Mighty Cone a Disappointment?

Mighty Cone is located at South Congress and Monroe, in the same lot as Hey Cupcake. It's on the strip where First Thursdays are held.

Let me know what you think!

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Mighty Cone a Disappointment?

Yes, I'm new to Austin Chowhound. I did not know that my post exhibited poor etiquette. Apologies.

So here's my review:

I'm totally going to get slammed for this. But this eating experience is seriously an emperor's new clothes moment for me. People rave about Hudson's on the Bend's Chicken Avocado Cones from ACL. I haven't been to ACL yet, so I was super curious. I've also never eaten at Hudson's but always wanted to go. When I read that Hudson's was going to open up a trailer on South Congress, I was excited...over excited.

I ordered the fries, the Deluxe Chicken Avocado Cone & Shrimp Avocado Cone on my first try. When I went in for my first bite, I got a wiff of a semi-revolting smell from either the sauce or cole slaw that was on top of the chicken and ignored it. As I bit into the cone, I was unpleasantly surprised by how hard the fried coating and how dry the chicken were. This was very hard to swallow. The shrimp from the shrimp avocado cone was also super hard. I couldn't even taste the shrimp. Their "special batter" was simply to hard and unimpressive although the list of ingredients sounds unique: sesame seeds, almonds, chili flakes, sea salt, sugar, and corn flakes.

The aroma that I initially smelled got increasingly difficult to bear. It hung around in my mouth as I chewed the chicken. This next comment seems rude, but I'm quite serious and think it best describes my experience. The sauce or slaw or combination of the two smelled and tasted like vomit. Perhaps the sauce went bad?

I decided to give Mighty Cone another shot with the Cone Dog on a different day. Another disappointment. I did not like the texture of the dog. THe venison was completely lacking in natural juices. On top of the non-descript texture and bland flavor of the dog, the slaw and heavy-handed use of mustard drowned out whatever little taste was in the meat. Utterly disasterous.

Please, can someone explain to me why everyone likes these cones so much?

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Mighty Cone a Disappointment?

I know alot of people are huge fans of the chicken avocado cones, but I just don't get it. Here's my review. Please let me know what I'm missing out on!

http://food-dilettante.blogspot.com/2009/04/mighty-cone-not-so-mighty-to-me.html

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Thanks for the info. Hope they open that new location!

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Here are some pictures of dishes I've tried at Soco Cafe:
http://food-dilettante.blogspot.com/2009/04/south-congress-cafe.html

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