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| - My first time going to the HOB Gospel Brunch, and I actually thought this experience was really great. My advice: get there when the doors open, rush to your table, and go straight for the buffet. Dump your plate of food on the table and get your dessert from the dessert station. I say that because (1) the buffet line gets looooong, and (2) I noticed the dessert table right away and thought I would get something later after I ate... but they never refilled the Key Lime Pie and some of the other goodies that were there.
The food:
Lots of cajun classics, from jambalaya to biscuits and grits. There was also a carving station with a mound of chilled peel-and-eat shrimp.
As a vegetarian, I was thrilled to see they had a vegetarian pasta... and it was delicious. It had a bunch of veggies in it (like brocolli, califlower, tomatoes), and pesto, with melted cheese on top. That's pretty much all I ate from the main buffet line, besides some breakfast potatoes. The french toast sticks were horrendous...obviously some food service garbage that was freezer-burned.
They also had beautiful fresh fruit, pastries, and mini bundt cakes. The bundt cakes were chocolate, vanilla, or blueberry (and I might have seen a lemon or pineapple one on the bottom) and I loved them.
The music:
I am not a particularly religious person and I knew absolutely nothing about gospel music. Going into it I thought it was going to be more neutral... more inspirational than religous. However, it was quite religious. There were tons Amens and Hallelujahs, and Jesus was thanked many times, which is fine - they were doing their thing and I respect that. They even did the classic hymn, "Amazing Grace," and it was beautiful.
The singers and band overall were outstanding, and they sang for at least an hour.
It was about $40/person which I think is an excellent deal for quality food and entertainment. I would definitely go to the Gospel Brunch again, perhaps at another House of Blues to see how they do it in another city.
F.Y.I. - the noise level was about a 9/10, you couldn't hear the person next to you over the music while you were eating.
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