The Little Woman and I stopped for lunch at The Fish Stand in Seymour, Indiana while on the way to Louisville for the weekend. It's a dumpy little place in an old building, but that's part of its charm, really. The smell of deep frying assaults (or serenades) your nostrils as you approach, although the little dining room was relatively free of that aroma. It has 6 tables, I think, and 4 or 5 stools at a counter toward the back. The staff is friendly and they appeared to be doing a big Friday lunch business, with several folks lined up for carry-out orders. The place sells just about every kind of deep-fried seafood you can imagine, including Clam Chowder Bites(?) as well as a fried Pork Tenderloin sandwich and Fried Green Beans.
TLW is not much of a fish lover but bravely agreed to try the Small Pollock meal, while I had the Friday special Shrimp Dinner. Both came with fries, hush puppies, and coleslaw, and I also had an order of Crab Cakes. The food came out quickly and was cheerfully delivered to our table. We asked if they had lemon for our iced tea, and the lady brought a grocery store-sized bottle of ReaLemon juice and politely asked if that would be okay. The tea was pretty good with it, really, just like at home.
The shrimp were okay but were like you get at a cafeteria or other place that doesn't serve much seafood-- butterflied and with a heavy, hard breading that sort of masks the flavor of the shrimp. TLW's pollock had a weird, kind of chalky taste which she attributed to undercooking that made the coating taste like batter instead of breading. Maybe due to being swamped with lunch orders they rushed things a bit, maybe? I dunno, but we were on the road and didn't have time to complain. The coleslaw was not to my taste, either, but that's one of those foods like potato salad or mac 'n cheese that are a matter of personal taste. It was made with mayonnaise and was thickly creamy without the slightest hint of sweetness, but YOU might like it that way, right? It certainly seemed fresh, anyway.
On the positive side, the crab cakes were not lump crab but Bader meat (hope I spelled that right), but heck, what do ya expect for $2? They were delicious, too, nicely seasoned, as were the crinkle-cut, perfectly cooked fries. The hush puppies, of all things, were maybe the best I've had-- sweet cornbread with lots of onion and seasoned nicely. All in all, it wasn't a bad meal, it just wasn't the deep-fried gold I was hoping for... The price, to me, was very cheap compared to what we get charged in the Big Ol' Burg of Indy, so there was that, too. I'm a $$ kinda guy, so the $ meal kinda made up for some of it's shortcomings.
Lastly, and because this is a blog of experiences and not strictly restaurant reviews, I will tell ya that TLW was throwing up all the next day and 2 more days while I who am "Vomit-free Since '93" had problems with the OTHER end of the digestive tract a day later for 2 days. We certainly can't blame The Fish Stand since we ate at a restaurant (Eddie Merlot's) in Louisville that night and the bartender gave us chunks of pineapple that had been soaked in vodka for 23 days to make their own pineapple liqueur, so who knows what was the cause of our discomfort.
On the positive side, the crab cakes were not lump crab but Bader meat (hope I spelled that right), but heck, what do ya expect for $2? They were delicious, too, nicely seasoned, as were the crinkle-cut, perfectly cooked fries. The hush puppies, of all things, were maybe the best I've had-- sweet cornbread with lots of onion and seasoned nicely. All in all, it wasn't a bad meal, it just wasn't the deep-fried gold I was hoping for... The price, to me, was very cheap compared to what we get charged in the Big Ol' Burg of Indy, so there was that, too. I'm a $$ kinda guy, so the $ meal kinda made up for some of it's shortcomings.
Lastly, and because this is a blog of experiences and not strictly restaurant reviews, I will tell ya that TLW was throwing up all the next day and 2 more days while I who am "Vomit-free Since '93" had problems with the OTHER end of the digestive tract a day later for 2 days. We certainly can't blame The Fish Stand since we ate at a restaurant (Eddie Merlot's) in Louisville that night and the bartender gave us chunks of pineapple that had been soaked in vodka for 23 days to make their own pineapple liqueur, so who knows what was the cause of our discomfort.
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