October 2007
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Boudreaux's Cajun Kitchen of Houston, TX; a touch of NOL
Posted by john on 28 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Good Food and not, Houston, TX
My regular restaurant research revield many reviews of Boudreaux’s Cajun Kitchen so I decided to give it a try. After landing at hobby and Suzanne getting her ‘Sketchers‘ fix at the Sketchers outlet, we headed to Boudreaux’s at Gulfgate Center. As it turns out, we had eaten in this same area when we at at Pappas Bar-B-Q last year.
Walking in we didn’t know what to expect and found it to be an efficient, semi fast food restaurant. You place your order at the counter and they call your number when it is ready. Only bottle beer was available from the food counter but they did have a bar so I assume you could go and get other drinks and have with your meal. I ordered Cajun, Suzanne ordered a dinner salad, Suzanne won.
I had 1/2 shrimp, 1/2 crawfish etouffee. The shrimp was over regular rice and the crawfish over dirty rice, piles of rice. This was plenty of food, the etouffee had good flavor as did the dirty rice. I also had a bowl of jambalaya which was disappointing; good flavor but all rice with 1 piece of shrimp and micro pieces of andouille sausage. Boy am I glad I didn’t order that for my meal.
Suzanne had a wonderful Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad. A whole half breast of pecan crusted chicken, sliced over a salad that contained dried cranberries & mandarin oranges with a sweet/sour dressing and large spiced pecans. A real hit! She also had a bowl of red beans & rice, a great side.
It appeared that most of the other eaters were getting the deep fried shimp, fish or other combo. Guess they new something I didn’t.
I would eat again at Boudreaux’s Cajun Kitchen if I was in the area, but not one I will drive far to find again.
Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter flew farther with me than I thougt it would
Posted by john on 13 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Beer
My first “Flying Dog” beer as I purchased a sample box at the Whole Foods, a favorite stop in Oak Park, on my way home from Troy with Suzanne. Not sure what drew me to the box other than the outragous look.
The Scottish Stout was dark brown with a tan head that doesn’t last long. Has a sweet almost fruity flavor with a burt overtone, not at all what I expected.
My favorite ranking site, RateBeer.com has this to say about Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter.
On John’s Scale
Color: 9 1=Light / 10=Dark
Balance: 5 1=Sweet / 10=Bitter
Flavor: 7 1=Light / 10=Strong
Rank: 6 1=Dislike / 10=Like