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Indigo
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Restaurant
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New Orleans
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Open:
Dinner Tues - Sat
Price:
Expensive
Score (/20):
14
Reviewed By
Sue Dyson and Roger McShane
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Phone Number:
+1 504 947 0123
Address:
2285 Bayou Rd
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119
Country:
United States
Food Style:
Modern American
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When we visited Indigo the first time we were charmed by our first impressions. A grand old house with high ceilings, a feature pressed-tin ceiling above the bar, lovely working ceiling fans, and light fixtures that are almost out of control set the scene.The tables are large and the chairs wooden and very comfortable. Waiting staff are focussed and professional.On our first visit we were blown away by a dish of poached Maine lobster with pickled watermelon rind and a watermelon gazpacho. On this visit, the lobster was done tempura-style with a hideous phallic tower of rocket wrapped with Serrano ham rising from the deep-fried depths. The lobster was cooked perfectly, but the tempura batter tasted of uncooked flour and the adornments added little.A dish of pan-seared foie gras tasted beautiful, but there was an oily background which was probably the result of tentative cooking.A dish of New Zealand lamb was ordered rare and arrived on the undercooked side of rare. This is the sort of order that separates a good chef from a great chef. A great chef can cook lamb rare but heat it right through. This was only just slightly off cold in the middle. However, the flavour was good.A great dish, however, was a fillet of moon fish served on top of green vegetables. This was one of the most perfectly cooked fillets of fish we have ever experienced outside Sydney.This restaurant has hints of greatness but needs a lot of time to find its place in the world. You get the feeling that the chef needs to settle down, get back to his core business and commit to nothing but this place for a number of years, to make sure that he is ready for the wider world. He isn't yet!
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