Crazy Cajun Kitchen

8557 Research #126, 782-8597
Tuesday-Friday, 11am-3pm & 5-10pm; Saturday, noon-10pm; Sunday, noon-9pm
www.crazycajunkitchen.com

Another Asian Cajun restaurant, this small cafe in the shopping center that houses Hong Kong Supermarket is famous for its overstuffed New Orleans-style po’boys filled with fried shrimp, oysters, catfish, soft-shell crab, hot sausage, or Cajun roast beef. The menu is small and features such classic dishes as gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish or shrimp étouffée, and fried catfish. Notable menu items include steamed cherry clams in a spicy Cajun broth and Northern Louisiana-style meat pies filled with seasoned ground pork and deep-fried to flaky, golden perfection. These folks also offer seafood boils served by the pound and priced according to market; your choice of shrimp, crawfish (in season), blue crab, snow crab legs, or king crab legs comes with potatoes, corn, and a side of garlic butter for dipping. For the kids, Crazy Cajun offers popcorn shrimp and corn dogs. There’s a full bar serving margaritas and other tropical-sounding cocktails, plus cold beers including Abita Amber.

This article appears in March 4 • 2011.

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Mexico City native Claudia Alarcón has made Austin home since 1984. She worked her way through college in the local restaurant industry, graduating from the University of Texas in 1999. She has been a Chronicle contributor for 15 years and presents lectures and workshops on topics related to the foodways of Mexico, both locally and internationally.