Antoine's in the French Corner. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon. The bad part is that most of the special dining rooms are not available so you'll be stuck in the front rooms. The good news:
25 cent martinis. Gin, vodka, cosmo, or lemon drop. That glass cost a quarter. 25 cents.
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Potage Alligator au Sherry: A well-seasoned sherry wine-laced, alligator bisque. I've always thought of bisques as being creamy, which this was not. Awesome? Yes.
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Huitres a la Foch. Fried oysters on toast buttered with paté de foie gras, served with a rich Colbert sauce. Excellent. Skimpy on the pate, but tasty all around.
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One each of Antoine’s Oyster Rockefeller, Bienville, and Thermidor
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Shrimp with Garlic Vin Blanc Sauce Served over Cheese Grits. Delicious and rich, but this was the entree...
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Soft shell crabs fried in a light batter, with a hot melted butter. Soft shell crab, in my opinion, gets a little "real" but our waiter highly recommended it. This was good but I would've been happier with just one.
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Peach Melba. A favorite concoction of peach slices, vanilla ice cream, raspberry sauce, and chopped toasted almonds.
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The oyster trio, shrimp, and peach melba were part of Antoine's special $20 lunch menu. So, yes, portions were a bit small on those (though the peach melba was pretty large), but it was still a twenty dollar meal at Antoine's.
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