As we ate, his mother told me stories about her son growing up-which I promised him I wouldn’t repeat. They were served alongside beef tenderloin in an elegant tamarind sauce, another Ludacris favorite. Ludacris has a favorite dish at Straits, and at the party it became mine, too: kung pao lollipops, crispy fried chicken drumettes doused with a delectable sticky, sweet and seriously spicy sauce made with fried chiles (on weekends, Straits Atlanta goes through 100 pounds of drumsticks). Then everyone crowded around the platter-lined buffet table. To start the party, Yeo served bright Riesling-splashed strawberry-and-vodka cocktails and set out bowls of tangy wok-cooked peanuts tossed with kaffir lime leaf. “I’m a Virgo, I’m a perfectionist, and I’ve worked to make the restaurant better and better.” To celebrate the milestone, Ludacris and Yeo threw a party at a friend’s house, inviting a small group that included local TV anchor Amanda Davis Ludacris’s mother, Roberta Shields and Randall Cartwright, Ludacris’s stylist at Ralph Lauren (Ralph Lauren supports the Ludacris Foundation, a nonprofit that works with underprivileged children). “Everyone told me how many restaurants fail in their first year,” he says. The restaurant, which takes its name from Luda's multiplatinum 2003 album Chicken N Beer, features a classic southern menu with chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits, and much more.See the full. ![]() Ludacris is extremely proud that Straits Atlanta is now a year old.
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