February 16 is known all over the world as Fat Tuesday aka Mardi Gras, the festival New Orleans is famous for; but if can’t make it down to the French Quarter this year, celebrate Mardi Gras with us. Chef Derek will be serving some delicious traditional New Orleans dishes- from Shrimp Po’ Boy toJambalaya and Beignets….
Fat Tuesday always occurs on the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the start of Lent. It is traditionally is a day of celebration and the opportunity to enjoy that favorite food or beverage that you give up for the long Lenten season.
In New Orleans; one of the traditions is in wearing Mardi Gras beads and giving them to others. This of course can be loads of fun……….so we are giving out Mardi Gras Beads!!
Here is a preview of our Mardi Gras dinner specials
Bentley’s Grill FatTuesday Specials February 16, 2010
Oysters and Shrimp
Oyster Shooter
Served with a slice of lemon and
horseradish cocktail sauce
$1.95
Peel and Eat Shrimp
A full pound cooked in spicy shrimp boil, served
with lemon and horseradish cocktail sauce
$9.95
Shrimp Po’ Boy
The classic New Orleans samich, fried gulf shrimp, served on a soft French roll dressed with lettuce, tomato, onion and remoulade
$12.95
Cocktail Specials
Bacardi Limon Mojito
Bacardi Limon rum, muddled limes, fresh mint and sugar, topped with soda,
a Bentley’s favorite and a
Mardi Gras standard
$7.50
Hurricane
A timeless standard created during WWII at Pat O’Brien’s bar in the French Quarter. Light and dark rums with passion fruit and orange juices, you gotta have this one on Fat Tuesday!
$8.50
Mardi Gras Mambo
A New Orleans favorite, Southern Comfort mixed with pineapple juice and soda with a splash of grenadine and a squeeze of lime,
not for the faint of heart
$8.00
Entree Selections
Jambalaya
A traditional Creole dish with tomatoes, Cajun trinity (peppers, onion and celery), Cajun spices and long grain rice simmered with chicken, andouille sausage, Tasso ham and roast pork
$17.95
Cornmeal Crusted Catfish
Fresh catfish fillets dipped in cornmeal and seared over a hot flame, served with Cajun red beans, rice and legume succotash
$16.95
Seafood Gumbo
Rich seafood stock with a dark roux, simmered with gulf shrimp, oysters, catfish and
crab, served over a ring of rice,
Bentley’s version of a Cajun classic
$21.95
Spicy Shrimp
Large gulf prawns dusted with Cajun spices,
sautéed with Cajun trinity, flamed with brandy
and finished with sweet creamery butter,
served with Cajun red beans and rice
$19.95
Cajun Chicken
Chicken breast with Cajun spice breading, finished with Tasso gravy, served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and legume succotash
$16.95
Beignets
Creole Donuts dusted with Powdered Sugar,
try these with a Creole Café Brulot
$6.95
