Cajun House, San Mateo

Though they may be 2,000 miles from Louisiana, the Cajun dishes and seafood at Cajun House’s two locations bridge that gap effortlessly. The chefs liberally season baskets of crawfish, mussels, and lobster with an array of spices that mimic the flavors of the South. The ingredients also reflect Old South heritage; the dishes pour forth the aromas of gator and sweet potato like the pages of a scratch-and-sniff William Faulkner novel.