Amy R. wrote: > > >Terry M. wrote: >>Someone wrote: >> >>>Try McGowan's in Pflugerville. It's in a small strip center on the >>>right not to far from the High School. It is GREAT. DO NOT let the >>>location fool you. >> >>************************************************************ >> >>McGowan's is pretty good. It's a Mom & Pop operation. Pop is the >>main fixture - provides the Cajun dishes. Mom is a nurse with >>the food as a sideline. She does a superb job with the desserts. > >I have to object here. Many have recommended this place around work as >a good place to go. I went there with my husband and my office mate. >They had blackened catfish, which they found good, and they also had >dirty rice which was good. I had the "blackened" chicken which reminded >me more of something fried and drenched in a heavy brown gravy -- it was >completely tasteless and unappetizing. When I asked for some rice, >because I didn't like the chicken, I got *WHITE* rice instead of dirty >rice. > >If this is authentic Cajun food then I am sadly disappointed. Perhaps >one should stick to the seafood? >-- ***************************************************************** I try to say nice things about the eateries if there is anything nice to say. McGowan's, as you point out, is not consistent with their quality. That is why I said 'pretty good' as compared to excellent, great, superb, etc.. I pointed out that the owners are Austinites - not Cajuns - and it shows. The only true Cajun-quality dish I personally have found - consistently - in Austin is the gumbo at The Captain's Oyster Bar. Other than the gumbo, Captain's does not measure up to pure Cajun, although they come closer than Pappadeaux's. Captain's has a dish they call Piroutte (I'm not sure of s pelling - call it Pea-Row - that is pretty darn good and a favorite of mine. However, sometimes it takes a while to get it and it is not consistent. It is not Cajun however - in spite of its name. Terry at Lake Bastrop ***************************************************************** * * * * * *
Austin, TX