re: Baton Rouge area "Cajun" food sucks

Jambalaya Shoppe sucks. Why the hell would you drive an hour to eat that garbage? There are dozens of better Cajun food restaurants in BR

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Cuz it was the final straw.

Gonna turn 50 this year and I made yet another trip for nothing to a BR "restaurant" and I've finally had enough of BR posters with their "Oh, we from Louisiana. Wait till y'all taste our gumbo and our jambalaya" BS.

I haven't had one fricking memorable got-to-come-back-for BR restaurant meal in 50 years. So I'm venting.

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But why in God's name did you make a special trip to BR to go to jambalaya shoppe?

And, FWIW, you don't order jambalaya at a restaurant and expect gold. Same with gumbo. I've had the "death by gumbo" at Restaurant R'evolution, and frankly, it was ok. I make gumbo better than they do. And this isn't just specific to Restaurant R'evolution. Most gumbo's i've had at restaurants are ok, but nothing special. In fact, i'd wager most people who know how to cook in south louisiana make gumbo, jambalaya, etouffee', etc... better than restaurants. Why? Because we have the time to make it right. Cajun food isn't a restaurant perfected food. It is family recipes passed down. And as much as it angers you that it is this way, and that you don't have time to go to someone's grandma's house, that's just the way it is. There's no amount of bitching you can do that will change that.

2) Nobody is saying BR can touch NOLA in terms of restaurants. Not many places in the world can touch NOLA. So comparing the 2 and hoping to start an internet fight is a waste of time. What New Orleans does well, is creativity and fusion of cultures in their restaurants. I can't think of a single "Cajun" restaurant in New Orleans. I can think of many "southern" style restaurants or Louisiana inspired. But that's what makes a chef great. By not narrowing down your food style in a restaurant to one specific culture. If you can blend French cuisine, with a touch of cajun and/or creole flaire, with some more traditionally southern plates, well there you have a basis for what many fine restaurants in new orleans is, and what they succeed at. I've never been to a "Cajun" restaurant as an adult and came away with a "man that was incredible". When i was a kid i used to love Prejeans's, but it's not quite the same now that i'm older. Too much fried food, and the crawfish bisque isn't what i remember.

You want cajun food, you have to go to someone's home, a cookout, a tailgate, or something where people are gathering and taking time to make great food.

For instance, watch the No Reservations on Cajun Country where they have a boucherie at someone's farm. Or the Andrew Zimmerman where he's in Lake Charles @ Donald Link's family's place. I'm sure no one would consider Lake Charles a restaurant mecca, and by your reasoning in your posts, Lake Charles would be just another restaurant shithole. Well, without lake chuck, you wouldn't have Donald Link. And without Link, you wouldn't have many of his fine restaurants. And while no one considers Lake Chuck to be restaurant gold, it has given you one of the better chefs of New Orleans.

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That’s so stupid

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So you think Cajun cuisine was perfected in restaurants?

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How can you be so close to New Orleans and yet have absolutely no flavor to your "Cajun" dishes? Maybe the great Cajun chefs you produced shouldn't have moved to NOLA so you'd have some respect left.

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bro.. PSA NOLA ain't cajun.....

is there any restaurants in Baton Rouge that says Cajun and Creole food? there's seafood restaurants but that's about it. I don't think a Cajun/Creole restaurant would even stay in business in Baton Rouge.

I just came here to point out what you should already know:

A) There's no cajun food in Baton Rouge.

B) There's no cajun food in New Orleans (it's Creole).

C) You're a dumbass for thinking you could go to Baton Rouge and get cajun food.

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is there any restaurants in Baton Rouge that says Cajun and Creole food? there's seafood restaurants but that's about it. I don't think a Cajun/Creole restaurant would even stay in business in Baton Rouge.

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There used to be a place called Bergeron's off of Jefferson next to Churchill's. They made really good plate lunches with traditional Cajun/Southern food. But yeah, that place closed down a few years ago.

You’re thinking of Bellue’s

Dang it. I haven't been to Drucilla's in a long time and was thinking about checking it out.