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Bayou and Soul? This restaurant is soulless. There is nothing authentic about it. As an American who has traveled to Louisiana extensively and now liv…
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The Bayou Soul
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Can Creole food get more crummy than Bayou? Its doubtful. It was with great discomfort last night that I paid over 50 (for two) of hard earned cash fo…
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The Bayou Soul
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In Camden, there is only a handful of restaurants worthwhile revisiting, it's my local spot and it's nice not to have to get on public transport to ea…
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The Bayou Soul
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3 Reviews on “The Bayou Soul”
Bayou and Soul? This restaurant is soulless. There is nothing authentic about it. As an American who has traveled to Louisiana extensively and now lives in London, all i can say is to save your money and avoid this place.
Can Creole food get more crummy than Bayou? Its doubtful. It was with great discomfort last night that I paid over 50 (for two) of hard earned cash for what was probably the worst food Ive eaten in quite some time.For reference, Creole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana (USA) which blends French, Spanish, West African, Amerindian, Caribbean, German, Italian and Irish influences, as well as more general influences from the southern states.Why did we choose to try Bayou you may ask, because it comes up third when you search restaurants Camden on Google and quite astonishingly it has a pretty good rating of 4.0.To start we had natchitos meat pies and a spinach madeleine; the meat pies were like beef empinadas and were actually quite tasty, but the madeleine was a baked dish of mushy spinach and cheese with little flavour and some burnt oversized croutons on the side, and was served so hot that the roof of my mouth is still suffering as I write this.For main course I had a chicken and vegetable gumbo (slow cooked Louisiana style casserole served with dirty rice, which is rice cooked with green peppers, onion, celery and cayenne spices). Or should I say thats what I expected to get. What I really got was a gloopy, bitter casserole that tasted half Chinese, half non-descript, and a side Uncle Ben’s Chinese rice.It wont come as a surprise that we didnt stay for dessert.Dont go. dinnerwithjo.com
In Camden, there is only a handful of restaurants worthwhile revisiting, it’s my local spot and it’s nice not to have to get on public transport to eat out. So, I was looking forward to the opening of Bayou, a southern creole style restaurant.Unfortunately, it was a bit of a disappointment. The smoked tasso (pork) lacked flavor and was poorly presented, with only the bbq shrimps well cooked and really nice.The Bayou grill was a bit of a let down aswell, basically a mixed grill, and while it did the job, was nothing to write home about.The service was very attentive, perhaps too much. Ive heard reports of lack of service, but that cant be said for when we went. foodoverlondon.com