1835 Boston Post Rd.
Westbrook, CT 06498
Telephone: 860-399-7872
Fax: 860-399-4655
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 New Orleans Restaurant
Lunch Menu served until 4:00 pm
Check our website for Specials
www.creativecooking.cc

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Lunch Menu
available until 4:00 pm

Soups
Chicken Gumbo Cup
Bowl
$4.00
$6.00
Seafood Gumbo Cup
Bowl
$5.00
$8.00
Crawfish Bisque Cup
Bowl
$5.00
$8.00
Salads
House Salad $5.00 Blackened Catfish Salad $10.00
Cajun Chicken Salad $8.00 Roqueford Salad with Grilled Shrimp $10.00
Cajun Shrimp Salad $10.00 Ceasar Salad with Grilled Shrimp  $10.00
Blackened Scallop Salad $10.00
PoBoys/Sandwiches
  Small Large Wraps
Turkey or Ham $7.00 $9.00 $8.00
Cajun Chicken $7.00 $9.00 $8.00
Blackened or Charbroiled N.Y. Strip   $9.00  
Blackened Catfish-- with mayo, provolone, tomato & lettuce   $9.00  
Andouille Sausage -- with sweet peppers, provolone & lettuce   $8.00  
8 oz Black Angus Burger. Blackened or char broiled   $7.00  
New Orleans BLT with cup of Chicken Gumbo soup   $10.00
New Orleans Ham & Turkey & Peppered Bacon   $10.00  
BBQ Pork Sandwich - BBQ pork on a hard roll with provolone cheese and cherry hot peppers, served with chips & cup of Chicken Gumbo soup   $10.00
Tilapia* - Chorizo & tortilla encrusted tilapia filet, served on a hard roll with lettuce, tomato & remoulade sauce with chips and cup of Chicken Gumbo soup   $10.00

 Dressings. Creamy Italian, Thousand Island. Tomato Vinaigrette
Add $ 1.50 for Bleu Cheese or Bleu Cheese Raspberry Vinaigrette

*Thoroughly cooked eggs, meats, poultry, shellfish, and fish can reduce the risk of foodborne illness"

 

Lunch Menu

 
Entrees
Cajun Chicken over Garlic Pasta $9.00 Crawfish Jambalaya over Rice $10.00
Cajun Chicken over Beans & Rice & Mango Chutney $9.00 Crawfish Alfredo over Pasta $10.00
Chicken Jambalaya over Rice $9.00 Shrimp Alfredo over Pasta $10.00
Chicken Ettouffee over Rice $9.00 Shrimp Jambalaya over Rice $10.00
Crawfish Ettouffee over Rice $10.00 Shrimp Ettouffee $10.00
With Dinner Salad Add $3.00      

HOUSE SPECIALS

BIG ASS SPECIAL..Cup of chicken Gumbo, small cajun chicken grinder and a choice of big ass 22oz Bud , Budlight Hurricane, or Cajun Martini.$13.50
HUGE ASS SPECIAL  Southwest steak grinder, cup of black bean soup, potato salad and a choice of 22oz Bud , Budlight, Hurricane, or Cajun Martini..$16.00
Blackened catfish served with potato salad or Red bean rice and   devilled broccoli.$13.00
Pan fried Scallops served on a bed of spinach with crawfish sauce and rice $14.00
Seafood Puff: Shrimp, scallops crawfish & broccoli in an oyster cream sauce stuffed in a puff pastry and served with a salad. $14.00
Big Daddy: 6oz NY strip on abed of spinach with poached eggs and topped with crawfish mamou sauce $11.00
Catch of the day with broccoli and a choice of potato or Rice and served with salad. $14.00

