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| - No, this isn't the place to satisfy your craving for orange chicken. It is, however, simply southern; exactly as advertised.
La'Wan's offers a small buffet and a full menu. Fried chicken, fried shrimp, fried tilapia, fried catfish. Notice a theme here? The typical southern soul sides include collard greens, green beans, mashed potatoes, mac-n-cheese...the list goes on.
I stopped in for a late lunch. The place wasn't too busy, but I imagine I missed the bulk of the lunch crowd. The service was lacking. I waited longer than I should've to place my order, and it took entirely too long to receive my food. Had I been there during the lunch rush, I'd likely have walked out before ever receiving my meal.
My order consisted of fried salt and pepper catfish, fried shrimp, green beans, and mac-n-cheese. The mac-n-cheese was good, but I've had better. The green beans were simply prepared with no seasoning whatsoever. The shrimp were perfect, and the cocktail sauce was amazing! I'm not sure if it's made in-house or not, but it had just the right kick! The catfish was rather bland. It could have used more of the salt and pepper that the menu boasted. The tarter sauce was dill heavy. Again, I'm not sure if the sauce was prepared in-house. Both sauces were served in pre-portioned togo ramekins; which makes me think it's an in-house job.
Once the waitress finally reappeared, I asked what they had to offer for dessert options. She had already dropped my check by the table and made no attempt to up-sell me on anything else. I decided to give the banana pudding a go. It was plopped in front of me in a plastic togo container that came straight from the fridge. It was banana-ful, but the wafers were mushy and it was too cold. Just removing the lid made a mess of the whipped topping.
The waitress never came back after that. Another employee (possibly a manager/owner) came by and grabbed my check and credit card. It's the kind of place where you would usually take the check up to the counter to pay, but they offered to go ahead and run my card for me since they saw it out on the table.
Overall, I think this place does southern fried soul fairly well. I'd go back if I were taking someone else with me that I knew would enjoy that type of food. My goto would be the shrimp for sure. As for it becoming a regular stop, probably not. It was far from a 5 star dining experience, and it's a little to artery clogging for my taste.
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