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Article #573Re: The Cajun Experience
From: J. B. Wood
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:36
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:36
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In article <h80prv$2g4$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: > Thumbs up to the Cajun Experience out in Leesburg... if you find yourself > out there, it's well worth a trip. A couple months ago, I showed up with > a bunch of somewhat obnoxious and sleep-deprived festival crew members. > The maitre d' took one look at us, gave us a private room where we could > not bother anyone else, and took great care of us. The food was excellent, > and much of it was a somewhat different style than I am accustomed to; > they did a gumbo, for instance, that wasn't thickened with file but used > only the okra for thickening. It worked out very nicely. > > Visited there more recently and was still impressed. The first time we > where there they didn't have a liquor license yet, and I forgot to ask > about wines the second time we made it out. > > Either way, if you find yourself out in the area, it's well worth it. > Might even be worth the trip from DC. > --scott Hello, and I would hesistate going to any restaurant with "experience" in its name. I go to restaurants to dine, not have an "experience." I don't go shopping to have a "shopping experience", etc, etc, etc. Gen-X marketing. (In all fairness, since the food and/or its preparation is awful at many theme-based restaurant chains perhaps the "experience" (sans food) is all that is left.) Sincerely, John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20375-5337
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