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Dinner Menu

New Orleans Starters
Blackened Cajun Shrimp -- finds spices secreted to the house sealing in the juiciest of these plump creatures, pan blackened to perfection served with tomato/garlic vinaigrette.
$10.00
Mussels Mamou --ensconce these popular mulles in a tangy tomatoey Creole sauce sprinkled with sautéed onions, green peppers and parsley; a thick combo clinging to each mollusk.
$8.00
Classic Escargot -- transcends all preparations floating in a pool of anisette liqueur butter sauce seasoned with garlic, onion and cracked pepper served with mixed vegetables apportioning a sweet, tender taste and texture.
$8.00
Shrimp Remoulade -- assigns a mellow mayonnaise mustard sauce to cloth the chilled crustacean, a novel variation on the standard cocktail sauce. 
$10.00
Andouille Sausage -- Grilled Andouille sausage served with sweet peppers and New Orleans B.B.Q. sauce , garnished with cherry hot pepper $8.00
Crawfish Puff Special -- crawfish in a lobster curry sauce, in puff pastry
$10.00
Soups
Chicken Gumbo Soup
-- signature of Creative Cooking, this award winning liquid, distinct in taste, thickened with traditional Southern file, contains a medley of vegetables, rice, and of course chicken.
Cup     $4.00
Bowl   $6.00
Seafood Gumbo Soup --   Crawfish Bisque
Cup     $5.00
Bowl   $8.00
 
Cup     $5.00
Bowl   $8.00
From The French Quarter
Seafood Puff: Shrimp Scallops Crawfish & Broccoli in an oyster cream sauce stuffed in a puff pastry and garnished with cayenne pepper.
$24.00
Seafood Filet: 10oz Filet of Beef served on a bed of spinach with wasabi mashed potatoesand topped witha lobster sauce with shrimp and crawfish
$24.00
Chef Special:  shrimp,scallops,crawfish,andouille sausage,artichoke hearts and sundried tomatoes ina brandy cream sauce served over pasta
$23.00
Bourbon Filet: 10oz Filet of Beef served with red beans and rice or wasabi mashed potatoes, bourbon street sauce and deviles broccoli
$22.00

 

Raspberry Blue Cheese and creamy fresh Blue Cheese dressing ($1.25 xtra)
Parties of 6 or more - 20% gratuities added
(No separate checks please)

Dinner Menu

 

From The Southern Waters
Seafood Lafayette - possesses a regal elegance of a Civil War here in its distinctive ginger brandy cream sauce engulfing large shrimp, succulent scallops and sweet crawfish together with broccoli, served with pasta - tres chic
$19.00
Seafood Baton Rouge- a gourmet sensation savors the essence of shrimp, scallops, and crawfish in a garlic-tomato sauce finished with a splash of vodka - a snappy approach matched with pasta
$19.00
Crawfish Alfredo Ponchetrain - moistens the regional "craw daddies" in a gentle parmesan creams sauce, extraordinary - especially crowing fresh fettuccini
$20.00/$16.00
Shrimp Alfredo Ponchetrain - a sibling share the popularity
$20.00/$16.00
Shrimp Mississippi- a choice favorite, is always a winner with the juicy fellows sauteed in a white wine garlic butter perched on top of pasta or rice
$20.00/$16.00
Crawfish Mississippi- finds these lobster like miniatures rivaling their mentor, a cherished inspiration
$20.00/$16.00
Broiled Shrimp Toulouse - white wine and tomatoes sprinkled with distinctive seasonings unite with shrimp creating this role as astounding over garlic pasta or rice
$20.00/$16.00
Seafood Gumbo- journeys shrimp, scallops, crawfish, mulles, and whitefish in a rich, red Creole sauce embellished with rice to a gastronomic destination in a tasty expedition
$25.00
 
Raspberry Blue Cheese and creamy fresh Blue Cheese dressing ($1.25 xtra)
Parties of 6 or more - 20% gratuities added
(No separate checks please)


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Louisiana's Pride
Jambalaya -- pronounced "jum be lie ya", deriving from the French "jambon" meaning ham, the Africa "ya" for rice and the Acadian where everything is "a la", is an authentic dish of either shrimp, crawfish, or chicken in a savory red Creole sauce of seasonings and tomatoes embracing olives, ham and andouille sausage.
  Whole Half Portion
Shrimp Jambalaya
Chicken Jambalaya
Crawfish Jambalaya
Combination of Two
$19.00
$18.00
$19.00
$23.00
$14.00
$14.00
$14.00
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Etouffee -- pronounced "eh two fay" means smoothed. Translated it's a luscious brown pepper sauce, a simmering, exacting roux smothering seafood or fowl.
Shrimp Etouffee
Chicken Etouffee
Crawfish Etouffee
Combination of Two
$19.00
$18.00
$19.00
$23.00
$14.00
$14.00
$14.00
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Mamou -- pronounced "ma moo" combines the perfume of Creole flavors relinquishing a "piquant" essence to its taste. This tomatoey red sauce is a splendid friend of the blackened shrimp or chicken.
Pan Blackened Shrimp Mamou
Pan Blackened Chicken Mamou
Combination of Two
$19.00
$18.00
$23.00
$14.00
$14.00
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Bayou -- pronounced "by you" contributes a brown Creole sauce enriched with eggplant enhancing its textures like the mysteries of its environment -- delicious and intriguing.
Shrimp Bayou
Chicken Bayou
Combination of Two
$19.00
$18.00
$23.00
 
