New menus for Blue Bayou and Cafe Orleans
 

The new menus for Blue Bayou and revamped table-service Cafe Orleans have been released. There are threads on MousePad that list them out, so I'll link to them:

Blue Bayou

Cafe Orleans


Based on these menus, I don't think I'll be dining at BB in the future. I think I will try the veggie Monte Cristo at Cafe Orleans though. Fried cheese sandwich! I hope it comes with a side of Lipitor...

A ha. So they didn't get rid of the Monte Cristo as was rumored.

When will they learn?

A portobello mushroom is a portobello mushroom. It's boring and meaty and can sometimes taste like dirt, regardless of whether it's served on black-eyed peas or corn & pepper couscous.

Vegetarians DO eat things besides mushrooms.

It seemed to me like the whole portobello thing had died down. I'm still sick of them, but I'm seeing fewer of them served as the sole veggie dish these days.

Stupid Blue Bayou. I love the atmosphere, and I hate their never-changing menu.

Cafe Orleans, on the other hand, looks like it has promise. I think the promise may to be give us all heart attacks, but still.

Well, I'm interested in the Cafe Orleans menu more than I am in the Blue Bayou menu. The house salad is very similar to the one I used to love at th French Market. It's nice to have some good salads back on the menu.

Sooooo, anyone up for a meal on Sunday?

Nice price point at the BB.

Perhaps they should just rename it "Club 33 Light"

*Three-Cheese Monte Cristo Swiss, mozzarella and double crème Brie in a light batter, fried and served with berry puree*

Animal fat fried in vegetable fat... Mmmmm mmmmm mmmmmm

So, by saying "Sunday" above, I really wasn't refering to THIS Sunday, since the restaurant won't be open. (Right.)

BUT, how about July 9th? Should we make some ressies?

So much for the occasional lunch at BB. And why are the appetizers MORE expensive at lunch than at dinner?

It looks like I'll be happy with one of those yummy-sounding salads. (And the occasional heart-clogwich.) But the lack of vegan food is a bummer-- I hope they'll make the pommes without the parm for Tom, and the salad without the cheese and nuts.

Cafe Orleans is supposed to be reopening this Friday or Saturday if the final little things go well so it very well could be open this Sunday.

The desserts at Cafe Orleans sound divine to me! I have loved beignets since a trip to NO and Biloxi and now I can get them shaped like my favorite mouse! If they don't taste good though I can just go to DTD but I think there is something special about sitting outside down south and enjoying one though! I loved sitting on the Gulf and enjoying my beignet. I haven't had a crepe in years but was always a fan.

With the prices so high at BB, I'm glad to see I can get the monte cristo at CO. I will miss the BB potatoes though. It's a good thing I can just make them at home on special occasions or when we have prime rib.