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re: Prejean's gumbo: praises and gripes

Posted on 2/15/16 at 4:18 pm to
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 2/15/16 at 4:18 pm to
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Enola's
I have a cousin that worked both there and Prejean's.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52770 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 4:26 pm to
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Yes, Enola's.


Always wanted to eat there but didn't try until she closed it.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 2/15/16 at 4:31 pm to
Do you remember when it closed?
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 5:49 pm to
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We used to make the eggplant pirogues fairly often from PP's cookbook. So darn good


Yep. Chef Paul's cookbook got me making those too. Now I mostly do them filled with lump crabmeat and covered with a shrimp/buttercream sauce that I got from a Frank Davis recoipe. Saturday I got the eggplant pirogue at Prejeans. First time I've had that at any restaurant. It was good. Huge eggplant overflowing with a sauce with abundant crab meat and crawfish. I prefer the type of sauce that I make at home, but Prejean's version was something I'd order again. I like a lot of their menu, and it's one of the few restaurants where it takes me a while to choose since they have plenty good options. I was disappointed in their seafood platter since it only had 3 shrimp and no oysters. It had a decent amount of other stuff, but not what I'd expect for $29. Too much alligator "filler." It is a tourist restaurant, but still definitely one of my favorite seafood joints. We eat there almost every time we're in the area.
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 5:50 pm
Posted by Gnar Cat21
Piña Coladaburg
Member since Sep 2009
17144 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 5:53 pm to
is this the same group that sells duck and andouille gumbo at jazz fest?
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
29954 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 6:01 pm to
Yep.

But it's trash tourist food. You should stop eating it.
Posted by Gnar Cat21
Piña Coladaburg
Member since Sep 2009
17144 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 6:14 pm to
consider me trashy then. never have I enjoyed a piping hot bowl of gumbo on a balmy 110 degree day more
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 6:14 pm to
I called it tour bus Cajun.

If I don't want to eat somewhere and that makes it trash, then so-be-it.

ETA: I looked up the Jazz Fest Prejean's gumbo. This looks neither thick nor dark and completely legit in my opinion.

This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 6:27 pm
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10252 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 8:12 pm to
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Do you remember when it closed?
No but I think it was due to heallth issues.
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10252 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 8:14 pm to
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This looks neither thick nor dark and completely legit in my opinion.
Well that's a picture in bright sunlight. It's actually thin and quite dark.
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 9:00 pm to
That's about like the frozen stuff I took home. The stuff in the restaurant was quite darker and thicker.
This post was edited on 2/16/16 at 12:26 am
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10252 posts
Posted on 2/15/16 at 9:56 pm to
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That's a out like the frozen suff I took home. The stuff in the restaurant was quite darker and thicker.

As I understand it, they only sell the pheasant, quail gumbo at JazzFest. So what you got at the restaurant probably wasn't the same thing.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
22416 posts
Posted on 2/16/16 at 12:06 pm to
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Enola's.


Ate at the Washington (La) location several times. After she moved to Lafayette only ate once. Always a treat.
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 2/16/16 at 5:32 pm to
Forgot that I snapped a pic when I was in the restaurant...

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