Cafe Lou Lou for Lunch

Cafe Lou Lou's in St. Mathews was a delicious treat when I ventured out for some lunch. Do you ever feel as though you are tired of everything (food-wise) and you don't know what you want, but you want something delicious? That's the way I was feeling when I thought about Cafe Lou Lou's. I had never been there, but heard wonderful things about the food. Well, the good I heard was on point!

The Spicy Red Lentil Soup hit the spot since it was prepared properly with just the right amount of heat and diced tomatoes. I really wasn't that hungry, but I ask our server, Dane to leave the menu, since I wanted to taste at least one other item. I decided to order the Angel Hair Pasta with Veggies, which I could not stop eating. The ratio of vegetables to pasta was perfect, the vegetables (asparagus, spinach, tomatoes and onions with a white wine garlic sauce) were

                                                       perfectly cooked and the dish was topped off with cheese.

Yes, our server offer dessert and I said, "what do you have?"  He said they had a Flourless Chocolate Cake, Creme Brulee and Bread Pudding. The dessert choices were eliminated based upon a number of issues...the Chocolate Cake was out because I used to bake a Flourless Chocolate Cake in my Bakery and well, no one could ever measure up. Now, I love Bread Pudding, but it was out, just because it's a dime a dozen and nearly every restaurant has it on the menu at this time of the year (who's brave enough not to have Bread Pudding on the menu next Fall/Winter???).

So, I ordered the Creme Brulee! It looked beautiful, with the sugar caramelized to perfection and dusted lightly with powdered sugar. I picked up my spoon and angled it just so to gather just about a teaspoonful of Creme Brulee, I looked at it (as I do everything), noticed the black speckles of a vanilla bean, thought it will taste like vanilla (which I love, used to put it in my milk with lots of sugar and stir it up as my mother was yelling that we didn't have a dam (I know, (n)) cow out back), slowly placed the spoon in my mouth for that vanilla taste and nothing! No vanilla taste at all. Sure, I ate it, it was smooth and I liked the taste of the sugar on top, it cost $6.50, but I need to taste something like, some vanilla Lou Lou! Love you, Lou Lou and I will be back because I love to eat and tell.