Our Food Travels

Monday, June 20, 2011

Make a Cajun Connection

Ron's Cajun Connection, http://www.ronscajunconnection.com/

Crawfish Boil, they have them a few times a year after Ron goes down to LA. Keep an eye on their website.

Fun for the whole family!

Learning how to peal the crawfish and suck the head.

These crawfish are huge.

The alligator is very good too!

And the Bread Pudding!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Have You Figured Out We Love Pizza?

Carluchi Brothers Pizza http://carluchibrospizzaco.com


Pizza Nuggets

Bacon, Garlic and Peppadew Peppers. Have you tried these peppers yet?

Just look at how thin that crust is.

Spinach, Mushroom, Garlic and Peppadew Peppers.

The place was nice the people were very friendly, service good but we did not like the pizza enough to go back.

Have you heard about Lennie's...I mean Denny's new Bacon Menu? Well my husband did, so needless to say after pizza we went in search of a Denny's.
/www.dennys.com

Maple Bacon Sundae.

May sound weird to some but he thoroughly enjoyed it!

Hot Fudge Sundae

Blueberry Pancake Puppies.


Fun.

Monday, May 30, 2011

The Maple Tree Inn

The Maple Tree Inn, Blue Island. http://www.gotwalrus.com/Maple_Tree_Inn/Welcome.html Cajun & Creole food.

Caramelized Onion Souffle- with jumbo lump crab & Gruyere cheese. This was good but no caramelized onion flavor, needed more onions and for them to actually be caramelized.

N'awlins Gator Bites- marinated in beer, Tabasco & spices breaded and deep fried. Served with homemade Spicy Remoulade Sauce. These were very good, so far the best alligator we have ever had. Very tender and delicious.

Crab Mornay- Lump crab meat topped with Mornay sauce and Gruyere cheese, served with garlic toast. This was real good, nice amount of crab.

Crab Mornay

Hickory Buttered BBQ Shrimp- served with Jalapeno Cheddar Grits. Fabulous, Excellent dish, nice spice and deep, tangy BBQ flavor and great grits. Our friend ordered this and my Husband said this is what he will get the next time we go back.

Hickory Buttered BBQ Shrimp

Crawfish Etouffee- crawfish tails covered with sauce with "a-2-fay" risotto.Good depth of flavor, nice spice, would defiantly order again.

Sourdough Garlic Bread "Boat" filled with fried shrimp with Brie sauce. The shrimp were fried excellent, very tender and juicy. The Brie sauce was excellent.

Avery Maharaja- 10.5% ABV, Imperial Double IPA

Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot "WTF?"- 7.8% ABV, Imperial Brown Ale.

Anderson Valley Summer Solstice- 5.6% ABV, Cream Ale.

Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous- 8.7% ABV, Black IPA.

Oyster Shooters.

Pecan Pie- very good.

Sweet Potato Cheesecake- Very good, everyone like it, even I did and I don't like sweet potatoes.

Banana Bread Pudding- Very good.

with the owner.

We had a very fun time and would go back.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Smak-Tak for excellent homemade Polish food

Smak-Tak Polish American Restaurant. http://www.smaktak.com/index.htm

Borsch with Mushroom Dumplings.

We started with the Borsch, a beetroot soup. This Borsch was fantastic, I had never had it before but my husband and mother-in-law have and said it was the best they have had.

The mushroom dumpling.

The dumplings were fantastic!

Pierogis: Cheese and Potato, Sauerkraut and Mushroom, Sweet Cheese, Meat, Blueberry, Plum, Cherry & Strawberry.

These were the best pierogis we have ever had. They were great and fresh!

My husband liked the meet, I liked the cheese & potato the best, our son said the meat and the Mushroom & Sauerkraut were both the best. My husbands mother liked the Mushroom & Sauerkraut the best. For the fruit ones the the Blueberry and the Cherry were our favorite.