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Veer off the beaten path, away from Myrtle Beach and into the neighbouring town of Conway.

Line up for a fabulous lunch at The Trestle Cafe -- a casual Southern diner that will leave you feeling like a character from the pages of Harper Lee's tale To Kill a Mockingbird.

Deep South favourites such as sweetened tea and chicken salad sandwiches don't get any better than at The Trestle.

If mange-ing on a menu of traditional Southern cuisine is at the top of your tourist to-do list, you'll have no problem being pointed in the right direction by every last Southern-belle waitress you meet.

A person could easily spend a solid week in the Myrtle Beach area on a busy fried-green-tomato-tour.

Not to mention a non-stop sampling of oysters on the half shell, crab soup, crab cakes and crab salad, flounder hoagies, grouper sandwiches and jumbo skewered shrimp.

Then there's the steaming hot, all-you-can-eat 'hush puppies' -- essentially a pile of sweetened, deep-fried dough balls similar to Timbits, but coated in cornmeal and sugar to up the crunch.

Not only can you not have just one, you are practically forced to pair them with the delicious raspberry honey butter that accompanies the pouffy little puppies.

A trip to Dave's Dockside Diner is another culinary must-do. Originally opened in 1975, this seafood, beef and piano bar is situated waterfront on the Marsh Walk.

It also happens to boast cuisine recommended by just about every person who's ever been to South Carolina.

Wash all that southern goodness down with an Amber Ale from the Palomino Brewing Company from Charleston, S.C., and you're practically a southerner yourself.

Wherever you go for eats in the Myrtle Beach area, one thing is certain: The locals are desperate for you to test your palate to their traditional Southern cuisine.

And if you manage to avoid the shrimp and grits, I salute you!