Continuing in my quest to try new things at the City Market, on this particular day we got a catfish po boy from Papa Roux. I have reviewed them before at their main location, and hubby and I had both quite enjoyed it. The menu at the City Market is more limited (no shrimp po boy, boo!), but ultimately that was good because it forced me to try something new this time.
We got the catfish po boy with a side of the mushroom étouffée ($10.50). I like the way you get a side included with every sandwich (not that you will be needed more food, but nice to get to try something else). The thing I really like about Papa Roux sandwiches is the combination of flavors you get from your filling, the “vouxdoux” mayo and the cole slaw. Especially the mayo. It has a nice tangy flavor to it with just a little bit of heat and some nice spiciness (think like Old Bay seasoning). Although the dressing of the cole slaw is probably part of the tanginess—there’s some vinegar to it. The catfish itself is pan fried and was pretty juicy. Although, just one filet seemed a little small for the huge bun. I mean, it reached end to end, but the ratio of meat to bread was a little off.
Which brings me to the part of the sandwich I didn’t particularly like—the bread. Not that it tasted bad, but the bun was so thick, I felt like if you ate it together, you could barely taste anything but the bread. We figured out a solution and just took the top bun off and folded the bottom one around the fish. This was a much better ratio although made us miss out on a lot of the dressing and slaw (we scraped it off the top bun and added it to the part we ate as much as possible).
The mushroom étouffée was a little too bland for us—honestly, I think there were one or two mushrooms in there and a sort of cheesy sauce and rice. But what was missing was flavor. If I had some hot sauce (we were already upstairs at this point) I would have doctored it up…but I wouldn’t get this particular side again. Hubby really wished we had stuck with beans and rice.
I do like the flavor combinations on the po boys at papa roux—I have yet to try one of the more Hoosier-style ones (pork tenderloin etc) but I would be interested to hear what you guys like. And it won’t be long until I have eaten everywhere at the City Market (a girl’s gotta have goals).
Papa Roux
Indianapolis City Market
222 East Market Street
Indy 46204
317/ 603-9861
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