I heard and read such great things about this place so I was excited to go since I am always on my quest to find the best Cajun food in the Chicagoland area.\r
The decoration is kind of like Bourbon Street meets Gothic. Maybe that was their interpretation of Voodoo.\r
The service was a bit slow, even though there were not a lot of people in the dining area. I received some cornbread and with cinnamon butter. The cornbread was fine, although it would have been better if it had been sweeter, and could have had less of a gritty texture. I am not the biggest fan of cinnamon on my cornbread either.\r
I wished that the server was a little more knowledgeable about the spices that were actually used in the food.\r
I had red beans and rice, which was pretty good and authentic tasting. I also got crawfish etouffee, but that was not that great. It was spicy, but not flavorful. There was too much butter in it as well. \r
There were some ""french fry"" type of homemade potato chips that had seasoning on them, but it was still kind of strange. The fried catfish was fried well, but the batter did not have enough seasoning in it. Fried catfish needs to have seasoning so that it is not bland. The mashed potatos were fine, but were forgettable.\r
I got some vanilla ice cream with strawberries, cherries, and whipped cream that was awesome, but that is hard to mess up. I also got beignets, but I would have liked them even more if they were not as thick. They were thoroughly caked on both sides with powdered sugar, and I am used to the ones in Louisiana that has the powdered sugar sprinkled just on top so that there is a contrasting taste of fried dough and sugar.\r
Overall, good Cajun food makes you want to eat it until you hurt. This did not make me want to finish it, let alone eat my leftovers. Crawfish etouffee usually tastes even better on the second day, but not this dish. I ended up just throwing it away.
Pros: There wasn't alot of people there when I went
Cons: Food wasn't seasoned well enough
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