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Article #576Re: The Cajun Experience
From: Scott Dorsey
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:16
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:16
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pltrgyst <pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote: >On 8 Sep 2009 09:36:43 -0400, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: > >>In spite of all this, the Cajun Experience was remarkably good. And not >>a chain. > >For the moment. They're already planning locations in "DC, New York City, >London, and Dubai." (Loudon Extra) That's amazing. It's good to hear that SOMEONE is trying to expand these days. >It would be nice to read a direct comparison of similar dishes there and at >RT's, though. > >BTW, the Washingtonian review said: "If there's a shortcoming, it's the gumbo, >which has ... a watery broth that could use an extra dose of roux..." 8;) > >I use gumbo as my basic Cajun barometer, (as I do simple pasta dishes in Italian >restaurants, and fried rice in Chinese places). If they can't get the gumbo >right, I don't believe I'll be driving out to Leesburg. As I said, it's a very different style than the New Orleans gumbo. It's not thickened with file at all. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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