Since I’m still a gimp, we haven’t actually done any cooking out this holiday weekend. But Saturday morning we did head to the Menasha Grill with some friends. And I’d probably trade in grilling almost any day for their cajun breakfast.
The Menasha Grill serves brunch on Saturday and Sunday each week, but I’m betting you won’t be disappointed if you try lunch or dinner there. Just go.
From the outside the restaurant, located on Menasha’s Main Street, the building looks like a hole in the wall. But the inside tells a whole different story. A yummy one. We all ordered breakfast, which is served with fresh beignets (cajun donuts) covered in powdered sugar. I just had a small taste of Jeff’s, but go ahead, order that Bloody Mary. Those were good, too.
I ordered the Crab Cakes and Eggs Pontchartrain (two basted eggs on top of crab cakes smothered with crawfish au gratin). I ordered mine with potatoes but everyone else had their breakfast with breakfast jambalaya. ($13).
The sauce that came over mine was to die for. Not spicy, just flavorful. Plus the crab cakes were the real deal.
Jeff’s breakfast, which I happily sampled, was also very good. He had Boudreaux’s Grande Isle Souffle. The soufflé was stuffed with crawfish, cream cheese and scallions and topped with cajun cream sauce and blue lump crab meat. He had his with the breakfast jambalaya ($11).
One of our friends ordered the same thing I did and the other had the Big Bayou Breakfast, which had alligator, crawfish and andouille sausage in it ($8).The portions were not huge, but they were satisfying.
We all pretty much finished our meal. And, we all decided we’re going back for lunch someday.
