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Mulate's Cajun Restaurant is a London Ballet even learned a Cajun Open 7 days a week cornerstone of Cajun Country's two-step here! Lunch Served 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. proudest traditions ... our music, food Dinner Served 4 p.m.- till and love of good times. We serve fresh Because you can experience the food, seafood prepared according to our own music and culture of A.cadiana at Live Cajun Music and Dancing Nightly original recipes. Live Cajun music is Mulates', visitors from around the and Weekend Lunch (12 p.m. - 2 p.m.) here seven nights a week and Saturday world and Cajuns from around the and Sunday for lunch. You can't help corner know and love the genuine but have a good time. charm of Mulates. Group Rates Available \ ··1 · ' '; Mulate's is an authentic Cajun MULATE'S ... where we Cajuns ') ~-- ' .·1)'- .. ..- n; __ ,;,w Restaurant and Dancehall. Many of celebrate our food, music and heritage, The Original the cypress beams supporting the and where the rest of the world joins Cajun Restaurant™ building were hauled in from the in our celebration. Hope you will join nearby swamp in Henderson. The us soon for a bon temp! (good time) ! floors have supported five generations BREAUX BRIDGE LOUISIANA of Cajun dancers. You're as likely to Until then ... hear french spoken as English. laissez les bon temps rouler! Bienvenue a L' Acadie! Children are more than welcome and (let the good times roll) ! "We want you to bring home are likely to be seen bouncing around the dancefloor ... this too is part of our a uniquely Cajun memory Cajun tradition. of Acadiana, so bring your whole family to Mulate's in Since 1980, we've worked hard to earn Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. the reputation of being the ideal way You'll love our true for visitors to experience the "joie de Cajun cooking and you'll 325 Mills Avenue vie" (joy of life) first hand. Some of get a real taste of Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 the musicians and celebrities who Cajun culture too!" have enjoyed our hospitality include: 800-422-2586 • 33 7-332-4648 Robert Duvall, Paul Simon, Meg Ryan, Fax: 337-332-4013 Oliver Stone, Bill Bradley, Dennis .f- .:·. : ~~ .~ \ ; email: [email protected] Quaid, Ron Howard and the list goes The Original Goldie Comeaux New Orleans location Owned & Operated by Owner on ... Stephen Begley of the Royal Cajun Restaurant™ Kerry Boutte HISTORY OF THE CAJUNS APPETIZERS CATFISH MULATE'S CRAWFISH (Seasonal) L'Histoire des Cajuas Hors d'oeuvres Barbue ti la Mulate's Ecrevisses Specialty of the House CHRONOLOGY OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS Stuffed Mushrooms Crawfish Etouffee IN THE ACADIANS HISTORY Champignons bourrees Specialite de 7a maison Specially seasoned catfish filet topped with Mu1ate's etouffee Ecrevisses en etouffee 1604. Looking for freedom to live as they please, French settlers Fried Mushrooms sauce. Served with stuffed potato, jambalaya and cole slaw. begin moving into an area of eastern Canada. There they find fertile Champignons frits Barbue filet assaisonni, specialement, et garni avec etoujfee a la Fried Crawfish fields and abundant fish and v.rildlife. It is a heaven on earth so they Bite Size Catfish M-ulates. Servi avec pomme de terre bourree,jambalaya, Ecrevisses frites call it Arcadia, or "Acadie." During the ensuing century, the colony Bouchees de barbue et salade aux chaux. grows and prospers and the population continues to increase. Cup Of Seafood Gumbo Half Fried Crawfish & Half Etouffee 1713. The golden age of the Acadians comes to an end when the Gom'bo aux fruits de mer Plateau d'ecrevisses- frites, moiiie en etouffee English take control of their sett:iements after a war with France. The Acadians strike a deal with their new rulers. They agree to remain Fried Crawfish (Seasonal) SEAFOOD neutral in any future conflicts between the English and French. In Ecrevisses frites return, they asked to be left alone to live in peace and isolation. Shrimp & Oyster En Brochette PLATTER 1755. A power-hungry English governor disrupts the pact with the Chevrettes et huitres en brochette Acadians. He orders them to swear allegiance to the crown of Plateau de fruits de mer England. The Acadian people refuse his demand and reaffirm their Poche's Cajun Andouille (Hot) Includes stuffed Crab, Stuffed Bell Pepper, Fried Shrimp, MULATES desire to remain as neutrals. The governor retaliates against the Andouille 'cadiennea laPoche (tres primentee) Fried Oysters, Fried Catfish, Fried Frog Leg, Jambalaya, Acadians, confiscating their lands and ordering them into exile. Cole Slaw, French Fries and Garlic Bread. Some return to Europe, others move to French-speaking parts of Fried Alligator BAI(ED DUCI( Cocodrie frites Contient crabe bourree, piment dou.x bourree, chevrettes frites, Canada and still oth~rs seek haven in the English colonies to the huitres frites, barbue frite, cuisse de ouaouaron frite,jambalaya, Canard farsie south. salade aux chaux, pommes de terre frites, et pain al 'ail. Slowly baked to perfection, served with