Olympia Ohanian has her dad wrapped around her pinky! Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, has perfected the art of making creative pancakes. But now with another dish added to Olympia’s handpicked favorites, the Reddit cofounder rolled up his sleeves and pulled up his socks to learn the recipe.
While the Williams/Ohanian family lives in Florida, there is one dish Papa will go to the other side of the country to taste.
And just to reduce that travel and add another layer to his father/ daughter cooking days with Olympia, Ohanian has learned the art of the perfectly smoked brisket.
Texas, here they come! The Lone Star State may be known for its cowboy culture or Rangers baseball, but it’s practically unbeatable when it comes to food. And the best dish of the south? The brisket!
In a recent update, Ohanian gave another glimpse of “Part 9 of my Ask Alexis series”, where a follower asked Ohanian about his favorite brisket. Responding to the ‘good question’, he revealed how his favorite brisket stems from his sous-chef Olympia’s corner. Although reluctant to pick favorites, his top brisket is one from the state most known for it – Texas.
“I don’t wanna pick favorites, but I can tell you it was definitely in Texas.” However, the story goes in these few words, he further revealed, “It’s also where my daughter, Olympia fell in love with brisket.” And that was why he needed to take out his grill and other kitchen equipment, to get the meat rolling. Taking out weekends to perfect his daughter’s favorite, he had all the help needed from YouTube.
“And that is the reason why I’ve sought out to perfect it on the weekends. I’ll shout out to Meat Church, for having the best YouTube tutorials. Taught me everything I know about smoking.”
Ohanian’s own dad used to cook pancakes for him every Sunday and he’s taken it a few steps further, with not just pancake art but briskets on the weekends too. What’s a little extra time and effort, even on Saturdays and Sundays, if it’s for family?
The entrepreneur has almost perfected his recipe, and even if it’s not quite the floppy meat of a Texan native yet, Ohanian has achieved the desired taste at least!
In February this year, he posted a video of a successful attempt as he can be seen cutting into a slab of the cow meat. The caption says, “Every weekend a little better. Olympia’s favorite brisket yet.” Mission impossible to mission successful!
After so much handwork, skill, and love put behind the brisket, Ohanian’s post caption makes all the sense, “If you know me, you know I love a good brisket. While I whip up a mean one myself, nothing tops Texas brisket 🤠.”
In addition to cooking, Ohanian is up for anything when it comes to his daughters. Spending time involving them in business talks, building legos, being a daddy caddy, and many others. However, despite being ready to fulfill most of the wishes, if not all, Ohanian would not agree to one thing.
Alexis Ohanian doesn’t want Olympia to support Washington Commanders’ rival
Ohanian is flexible about experimenting on various fronts, technology, sports, and cooking. However, there is one thing,that the venture capitalist will not budge about: his daughter supporting the Dallas Cowboys! Ohanian has grown up in Washington DC, hence his support to his home team is understandable. But he doesn’t want to indulge in an NFL fan rivalry at home.
In his recent podcast, Business Dad, he said, “I grew up in the DC area, I’d say for a better part of my childhood. I was a Commander’s fan. “ So I would be crushed if my daughter cheered for the Cowboys. I can’t explain why. There’s no rational reason I wouldn’t care, you know, for so many other things.”
