Featured photo: A photo of a bowl of saimin soup, a popular Hawaiian noodle soup that is a lot like Japanese ramen. If I were asked to name one food item that’s popular across the U.S. but strangely unavailable in Shreveport-Bossier, I’d say “ramen.” The national ramen craze of the …
UPDATE AS OF 2/06/2014: Captain John’s Seafood (or John’s Seafood) no longer serves the Chinese Hot Pot-style soups that are the primary focus of this review. They also appear to have dramatically reduced the number of Vietnamese menu items that they offer. By the time I stepped into John’s Seafood, …
The arrival of winter weather in Shreveport-Bossier, like in much of the deep south, usually means that temperatures dip into the 60’s for a few weeks. Nevertheless, many local restaurants excel at creating soups, stews, gumbos and other steaming-hot comfort foods that are a perfect defense against the occasional encounter …
