Roasted Berkshire Pork belly with Steen's pure cane syrup - the perfect fat-to-meat ratio and enough for an entire meal
Arborio-dusted calamari with jalapeno lime dressing - calamari was oily and the dipping sauce, too acidic
Baby arugula, roasted hazelnuts, can vinaigrette, spicy fried oysters - these plump oysters were lightly breaded & deep fried
Spice roasted Grouper, local sweet carrot, crabmeat
Seafood Stew: Local fish, clams, shrimp and calamari - extremely bland flavors
Blackened snapper over a 'crawfish boil' - the flavors worked well together, although the pepper overwhelmed the dish a touch
Lamb chops over white beans cooked down with lamb shoulder and Morcilla
Berkshire pork chop, sweet potato and Texas apple hash demi
Bacon & goat cheese grits
Redneck Mac & Cheese
Every main course's meat was tough, particularly the chops. While Catalan falls short in the entree category, it succeeds with small plates and sides; and honestly, most of the small plates have portions big enough to be considered entree-size.
Kudos to the team for their use of farmers that supply the menu!
Catalan 5555 Washington Avenue
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