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That was hilarious that The Major put his “gumbo” on his chair! His fried shrimp dish looked fantastic though, as did yours! Will look into this place, when we drive through this summer, after visiting New Orleans, and on our way to Florida.
Actually, Mary Mahoney's in Biloxi or the Steamer in Gulfport are much better. The Reef is good, but not as good as the above mentioned. Please enjoy! The Reef I believe doesn't add as much "flavor" so as not to offend anyone's pallet. You understand, people not from the area!
I have always found Mary M's on the bland side as well but that is comparing it to NOLA food... but Mary M's brags on their menu they are better than NOLA joints and I would strongly disagree... maybe long ago they maybe might have been but probably not...
The flounder looked quite good! Too bad about the gumbo. But like I tell my wife: Living in New Orleans has really raised the bar on what we expect at restaurants! 🍛🦀🍤
Something was wrong on gumbo hsd it b4 never seen it look like that. Agree was not gumbo, if you had asked waitress guarantee you they would of made it right or taken it off bill
Nobody in Southern Mississippi would call that gumbo either. That was an outlier, generally gumbo is very good on the MS Gulf Coast. We're not animals you know!?!
@saintsfan39475 It is hard to find a good gumbo outside Louisiana... This is one of the worst examples ever though... Mary Mahoney's claims they have better gumbo than NOLA but I would certainly disagree with that claim.
Yep or they do the metal detector and pat down. If someone or some group wanted to get in to do harm I have seen zero of these places ever have any legitimate way to prevent that. Not to mention there are plenty of weapons made out of things that won't be detected by metal detectors. It is all theatrics to instill a false sense of security or maybe even more ridiculous it is required by their insurance...
Yes that is an odd thing. I might guess some insurance companies require that or maybe some state regulatory agencies might demand it. Even Flora-Bama makes you get wanded and pat down to enter now!
Let me get this straight…you go to a different location and order the specialty of another location and complain that the food you ordered doesn’t taste like the other location…you sir are a real brainiac
The Major lives in Alabama and eats a lot of what I think is awful gumbo all the time there and loves it but this "gumbo" wouldn't be called a gumbo by anybody on the Gulf Coast I know as there was literally no liquid in the bowl. A gumbo is a type of stew/soup so what Major got had zero resemblance to that. Now personally I would have just eaten the shrimp and as it looked like he got way more shrimp in that concoction than if he had actually gotten a gumbo.
Hey, this is Major. FYI. You may call that gumbo wherever you live, the gumbo rock that you live under but that’s not gumbo. I am the Major. I have to fight for my rights to party.
Did I say the gumbo looked good? I’ll repeat myself for the reading impaired. Don’t go to a different location expecting them to be good at another location’s specialty. That’s like going to Egypt and expecting them to have excellent sushi.
The Gulf Coast has gumbo all over and so they consider it one of their specialties. So the situation is more complex than your example. Mary Mahoney's in Biloxi, MS literally says on their menu that they have better gumbo than New Orleans. In Louisiana we also have disagreements between the team New Orleans Creole Gumbo and team Acadiana Cajun Gumbo. Mobile, AL even tries to claim they invented Mardi Gras. So lots of overlap all in the Gulf Coast area but in general to my taste the gumbo and poboys are terrible once you get outside Louisiana! To people outside of Louisiana they often think they have the best and there is a French heritage overlap in the region so some similar cultural fabric exists.
