Here is Cajun cooking in San Antonio. Great food, great quantity, great prices. Wether it's crawfish, shrimp, catfish or wonderful Cajun sides, the Acadiana Cafe is the place to go in West San Antonio.
Location:
Acadiana Cafe is located on the west side of San Antonio on the service road off the I-410 Loop. Take Exit 8 whether heading north or south. The stop is well worth it if you're looking for authentic Cajun food.
Corn Bread:
You can get cornbread, biscuits, or hushpuppies with your meal. Get the cornbread. It's moist and huge. My guess is the diameter is four inches easily.
Crawfish Pistolet:
I don't know if this is on the menu anymore and it may have been a special of the day, but regardless, they need to bring it back. The crawfish pistolet is just what it says it is. A pistolet is a petite loaf of french bread just about the length of the diagonal on the cornbread above. The dish comes with two and is stuffed with crawfish étouffée. If you want a lite lunch or are not a big eater, this is a great gourmet dish. My guess is that it was once a lunch special. Hopefully, they will bring it back.
Fried Catfish Plate:
Acadiana really knows how to fry up its seafood. Above is a fired catfish plate with a bake potato. All the plates come with a list of sides including fries. My daughter-in-law wanted her potato baked. Note: the baked potato comes with all of the fixings or whatever combo of fixings you want.
Seafood Combo:
Sorry, I hit the shrimp and oysters before taking the picture. Same great fried seafood, but more shrimp and oysters than in the picture. The sides on this plate were jambalaya and red-beans-n-rice. There is a small extra charge for those two sides.
Crawfish Combo:
Cajun food at its best: crawfish ettoufee on a bead of white rice and fried crawfish tails. And this is the good stuff from Louisiana, not China.
Boiled Crawfish:
Acadiana boils crawfish the right way. All of the seasoning is dumped into the boil along with the salt, and then the crawfish are added. They art boiling crawfish again at this posting.
Note: I had a friend by the name of Don told me we were going to have a crawfish boil and that he knew how the Cajuns make them. So my family being from New Iberia, I asked him how do Cajuns cook their crawfish. He said they boil them in salted water and put the seasoning on after. I told that we would do two pots, one his way and one my way, and let our friends decide which was authentic Cajun. He declined the challenge.
