Smoky and Smokin' Hot

We have had hazy milky white skies for several days. The news report is that the smoke from some Canadian wildfires in Alberta has traveled all the way across to the northern tier of states of the United States.

Spicy hotness is in Warsaw now, too. We went to the Asian Cajun
restaurant for lunch today. The Cajun part mostly is a seafood boil, crawfish, catfish, and some blackened entrees. This place just recently opened for Sunday lunches. It opens at noon so we came home from church, waited awhile, then drove over there. The restaurant sits next to Center Lake and is designed so that no matter where you sit, you have a water view. There is an outside deck, too.

 I had shrimp stir fry. Good, but not outstanding. The vegetable medley was different: cauliflower, broccoli, onion, a few slices of carrot, and mushrooms. There were some kind of raisins mixed in too. My husband had chicken curry. Quite spicy he said. Both dishes were served with rice. 

The unexpected dish was the appetizer of spring rolls we ordered. I was expecting something like fried egg rolls but with veggies inside. These were two large long rolls wrapped in an edible see-through cover. Mostly bean sprouts inside, a little cucumber, and whole shrimp laid just under the cover to make a pretty presentation. All fresh stuff, nothing fried. The peanut sauce they served with them was delicious. 

On Sundays they use the dinner menu all day. The waitress told us the weekday lunch menu is the same but with smaller portions. I might go back and try the walleye. The table next to us were eating that fish. But even using the dinner menu, considering the quality of the food and the large portions, the prices were quite reasonable.
The weekday lunch hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Did you watch any of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on television Thursday night? We enjoy this annual event, though rarely know the words and how to spell them. Smokin' hot smart kids. This year it ended in an eight-way tie. I went to bed at 11 p.m. when there were still 9 contestants. I guess it went to midnight. Though it was a little disappointing to not have a single winner, giving 8 kids $50,000 scholarship money was good, and since winners cannot come back the next year, they should have a newer crop of spellers. The 8 were repeats from last year. The foundation kind of wiped the slate clean to inject "new blood" that hopefully will be more interesting to watch next year.