Sweet Willie

Hey all, a fellow FT member and I had dinner on Monday night at Mad Boiler, a cajun seafood restaurant. The seafood was cooked perfectly, the following is how one orders:

For the cooking (all done in one bag), one chooses a type of seafood: Shrimp (Head on) • Shrimp (Head off) • King Crab Legs • Snow Crab Legs • Crawfish • Mussels • Clams • Lobster (Whole) • Lobster (Tail) • Blue Crab • Dungeness Crab

Then sauce: Garlic Butter • Sweet Chill • Coco Curry • Cajun Louislana Dry Rub

Then spice level, 1-4 chilies

Finally, any additions such as: Corn • Sausage • Potato • Bread • Jasmine Rice

I chose the head on shrimp w/dry rub, 3 chilies, and added sausage & potato.
Friend chose crayfish w/garlic butter, 3 chilies, corn

We were warned that the dry rub is especially spicy & did we really want 3 chilies, we assured the waiter we did.

Seafood comes out in the bags that the items have been cooked in, one then empties the contents into a tray & digs in.

Restaurant does supply plastic bibs & gloves. We wore the bibs and skipped the gloves.

ALL ARE WELCOME, who's interested in dinner?

Time: 7pm due to Blackhawks playing at 7:30 on same night, by 7pm, restaurant should be cleared of any Blackhawk fans attending the game

Venue:
Mad Boiler
1045 W Madison
Chicago, IL 60607
http://www.madboiler.com/

Attending: (capping at 15 attendees)
polkacat +1
the_happiness_store
cubbie
xaliasx
jetsetasianboi
Ceres
CMK10
smitty06
touringuy
dr88
lanac
United747
ericbn2011
Willie

Waitlist:

Maybe:
shoeflyer
ORD-TGU

No Can Do:
goodeats21
Plainsman
KMA26
FriendlySkies
1P
-

polkacat

Looks like a ton of fun, count me in!!!

the_happiness_store

I 've had this one on my radar for quite a while - even googled reviews I thought of sending you the link but didn't. Regardless you found it without with me - I did see your earlier reference to it. Providing nothing untoward happens I will be there.

Sweet Willie

glad you two are able to make it.


I forgot to mention in the first post, this dinner is one where you dig in with your hands and get messy, you will go through a lot of napkins. (so I would suggest that you don't wear your finest clothes to this dinner)

cubbie

Count me in too! (Hope i don't have to cancel; I'm really looking forward to this.)

shoeflyer

Maybe for now (again); coming back from the west coast that day.

Also, there is a Blackhawks (preseason) game that night, and 1045 W Madison
is in the heart of the pregame scene, so I'd expect parking to be more difficult
than usual.

xaliasx

Count me in for this!

Sweet Willie

maybe for now & thanks for the heads up on the Blackhawks game& two more attendees, very good^

Ceres

I fly in on the third, Ill be there with a human +1 this time.

CMK10

Well United has those $139 round trips again so I'm in. I can't get to ORD until 6:30 PM though so I'd prefer the 7 PM start.

goodeats21

Sorry, not able to make this one. I will be out on the West Coast.

Enjoy.

jetsetasianboi

I just signed up and would love to join this dinner Would love to meet other travel enthusiasts...

Plainsman

Sorry, can't make this one.

Sweet Willie

7pm is the time as there is a Blackhawks game that starts at 7:30, by 7pm any game attendees should have left the restaurant. Glad you guys can make itnext time you two!very good!

Sweet Willie

FYI, capping group size at 12 for this dinner