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| - I came here for Winterlicious 2017 with a few friends and overall, it was a fine experience. At first, I thought N'awlins would be this upbeat, crazy and rowdy restaurant full of restless energy. I thought the whole restaurant would be itching to get up from their table to just dance it out with the jazz players. But no. This restaurant wasn't like that at all (at least, my Wednesday night at the restaurant was quite mellow). The space is very tight and a lot more formal than I imagined. There were not a lot of people there (granted, we were eating dinner at 8:30), but a sole pianist (I was reminded of La La Land).
But let's talk about the food. I had the soup of the day which was leek and potato soup? I don't exactly remember - but there was a sort of film on top of the soup. It tasted pretty good even though the presentation wasn't too impressive or anything. Also the film tasted a bit plasticy although I disregarded it because I mixed it into the soup until it disappeared. Also, the seasoning was SPOT ON.
For the main course, I had the blackened catfish. The only set back here was that we waited close to an hour for our main course. But damn! The portion was huge! However, the 'jambalaya' was a bit misleading. To me, it was just spiced rice as opposed to the shrimp and sausage I was supposed to get. The spiced rice was great though, I was very happy with my main dish.
The dessert was probably the best course. I had the tiramisu cake, which was light and fluffy and tasted great. It wasn't too sweet or anything, though I would have preferred if the cake wasn't drizzled with caramel.
Anyways, I would come back again - not for Winterlicious though. I'd probably get the seafood medley or the jambalaya next time.
TLDR; Nice and cozy, large portions of Cajun food. Won't come for Winterlicious/ Summerlicious, but I'll definitely come back for one of their regular menu items.
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