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I
was on a genealogy / graveyard exploring / football stadium documenting
trip a few days ago, and as I was passing through Taylor, Texas (Home of
the Taylor Ducks) I came upon an oxymoron of eating establishments.
Right there on 3rd street was the Gourmet Country Café.
I wasn’t sure what they served but I was hungry enough to find
out.
I have seen eating establishments with the word “country” in
the name and in the big cities of Texas I’ve even seen a few with the
word “gourmet” in the name, but I have never seen “gourmet” and
“country” on the same sign describing a place to eat.
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Tortillo Breaded Catfish
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Creamy Pablano Soup
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When I went inside it looked country
enough all right. The
waitress was even wearing cut off jeans.
She handed me a menu and before I could see what a gourmet chicken
fried steak was going for in a gourmet café she began to describe the
special of the day.
I started off with a glass of ice tea
and a simple tossed salad. Since
this was a gourmet place I ordered it with bleu cheese dressing.
Then there was the bowl a creamy pablano
soup. The
Pablano chili is the big pepper folks like to stuff with cheese and
also make Chiles Rellenos. I’ve
had it grilled, stuffed and fried but never in a soup.
It was very good
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The special of the day was catfish.
This was not your run of the mill Lake Buchanan rolled in corn meal
deep fried catfish. This catfish was rolled in crushed tortilla chips, fried and
covered with pico de gallo. This
pico de gallo even had a lot of onions.
You know it’s getting harder and harder to get many if any onions
on anything anymore, even at a country café and the older I get the more
I like onions. Am I getting
inconsiderate in my old age?
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Hummingbird cake
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Gourmet Country Cafe & Catering
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Side dishes? Too many to try, but I did
try a few.
Mashed potatoes, made with red skinned
potatoes. Does that make a
difference? I don’t know,
but they sure were good.
Creamy squash casserole; anybody would
like this even if they don’t like squash.
Dessert? Hummingbird cake; a piece so
big we shared it. What is
humming bird cake? I don’t
really know but it tasted sort of like the banana nut cake my grandmother
use to make.
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