Monday, March 22, 2010
Catch
So I had a Cafe Degas post all ready to go for today but it turns out that we were scooped! So I'll give you a few days to forget about this Cafe Degas post and post mine later in the week.
That brings us to Catch.
According to some biblical scholars I know we are in the middle of the Lenten season. Now because I have years and years of CCD experience I know that Lent somehow has something to do with eating fish. So a few Fridays ago we ended up at Catch. Catch is new and they serve seafood. They are in the old Semolina location. Man I miss Semolina.
Now as I have been telling anyone who asks about Catch... I think its really hard to run a seafood restaurant. So much is dependent on whats fresh and I think its probably tougher to time things since cooking seafood can be a little more attention intensive.
You know what probably isn't hard to make though? A fish sandwich ($12) and fish and chips ($15!).
My fish sandwich wasn't awful but it wasn't worth $12 either. It was just really unimpressive. To be honest I think this picture probably sums up anything I could write about it.
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Actually I just took a look at the picture and it doesn't look that bad. I guess it wasn't bad but it wasn't good either and after tax and tip you have to imagine I payed close to $16 for it.
Kerry went with the fish and chips which looked awesome on the menu. It came with sweet potato fries instead of the standard non-sweet potato fries. She seemed to like that. What she didn't like was the super overcooked fish. It was completely dried out. For $15 you expect something at least appetizing. It looks pretty good in the picture but I'm telling you... nothing special.
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So Lent or otherwise I wouldn't suggest Catch, that being said they are still pretty new so maybe they will get their act together.
That brings us to Catch.
According to some biblical scholars I know we are in the middle of the Lenten season. Now because I have years and years of CCD experience I know that Lent somehow has something to do with eating fish. So a few Fridays ago we ended up at Catch. Catch is new and they serve seafood. They are in the old Semolina location. Man I miss Semolina.
Now as I have been telling anyone who asks about Catch... I think its really hard to run a seafood restaurant. So much is dependent on whats fresh and I think its probably tougher to time things since cooking seafood can be a little more attention intensive.
You know what probably isn't hard to make though? A fish sandwich ($12) and fish and chips ($15!).
My fish sandwich wasn't awful but it wasn't worth $12 either. It was just really unimpressive. To be honest I think this picture probably sums up anything I could write about it.
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Actually I just took a look at the picture and it doesn't look that bad. I guess it wasn't bad but it wasn't good either and after tax and tip you have to imagine I payed close to $16 for it.
Kerry went with the fish and chips which looked awesome on the menu. It came with sweet potato fries instead of the standard non-sweet potato fries. She seemed to like that. What she didn't like was the super overcooked fish. It was completely dried out. For $15 you expect something at least appetizing. It looks pretty good in the picture but I'm telling you... nothing special.
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So Lent or otherwise I wouldn't suggest Catch, that being said they are still pretty new so maybe they will get their act together.
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Catch is owned by the same people as Byblos so I wouldn't get your hopes up. I know Byblos is popular but I've had too many bad experiences there involving undercooked chicken and abysmal service to ever go back.
Well that is disappointing... but I agree with your assessment of Byblos too. I am a little worried about the new seafood place the people from Superior Grill are opening up for some of the same reasons.
There is a Semolina in Metairie that's still open....and the Byblos on Metairie Road is solid (the one uptown is spotty)...just sayin'
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