Stopped by Mansurs for a soup/app lunch. I went with the duck and shrimp egg rolls and the duck and sausage gumbo. Both very good. The egg rolls were crisply fried and tangy inside, as were both sauces. The gumbo was the perfect compliment. Very rich, very deep flavor profile. I did deal with a trainee and her trainer on the service end though. As you can tell from my foodie pic, the trainee has yet to master the art of serving a soup dish from a tray without a tray stand.
At one point I was certain the entire bowl of gumbo was going to land in my lap, which certainly would be quite the downer, but she managed to get it on the table one handed, even if she did leave a flood ring around the bowl. Trainees are a fact of every work environment, and while we need to help and encourage them, more than one person coming to your table is almost like two cops approaching your car. Definitely one more than you wanted or needed. Enough about the service (though I could go on for hours about trainees) Mansurs has a way with duck, which obviously influenced my soup/app decision. The warm duck salad is fantastic, and although I’ve yet to try the twice roasted boneless duckling, it is very high on my list. I always direct those who don’t want to cook their own duck to Mansurs. There are a lot of different directions to go with a soup/app combo lunch, especially at Mansurs. I’m thinking hard about pairing the seafood stuffed mushrooms with their famous crab and brie soup for instance. Here’s a parting shot. Literally, I was leaving when I snapped this pic.
