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Our visit last night to Papa Boudreauxs Cajun Cafe in Santa Fe, TN was a complete success.

Yes, this is really what it looks like - just a one room cinderblock 'house' with a horse in the back yard and a 4-wheeler in the front yard (hmmm - both conveyances if you think about it).

Here is their website if you want to peruse the menu or read about the musicians that play there.

I'm not going to blog for long right now because I need to go swim before the pool gets busy. I'll write more later about what we ate and how it tasted.

I can say that I tried the gumbo, red beans 'n rice, etouffee, and chocolate bread pudding. Our friends had crawfish/shrimp bisque (to die for) and chicken/andouille (sp?) sausage over angel hair pasta that looked outstanding.

The portions were IMMENSE, I'll tell more about that later. Our tab came to about $20 per person, and I brought a bottle of wine (it is BYOB) for us to share. (Cajun cabernet sauvignon - not!)

I want to tell a couple more things about Papa Boudreauxs Cajun Cafe... I ordered three 'appetizer' portions for my dinner, because I wanted to try several items, not just one.

The appetizer portions would have been a meal (in my opinion) if I could have had a side salad with one. Each appetizer was a large bowl-full (for around $5), and the meal portions were big enough for two people (around $13)

We ate about 4 baskets of freshly baked baguettes (free), and really didn't need any dessert, but we wanted the chocolate bread pudding! It wasn't exactly what I expected, as I am used to a bread pudding served hot, and not being chocolate! This was made up of baguette bits immersed in a deep chocolate pudding - very rich. It was served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top which offset the deep chocolate a bit.

So again, gumbo, bisque, red beans and rice, chicken and sausage - all outstanding. The etouffee wasn't quite as good, in our opinion. I didn't try the 'creole' appetizer (no room!). They also sell gumbo to go for $13 a quart. Made me want to make some gumbo myself - I do occasionally.

TTFN again!