GGC Eatery (Hammond, Indiana) | Influencer Restaurant Review by Keith Lee

Full Transcript: Keith Lee’s GGC Eatery Restaurant Review Video

Me and my family came from Chicago, Illinois, to Hampshire, Indiana. And I got the bag. I got it. Let’s try it and rate it 1 to 10.

We spent sixty-four dollars and thirty-seven cents. The customer service, my family said, was a 10 out of 10. They said not only was the guy at the front the same guy from the videos, but he was also extremely nice, extremely comforting, and offering everybody inside free waters and complimentary items for their wait.

Now, when I say they waited, we’ve been here since 3:00, and it’s 4:40, which is excessive, but it’s very small. And keep in mind, this is a husband-and-wife-owned spot, so their staff is limited.

I’mma show you everything I got, and we gonna try it and rate it. 9:59.

Salmon egg rolls, a soul plate “Trinity” which is catfish, chicken, mac and cheese, and collard greens. A plate of jerk chicken tips with mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, with a side of black-eyed peas. And last but not least, a side of cornbread.

Is this a lot of food for $60? Absolutely. These plates are busting out the seams like I was expecting them to. No, but I’m excited.

I’m gonna start with the mac and cheese. This is smoked gouda mac and cheese. Haha. This chicken, collard greens, catfish—everything in here is delicious. The catfish is crispy, thick, and seasoned extremely well. I wish there was some spice on the chicken. It’s fried, too. This is like, this is somebody’s kitchen. It tastes like Auntie made it. This mac and cheese is creamy, seasoned, and flavorful. This plate is real high. When I say real high, in my opinion, this whole plate is a 9 out of 10. Like, big bag, huge bag, tremendous bag.

It might be a long wait time, so if you do come, please, please, please keep in mind that this is a small-owned business, so please be patient.

Boy, this the jerk chicken tips. I’ve never heard of jerk chicken tips before—or chicken tips in general. I’m assuming this is just chicken thigh cut in half. That’s exactly what it is. They just cut a chicken thigh in like multiple pieces, like strips, and smoked it. It’s smoked. It’s spicy. Mashed potatoes—it’s a sauce on the mashed potatoes. It might be the jerk sauce. I’m not a huge fan, especially not for the mashed potatoes. It’s real robust, and I don’t think it goes with mashed potatoes well, in my opinion.

These sweet potatoes—girl, that’s way too sweet for me. That is a pie. It looks like a pie. That is pie filling. I’m just not the target audience. For me, that’s like a 3 out of 10. That’s a lot. That’s way too much for me.

The jerk chicken, in my opinion, is an 8 out of 10. The mashed potatoes are also a 3 out of 10 for me.

This egg roll with salmon in here—oh, hot. I’m not a huge fan of salmon. The flavor from the sweet sauce is really good. It’s like a sweet and spicy sauce, but that salmon is very overpowering. Three out of 10, like a piece.

I’m going fast because we about to miss our flight, and we gotta drive an hour back to Chicago.

The black-eyed peas, in my opinion—these are pretty good. I’m not a black-eyed peas person at all. I’m not the target audience, but I can see if you really like black-eyed peas, these would be really good to you, in my opinion. This is right above the middle—6 out of 10.

This is the cornbread. It does look like carrot cake. I ain’t never had cornbread that tastes nothing like this. This tastes like cake. It’s not even grainy like a cornbread would be. It’s very vanilla rum cake-ish without the rum. Yeah, that would be some cake. Is it cinnamon? For me, it’s like a 6 out of 10 as well.

Overall, I truly appreciate the invite. And that mac and cheese and those collard greens made the drive worth it for me.

And as always, after this, I pray and hope that they continue to reach their target audience. God bless you. Have an amazing day. Y’all be safe.

Or, reach a new audience. I say “continue” ’cause they already had an hour and a half wait time, but I think that was more people from Indiana. But if more people from different cities are their target audience, I pray and hope that they reach them, too. Y’all be safe.