle house. >> bull. you have to have -- >> waffles? >> so what i've devised as a chef, as a tasting menu experience where you can sit down and really experience what this place does, and you start out first thing you have pecan waffle. >> really? ♪ >> hi, gentlemen. >> oh, the pecan waffle. you pet every -- >> slather it. >> i want it to be...

Tasting menu experience where you can sit down and really experience what this place does, and you start out first thing you have, pecan waffles. >> anthony: really? ♪ >> waitress: here, gentlemen. >> anthony: oh. >> sean: oh, the pecan waffle, you just crush it. you put every -- >> anthony: you just slather it. >> sean: i want it to be swimming in syrup and homogenized vegetable oil. >> anthony: oh, that's -- that's good. >> sean: see, you don't come here expecting the french laundry. you come here expecting something amazing. >> anthony: this is better than the french laundry, man. >> sean...

Wonders of the waffle house, and unfamiliar with its ways. the terminology, for instance, is new to me. now look, i'm looking at my hash brown and i am already confused and enticed. >> sean: here's the thing. you can't -- you can't go all in, because you want everything. >> anthony: i need to make a choice. >> sean: so there's balance, and then when you find your balance you memorize it. i go scattered, covered, smothered, chunks. >> anthony: which means, i gather, scattered on the griddle, heaped with brown onions, cheese and chunks of hickory-smoked ham. >> sean: that's my style, like i've b...