Wishbone Cafe

There’s something about a Cajun craving that just can’t be satisfied without an authentic experience.  Normally, I’m all about cooking at home, but the only Cajun-style meals I know feed approximately the entire neighborhood.  So, in lieu of throwing a crayfish boil block party, I took a friend’s word and made for the Wishbone Cafe.

Tucked in a grocery store parking lot, the storefront had me puzzled — this was “the best Cajun food in town” that I ”had to go to right away” like my friend told me?

Yes.  It is exactly that.

With a menu completed with dishes titled after NoLa’s own, this is one to bring everyone to.  I’m pretty sure I’m gonna take my dad and make him order the Louis Armstrong.

Not all things “Cajun” are good — normally I’d expect a pile of incredibly salty, pepper-coated pieces of so-called “blackened” fish.  If that’s been your experience, don’t let it ruin your opinion of this incredible cuisine.  Cajun cooking is the food of family tradition, of simplicity in spices and something that relies on good, wholesome ingredients, letting the food speak (or rather, taste) for itself.  There are no recipes for most meals cajun, just memory of how its done, informed and enhanced by what’s available by the season.

If you haven’t already hopped in your car to check this place out, you should.  It’s worth whatever drive you’re making.  Just get this food in your mouth.