Happy Thursday! I hope your week is going swimmingly. And if it isn’t? At least you can take comfort in knowing that the weekend is just around the corner.

This past Saturday we drove to Bay St. Louis to visit Grannie and my mother-in-law. It was such a beautiful day, and we decided to go out for lunch at a new-to-us restaurant in Pass Christian called Bacchus on the Beach.

The restaurant looked—you guessed it—like a beach house, and it sat across the street from the water. Had it been a little bit warmer, we might have sat outside on the porch.

Since we had a late lunch, the restaurant was very quiet: just us 4 (Baby M, included) and a few other couples. It was nicely decorated, and I loved the exposed brick walls.

Pretty much everything on the menu—which consisted of seafood and classic Cajun/Creole dishes—sounded incredible, but each of us opted to start our meal with a cup of the soup du jour: a creamy (and spicy!) crab, corn, and mushroom bisque.

I was starving, so I inhaled the soup. At first bite, I thought it was too salty and heavy-handed on the spice, but once I continued eating it, it tasted better and better. I pretty much soaked up every last drop with my bread.

I knew I wanted seafood (although the croque madame was tempting!), so I chose the Maw Maw’s Remoulade salad. The salad was simple but tasty—and it was not lacking on the shrimp. I think I counted 10, and they were large, plump Gulf shrimp. I don’t remember there being any tomato or boiled egg, though, now that I look back over the menu (which is funny, because I made a comment while eating that the salad needed a little lagniappe—or something extra). Regardless, I managed to nearly clear my plate and thought the remoulade was perfect.

My mother-in-law went with the Jenny’s West Indies salad (which I almost ordered myself); I didn’t get a picture, but it looked delicious.

Mark chose the Creole Club sandwich and fries. The sandwich wasn’t your typical layered club, but it had ham, bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and a Creole mayonnaise on marbled rye bread. He only finished half so I ate the remainder for lunch yesterday.

Service was good, and the staff were super friendly (mostly commenting on the baby). If in the area again, I’d definitely come back, perhaps to try dinner.