A sunny Sunday afternoon and Steve and I headed to Fitzroy for a walk and some lunch. So hard to choose between the delights on Smith St but we decided to go with Po'Boy Quarter and placed an order and took a seat out on the street.
It didn't take very long for our order to arrive at all!
It didn't take very long for our order to arrive at all!
We did a 50 / 50 split of the catfish po'boy and the pulled pork. Both were pretty good with Steve preferring the catfish and I think I marginally preferred the pulled pork. The catfish was done in batter and was crispy without being greasy. The pulled pork was soft and juicy and sweet with a BBQ spiciness.
Now I'm not getting involved with what bread a po'boy should be made of and / or whether this version is authentic or not. The main thing to me is whether it tastes good and these sandwiches do!
The fries are nice enough too - possible a little beigey anaemic looking and maybe could do with being crispier but then we had enough crispiness going what with the mac and cheese croquette and the crispy bread.
Onto the croquette, reminiscent of a patty from back home it was super crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside but a little bland really. It could have been gooeyer and cheesier and just a bit more...well somethingier.
Po'Boy Quarter - enjoyable enough.
Now I'm not getting involved with what bread a po'boy should be made of and / or whether this version is authentic or not. The main thing to me is whether it tastes good and these sandwiches do!
The fries are nice enough too - possible a little beigey anaemic looking and maybe could do with being crispier but then we had enough crispiness going what with the mac and cheese croquette and the crispy bread.
Onto the croquette, reminiscent of a patty from back home it was super crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside but a little bland really. It could have been gooeyer and cheesier and just a bit more...well somethingier.
Po'Boy Quarter - enjoyable enough.
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