Cajun rice dressing, 1765. Acadian leader Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil arrives in sweet potato and crispy garlic french bread. New Orleans with a band of about 200 Acadians. Beausoleil realizes that city life is not for his people so he heads west to start a New SALADS Fait a feu doux, servi avec la farce au riz, patate doux et pain a l'ail. Acadia on land near what is now Breaux Bridge. Over the next SEAFOOD ENTREES several decades, thousands of other exiles would follow his lead to Sa lades southwest Louisiana. Living in isolation from the rest of the country, Entrees aux fruits de mer these Acadians - or Cajuns as they came to be called - build a Shrimp Salad Small Large wonderful new culture, much of which still survives today. Salade aux chevrettes Petite Grande Fried Catfish . Barbue frite 1785. The second great Acadian migration begins from France. Zvdeco Salad DESSERTS Most of the newly arrived settlers take up residence along Bayou Sa7ade des Haricots Fried Alligator Lafourche. Lettuce, bell pepper, tomato, topped witl1 andouille sausage, Co cadre frites Desserts baked duck, shrimp, blackened catfish, eggs and our 184 7. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow publishes the epic poem special house dressing. Topped with Zydeco green beans. Stuffed Crabs Praline Supreme Evangeline, the story of two star-crossed Acadian lovers who are Salade, piments doux, tomate, garni avec saucisse d'andouille, Crabes bourrees Creme glace a liqueur praline divided by the exile never to be reunited. For over a century, canard r6ti, chevrettes, barbue noircie, des oeufs, et notre assaisonnement de salad, ''fait ici, "garni avec haricot "zydeco. " Fried Shrimp Americans view the Acadian culture through the prism of this Chevrettes frites literary classic. Cheesecake Fried Oyster Plain or with Chocolate, Strawberries or Bluebenies 1901. The modern era begins in Southwest Louisiana as oil is Huitres frites Gateau au fro mage, servi au natural ou au chocolat, discovered near Jennings. Cajuns are isolated no longer as outsiders ou garni des fraises, ou des bluets begin pouring into the area to work the oil fields. The culture of the Stuffed Bellpepper region will never be the same as it begins absorbing American SEAFOOD GUMBO Piments doux bourrees influences. Bread Pudding Gombo aux fruits de rner Fried Frog Legs Made daily and served with our special Rum sauce 1921. The new state Constitution requires all children to attend Contains Shrimp, Oyster, Cup Cuisse de ouaouaron frtte Pouding au pain fait to us lesjours chez no us, servi avec notre sauce school, a positive step forward for the state. But a fallout from the Crabmeat, or any combination. Tasse speciale de rhum new requirement is that schools begin mandating that only English All served with Jambalaya, Cole Slaw, French Fries and Aux chevrettes, aux huitres, Garlic Bread. be spoken in classrooms and on playgrounds. Cajun children, many aux aabes ou toute combination. Small Ice Cream of whom speak no English, are spanked for uttering the words of PetiteBol Le tout servi avec jambalaya, pommes de ten·e frites, their native tongue on the school playgrounds. salade aux chaux, et pain ill'ail. Creme ala glace Large 1928. The authorities may try to silence the children's native Grande Bol Shrimp and Oyster En Brochette Pecan Pie tongue, but they cannot stop the Cajuns from playing their Chevrettes et huitres en brochette Tarte aux pacane distinctive music. The Breaux family records Jolie Blonde, which will eventually be called the Cajun national anthem. In the 1940's, Harry Stuffed Catfish Choates records a hit version of the song which chronicles the sad Barbue bourrees departure of a pretty blonde woman Golie blonde) from the one who Stuffed Shrimp loves her. HAMBURGER STEAl( Steak de viande hachee Chevrettes bounces 1968. English repression and American intolerance fail to destroy Broiled Catfish CHILDREN'S MENU the Acadian culture and language. The Council for the Development With The Works Barbue grillee of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) is created by the Legislature (Cheese, onions, gravy, mushrooms 6 Years and Under ushering in a Cajun Renaissance in South Louisiana. Teachers from or any combination) Grilled Frog Legs France and other Francophone countries begin arriving in the state Avec tout que chose (fro mage, oignons fonis, sauce et cuisse de ouaouaron grilles to teach the language to school children. champignons ou combinaison) Cajun Catfish Fried Shrimp Fried Catfish Served with French Fries, Cole Slaw, Green Beans and Bar71ue acadienne 1974. The first Tribute to Cajun Music draws thousands of fans to Hot French Bread French Fries French Fries Lafayette's Blackham .Coliseum. The annual event, now incorporated Grilled filet of Catfish topped with smothered onions Servi avec pommes de terre frites, salade aux chaux, Barbue grillee, garni avec des oignons fanes into Festivals Acadiens, spotlights traditional bands that have labored jardinage dujour et pain francais chaud Fried Oysters Hamburger in obscurity and provides exposure for up-and-coming groups.