text: I love CajunCreole food good bad or indifferent I first became acquainted with it when I was in the service in eastern Texas in Galveston Coming from Washington State it was a brand new experience for me the flavors were wild and exotic And since we had nothing like it in Washington I taught myself to cook it gumbo jambalaya barbecued shrimp etouffee red beans and rice I loved it all I bought every cookbook available and this was prior to Paul Prudhomme Emeril and Justin Wilson My children grew up eating Cajun and even now they ask me to cook it for them when they come homennSo I had a craving for Cajun food and headed off to Baby Kays I finally found it tucked away in a mall on Camelback The inside is inviting and there is a patio adjacent to it When I came in there was an old man playing blues at the front entrance so I knew it was the right spot nnI sat at the bar and sampled their shrimp etoufee chicken and sausage gumbo and jambalaya Of course I had to sample the Turbo Dog beer Sad to say the beer was the best part of the whole mealnnI was disappointed in the flavors of the food It seemed that they had toned the taste down so as to appease the general public Cajun and Creole food is simple yet can be made quite complex with the spices added and I do not mean just Tabasco SaucennI have to give them credit the food was obviously prepared correctly the gumbo was made with a roux the jambalaya was not swimming in tomato sauce I loved the etouffee if I had just had that and the Turbo Dog beer I would have been satisfiednnSo I will go back but only if I have a craving for CajunCreole food and only if I cannot find any place better