What's for lunch and Restaurant Reviews thread...

Almost forgot...I went to Mat & Naddie's Friday night before going out to see Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes at Maple Leaf. I was talking with THAJCODE the other day and we both decided that this restaurant is kind of a poor man's Dick & Jenny's. :shrug:

We started with a portabello mushroom cheescake. It was fairly good, with a hint of red pepper, but it was a little too light and not very rich at all as compared to the shrimp cheesecake at Dick & Jenny's. After, we shared a bowl of chicken & andouille gumbo. This was a major disappointment. The roux was really dark, so I was excited, but it was entirely too bland. For entree, I got the leg of duck. It came with white beans and turnip greens on the side and completely kicked ***. She got a filet with bleu cheese crumbles and bacon which was about as good as any old filet with bleu cheese crumbles and bacon. The desserts were outstanding. I got the Paneed White Chocolate and Almond Bread Pudding and Kelly got the Caramel Cheesecake, which I could only stand about one bite of due to the richness.

Entirely too much food. I rate the food only about 3 out of 5, but the service was absolutely outstanding. The waitress made sure our wine glasses were never empty, yet was intrusive at all once the main courses arrived. I will definitely go again, as there were plenty of other things on the menu I wanted to try.