Love the cajun fried alligator bites at Crawdaddy’s on Greenfield? Can't get enough of the fresh pasta at Egg & Flour Pasta Bar?
Well, for a limited time, you can have them both in a new collaborative dish created by Chefs Adam Pawlak of Egg & Flour and Chef Guadencio Vera of Crawdaddy’s on Greenfield.
The alligator cajun mac & cheese will be available at Crawdaddy’s, 9427 W. Greenfield Ave., Tuesday May 10 through Saturday, May 14.
Two chefs, one dish
Pawlak says the collaboration was born of serendipity.
“I stopped over at Crawdaddy’s for dinner with friends one night, and we just got to talking,” he says. “Ultimately, it resulted in a cool collaboration between two restaurants that are across town from one another. It was really fun to work with Guadencio [Vera] on the dish. He's super chill and he makes great food."
The inventive dish brings together fresh, housemade campanelle pasta from Egg & Flour with five cheese and cajun cream sauces, cherry tomatoes, red onion, seared alligator and arugula. Every dish will be finished tableside with shaved parmesan cheese.
“We’re always looking for ways to support other businesses,” says Troy Myer, owner of Crawdaddy’s on Greenfield. “We’ve all been through so much together, and now that people are getting out a bit more, we thought it would be really great to work with Egg & Flour on something like this."
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