Dominic the Food Reviewer: Lowcountry

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This previous weekend I visited Lowcountry at 114 N. Water St.  They provide all totally different sorts of seafood boil choices, wings, fries, and drinks. Their seafood dishes embody lobster tail, mussels, crab legs, deep-fried calamari and a lot extra.

I visited with the restaurant supervisor, Mindy, and our server Hannah. Mindy stated that Lowcountry opened in Downtown Milwaukee a yr in a half in the past. The house owners who function the seafood restaurant are Pan and Dana Hompluem. They run three extra eating places in Chicago (Chinatown, Lakeview and South Loop).

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The Hompluems are from the south, and so they needed to deliver a seafood boil idea and tradition to Chicago and Milwaukee.  They opened a full service bar two weeks in the past, situated proper on the entrance of the restaurant, and they are going to be constructing an incredible bar space on their patio exterior quickly.

The seafood restaurant has a New Orleans theme.

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I observed whereas I used to be sitting at my desk that there was all types of vegetation within the glass ceiling lounge space. Mindy stated that each one these vegetation are 100% actual. They’ve so many lovely areas and areas with a lot of seating that embody lengthy gathering tables, excessive get up tables and picnic tables.

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I observed they’ve distinctive lantern lights in entrance proper between the bar and kitchen space. There’s a personal eating room the place you’ll be able to have particular events like birthday events, graduations or small gatherings. It’s an attractive restaurant. 

They introduced out appetizers that I might attempt that included wings, fried calamari, fried shrimp and waffle fries. With my wings, I dipped them in some creamy ranch dipping sauce with bbq sauce.

I ate these wings proper right down to their bones. They have been good and further tender after I took my first chunk.

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The calamari had a pleasant crispy texture to it. What I completely beloved in regards to the it was the good skinny coating of breading as a result of it provides it that good and scorching taste to it.

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I am an enormous fan of shrimp, and theirs was jumbo and stuffed with taste. 

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The waffle fries had simply the correct amount of spices and seasonings to it to make them flavorful.

For my fundamental course meal, Mindy let me attempt a seafood boil, which got here with contemporary seafood that included lobster, shrimp, crab legs, mussels, crawfish, chopped up corn on the cob, and potatoes. She introduced it out in an infinite bag with all their seafood inside.

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Their idea right here is to placed on a bib, get down into your meals and have a good time digging in and getting messy. The bag got here with all of the instruments to eat the seafood, together with gloves. It was such blast studying from Mindy methods to break crab legs open through the use of the software to bend the crab legs and break it off with my gloves. I actually dug in and made a large number, and it was a lot enjoyable.

I went by way of the crab legs and tried so lots of them and I couldn’t cease as a result of they tasted like they have been proper out of the ocean. These crab legs had a pleasant and flavorful texture to them. The mussels that I attempted had a pleasant and juicy style to them after they went proper by way of my mouth and I loved sucking the juice. After I was making an attempt the crawfish, I pretended it was going proper by way of the water. I believed it was tremendous humorous! That crawfish had a really delicate taste to it and was scrumptious. The lobster tail was additionally good.

It got here with corn bread that had a pleasant and moist texture to it. That cornbread was out of this world. Their cornbread recipe is Dana, the proprietor’s, recipe.

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For dessert, I obtained to attempt their hand-crafted beignets, and deep fried Oreos. I beloved how heat and candy the beignet was. I might eat these all day.

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The deep fried Oreos have been an actual deal with too. You must attempt these desserts right here. 

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I’d extremely suggest checking this seafood boil restaurant out as a result of their meals was very filling and you’ll have a blast getting messy and making an attempt all their seafood. In case you haven’t used a tweezers for crab legs earlier than, simply ask any of the waitstaff or the overall supervisor, Mindy, and they’ll positively train you methods to use them.

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It was one in all my all time favourite experiences happening a seafood journey.

They’re launching a brand new combo for Mom’s Day that’s like their Payday Combo, however with the addition of lobster. You guys will love this place.