I didn’t yak.
It’s an unfair title, to be sure. Yats eatery (now with something like five locations around Indy) is hardly a sickening place to dine. In fact, most everyone I know loves the place. Crave it, as a matter of fact. I’d eaten there before, but all I could remember was that I didn’t like it so much.
The wife sent me out to get some (she’s kinda crazy for the stuff and we only live two blocks away). I decided to give it another try. The staff is great and gave me as many samples as I could handle. Cajun food worries me as I have pretty wimpy taste buds in relation to spice. The things I tried steered away from fiery and they were very good. I settled on something called Cheese Chili. Not a chili in site, however. Rather, a savory mix of crayfish, something melty, beans, corn and who knows what. They glob a big spoonful over white rice and toss on some oiled bread. I headed home.
The dish was delightful, rich and warm. The rice added some heft, but no flavor. Perhaps in some dishes it’s needed to tone down the fire. Then I had a few more bites. And a few more. And more – truly enjoying them. I looked down to discover I’d only eaten about half of the generous portion. And I wasn’t sure I needed another bit. Oh, I was still hungry, but spoonful after spoonful of savory and rich had worn me out.
When you get a bucket of hot wings you can only plow along so far until you need to take a break and have some celery with blue cheese (or some such thing). Why can’t Yats understand that, while delicious, they need a little something on the side to break the taste. Some fried okra or the cajun equivilent of cole slaw. Give me less of the steaming pile of goo plus something to crunch on, leave it at $5.50 and I’d be back as often as the lines of people who crowd your stores every single day.
Oh, I guess the Ignored Critic is missing the point. Yats does just fine without me, thank you very much.
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I think one of your well written letters to the BBB is an appropriate action step with this outfit. Perhaps some comments on angies list as well.
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