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Went there for lunch to day, and neither Mrs. Fury, Jeeves, nor their personal photographer were anywhere to be seen. I guess two weeks is too soon for a repeat visit, even if we are talking Middendorf's.

Seriously, though, Mrs. Slow has been buggin' me to take her out there since they re-opened, and, as we arose late this a.m, missed breakfast altogether, and spent an hour at Dorignac's trying not to buy everything in sight, I relented.

We both opted to cut straight to the chase with identical orders of large fried thin catfish dinners. In short order, our platters were delivered, piled high with crispy catfish, atop fries, hushpuppies and slaw. The waitress asked if we needed anything else, and I requested some straws for the iced teas. As we started in on our feast, I noticed her, a minute later, emerging from the kitchen with a smaller platter-- which I assumed was destined for another table-- and two straws. She abruptly turned and sat all three on our table, in the process saying something like, "a few pieces fell on the floor...". On the plate were an additional half dozen thin fillets. My rule in such situations is, ask no questions, and I didn't break it here.

The catfish is as good or better than I ever remembered, and even the fries seemed superior, flavor-wise, to any I've had in a long time. Revisiting Jeeves' photos makes me realize we need to get back out there again soon for more than just the truly inimitable catfish.

Please straighten me out here, LnS... It may be that my sarcasm meter is on the fritz.

I would tend to assume the lack of straws couldn't have been that much of a disappointment.

And, it seems to me that what happened was that you somehow (some pieces fell off the plate for one reason or another) didn't get a full order and then the waitress brought out an additional plate to 'fill' your order.

Am I way off? Or did I just miss something in your post?

N.B., I've never yet been to Middendorf's but am always thinking that it would be a good idea to go the next time I am on my way to or from the city.

The sarcasm, if you want to call it that-- I'd call it being facetious-- ended after paragraph one. The intended humor was in the part about not seeing Mrs. Fury and Jeeves there. The actual review begins after the words, "Seriously, though..."

No, I didn't think the extra fish was make-up for forgetting straws, but it seemed awfully generous for "a few pieces fell on the floor..."

Low-N-Slow wrote:Went there for lunch to day, and neither Mrs. Fury, Jeeves, nor their personal photographer were anywhere to be seen. I guess two weeks is too soon for a repeat visit, even if we are talking Middendorf's.

Two weeks is not too soon. As a matter of fact hubby brought me home some seafood gumbo from Middendorf's on Friday night. Glad you had a nice time.

Low-N-Slow wrote:Went there for lunch to day, and neither Mrs. Fury, Jeeves, nor their personal photographer were anywhere to be seen.

Next time, check the back yard. We may be hanging out with the chickens.

I delayed reading this thread because the title led me to believe it was going to be a negative post....too bad you can't add a smilie or a wink so that others don't misinterpret it, too.

Glad you had a good meal. I drove to Jackson for the w/e and wished I could have stopped. I don't think I've been since I was a little kid.....besides, I'd like to meet Jeeves and Mrs. F one day, too.

RouxTheDay wrote:I delayed reading this thread because the title led me to believe it was going to be a negative post....too bad you can't add a smilie or a wink

Better now? I've also expanded the thread previews, so readers can get a better sense of the content of the first post in a topic. Hover your mouse cursor over a thread title in the forum listing to see the now 256 starting characters.