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{"id":6548,"date":"2014-02-12T21:54:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2014-02-12T21:54:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:54:49","slug":"lafayette-quickie-prejeans-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2014\/02\/lafayette-quickie-prejeans-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafayette Quickie &#8211; Prejean&#8217;s Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6565\" alt=\"DSC_6075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6075-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6075-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6075-1024x676.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was researching Lafayette restaurants, Prejean&#8217;s came up often in my searches. The reviews were mixed; some said it shouldn&#8217;t be missed, others wrote it off as being too touristy. When we checked into our hotel, they offered us coupons from Prejean&#8217;s that advertised a free gumbo if we ate there and presented the card. To be honest, that was a bit of a turnoff for me, and I was ready to pass on going but when the restaurant that we wanted to try closed for lunch earlier than we expected, Prejean&#8217;s was our only option.<\/p>\n<p>I really wanted to have crawfish etouffee while in the heart of Cajun country, but we were also pretty full from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2014\/01\/the-fruit-stand-fotis-market-cafe-breaux-bridge-la\/\"> three pounds of boiled crawfish<\/a> that we had just put away, so I had Josh order just a side of etouffee rather than a whole entree. I figured it would be much less food, plus we had to eat in the car because J had fallen asleep on the drive over from Breaux Bridge, and we didn&#8217;t want to disturb her. The serving was a big cupful and more than enough. The sauce was buttery and creamy &#8211; very rich. There were tons of crawfish tails mixed in, which I appreciated. We spooned the etouffee over the white rice they provided on the side, and it was a wonderfully hearty and homey combination. The etouffee was a bit on the sweeter side, and had lots of paprika and other seasonings. I think we liked the original etouffee we tasted at the Acme Oyster House better, but this was still a good version.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6567\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6567\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6567\" alt=\"Crawfish etouffee with rice\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6093-300x192.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6093-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6093-1024x658.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crawfish etouffee with rice<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We also got a crawfish enchilada appetizer, which is supposed to be another one of their specialties. The enchilada was actually pretty tasty, with lots of cheese melted on top and some tomato-y crawfish sauce to round out the flavor. I wished there were more crawfish tails wrapped inside the enchilada though, as they got a bit lost underneath all the cheese and sauce. But it was a nice twist on a shrimp enchilada, and I&#8217;m glad to have tried it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6566\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6566\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6566\" alt=\"Crawfish enchilada appetizer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6077-300x195.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6077-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_6077-1024x667.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crawfish enchilada appetizer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Overall I don&#8217;t know if we could really pass judgment on Prejean&#8217;s, as we only got an appetizer and a side dish to go. The food we tasted was good but didn&#8217;t blow our minds. If we ever do make it back to Lafayette, there are still other places I want to try for crawfish etouffee.\u00a0 However, the enchilada was a great segue into the next part of our trip &#8211; Texas. We hit the road for Houston after leaving Prejean&#8217;s, en route to some really amazing Tex Mex food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prejeans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Prejean&#8217;s Restaurant<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>3480 NE Evangeline Thruway<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lafayette, LA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was researching Lafayette restaurants, Prejean&#8217;s came up often in my searches. The reviews were mixed; some said it shouldn&#8217;t be missed, others wrote it off as being too touristy. When we checked into our hotel, they offered us coupons from Prejean&#8217;s that advertised a free gumbo if we ate there and presented the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,88],"tags":[248,164,404,402,394],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6548"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6569,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548\/revisions\/6569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}