Blackening -- defines a cooking method in which black, white and red peppers marry other seasonings coating the surface of fish, fowl or meat. When pan fried, the outer layers becomes black and the oh so tasty ensconced in herbs and butter sauce.
Blackened Shrimp
Blacken Chicken
Blackened Seafood Combo-Shrimp/Catfish
Blackened Chicken & Shrimp

Blackened Catfish
$19.00
$18.00
$23.00
$23.00

$17.00
$14.00
$14.00
Cajun Chicken Salad Basin Street -- colorful field greens topped with pan blackened chicken crusty with Cajun spices is a consummate meal in itself drizzled with either the talked about house made tomato vinaigrette or the imaginative creamy blue cheese dressing. $10.00
Grilled Pepper Steak -- N.Y. Strip encrusted with red peppercorns and served over garlic mashed potatoes and our own Brandy Cream Sauce. $22.00
NY Strip -- Blackened or grilled . Served with mashed potatoes, pasta or rice. $20.00
Shrimp and Chicken Bourbon Street -- is where the "action is". These two players orchestrate a mouth watering melody clothed in a sweet and sour Cajun tomato/barbecue glaze. Like Bourbon Street night life, these morsels are fanciful accompanied by red beans and rice or pasta $23.00
Shrimp Bourbon Street $19.00 $14.00
Chicken Bourbon Street $18.00 $14.00

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~Brunch Buffet ~
$12.00 Adult
$8.00 Children under 12
~ Chicken Gumbo Soup ~
~ Pork Beaumont ~
~ Crawfish Etouffee/Rice ~
~ Home Fries ~
~ Sausage ~
~ Scrambled Eggs ~
~ Fresh Fruit ~
~ Tea/Coffee ~
~Ala Carte ~
~ Oeuf Poach Ala Baton Rouge ~ *  $10
Poached eggs on an english muffin, topped with crawfish & lobster sauce.
Served with homefries & fresh fruit.
~ French Toast ~ *  $5
New Orleans chocolate french toast.
~ Oeuf Poach Ala Florentine ~ * $10
Poached eggs on a bed of spinach & english muffin, with lobster sauce, homefries & fresh fruit.
~ Bid Bad Daddy ~ * $14
6oz NY strip steak on a bed of spinach, english muffin, topped with poached
eggs and a crawfish mamau sauce with homefries & fresh fruit.
~ New Orleans Omelette ~ * $11
Spinach, crawfish, cheese and andouille sausage omelette.
Served with english muffin, homefries & fresh fruit.
~ Drinks ~
Mimosa ~ Champagne & orange juice. $5
Cajun Coffee ~ New Orleans community coffee & puccino liquer. $5
Bloody Mary ~ An all time favorite. $5
Sangria ~ A twist to the old classic. $5
Blue Bayou ~ Vodka, cognac, blue curacao, splash pineapple juice, sour mix & sprite. $6
Hurricane ~ light rum, dark rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, cranberry juice & grenadine. $6
** Thoroughly cooked eggs, poultry, shellfish, meats and fish reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses... **

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Dessert Menu
On the Street Car Named "Sweet Desire"
 



ALL DESSERTS ARE MADE ON PREMISES.

All Desserts $5.00
Ala Mode $6.00

KEY LIME PIE 

SOUTHERN PECAN PIE

APPLE WALNUT UPSIDE DOWN

CHOCOLATE VELVET CAKE

CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE

MOLASSES INFUSED BREAD PUDDIN

 

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