Happy Anniversary, Bleaux Magnolia!
The restaurant Bleaux Magnolia celebrated their one year anniversary this past weekend and we were glad to be a part of that delicious celebration. With chicken gumbo, red beans and rice, and all the spicy crawfish you could eat, it was a great party. Okay, so the sangria helped, too! Of course they served their yummy (Jamie’s words) cornbread and finished it with a bourbon-chocolate bread pudding. It was another reminder of the great food we’ve enjoyed this past year and of all the wonderful comments guests have made about that particular restaurant. Phillip, one of the owners, is from Louisiana and many of the dishes are from his family. Matt, the chef, takes those recipes of southern Creole cooking and brings to them a contemporary flair. Some of our favorite dishes: seafood gumbo with great spiciness, duck jambalaya with its rich tomato base, osso bucco that falls off the bone over the sweet potato fries, and the drunken skirt steak with a port/bleu cheese bonbon that you crack open and it oozes over the meat. My mouth is watering even as I write. The atmosphere is casual and on Sundays they have a jazz band playing during brunch (not that you would want to go there for brunch and miss out on my cooking here at the Inn!). We wish them continued success in the year ahead. Go, Bleaux!