Takeout Revisit - LouZiana Food

**** LouZiana Food has closed

Well, this pandemic has kept on for so long that I'm kinda "making the rounds" again to places like LouZiana Food, that I've already done takeout from a couple of times. I've got the drill down, I called in my order and was told it would be ready in 15 minutes; which was just enough time to "hele" on over.

My order was ready when I arrived and things went quickly. I like the folks working here; they've always been quite friendly.

In addition to my "usual" from here; the Red Beans and Rice; I decided to try the Shrimp Creole as well.

Things came nicely packed. As with previous visits I wasn't particularly fond of the very dry and crumbly bread provided.

I really hadn't seen any photos of the Shrimp Creole and didn't realized that it was battered and fried before being put into the "gravy", which was a mixed blessing. I'm sure the coating prevented the shrimp from getting too hard and rubbery; though all of the coating had started peeling off into the gravy. The shrimp also had a slight muddiness to it as well. The gravy was super thick....I'm used to shrimp creole having a "bisque like" consistency; this was an almost solid "blob". The flavor was decent; perhaps a bit too much....I believe it was thyme that kinda overpowered things.

As I mentioned earlier in the post; my usual here is the Red Beans and Rice. It did not disappoint, the texture and mouthfeel this time around might have been the best I've had from LouZiana; decent creaminess, not too thick. Perhaps not smoky enough for my taste but good enough for lunch. Decent amount of sausage; quite a bit of celery this time around as I could really make that out.

Overall, a decent lunch....hearty food for some cold weather. I'd still like to find something else on the menu to pair with the red beans and rice......the really nice staff means I'll keep on trying.

LouZiana Food
7128 Miramar Rd.
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 566-6000
Current Hours:
Daily 11am - 8pm

Comments

[Junichi]

It sure has been back to soup weather again. Open on the weekends. A rarity for Miramar.

[kat]

at least the red beans & rice is consistent

[dereck]

Kirk, I don't know how you can get out of there without a roast beef po boy. It isn't like the debris sandwiches from NOLA, but it sure as hell does taste good when I want a fix!

[Kirk]

We sure are getting a wide range of weather these days Junichi! It seems that places on Miramar open with weekend hours, but then quickly change after a short period of time; i.e. GyroGrill, etc.

At least Kat!

I'll take that as a recommendation Dereck. I haven't liked the bread that this place uses, so that has kind of made me avoid the po' boys and such. But I'll definitely give it a try! THanks aas always!