Gumbo

Gumbo, A Taste Of New Orleans http://www.gumbo.com.ph

As a couple, we love to experiment especially when it comes to eating.
I love Italian and American dishes and hubby loves Chinese & Filipino dishes.
We also enjoy Korean and Japanese. But we also try something new and different every now and then.
Because we love to eat and experiment, we tried different restaurants.
This time, we have Gumbo, originally a New Orleans dish.
According to their website, the word Gumbo is from the African word 'okra', if you are a Filipino you would know what I am talking about.
But for others' sake, okra is a pod like vegetable often used by African slaves to thicken the stew.
Gumbo is considered as the greatest contribution of Louisiana Kitchens to American cuisine.
It was recorded that when the French settlers came to Louisiana, they brought their love for bouillabaisse, a highly seasoned fish stew.
Born out of the lack of the usual ingredients to make a French bouillabaisse, they substituted local ingredients.
After about a century, the bouillabaisse became Gumbo.
What started out as a second best became better than the original.
Today, Gumbo is generally a southern US regional term for stew-like dishes with meat or seafood, tomatoes and sweet bell peppers
but more specifically, it is a Creole dish who ingredients are okra and file powder.

You can say that the dish is an acquired taste. There is something going on when you put it in your mouth.
It is so full of flavor bursting with a hint of spice and some herbs (not sure though what it is).
It is so rich in flavor and so filling. They offer you complimentary bread and dip which is as tasty as their meal.
It is affordable. You can have 3 dishes for the less a thousand bucks.
We tried Gumbo at Gateway Mall. The place is just right but a little hot at that time.
I would definitely eat here again.