Bayou By You
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Williams is a small tourist town at the main junction heading towards the Grand Canyon. With that said one wouldn’t expect there to be much variation of food there to begin with, but we were in for a surprise. We came across Bayou By You on the main stretch of Route 66 in town and nearly walked past it on our way to a different restaurant, but Michelle noticed it and pointed it out. We definitely were glad to have stopped, because their food is delicious.
We came by during the COVID-19 pandemic and Bayou By You was only doing take out. As much as we would have loved to have been able to sit down and eat the food as it came out from the kitchen, we were just glad it was open and we could get something. So we did a to-go order and walked back to our room at the Sheridan House Inn to eat it.
The menu for Bayou By You is great, and we had a hard time trying to figure out what to get. We decided to start out with the Boudin Sampler. This was a sampler plate of the two main bites they offer and two others that they had made that day. Fortunately, they give two bites of each so we didn’t have to share any. The bites were tiny baked meatball-like and full of flavor. Our favorite were the crab bites with the remoulade sauce.
Taylor ordered the shrimp remoulade po’boy. He was really wanting to get the gator po’boy since he hasn’t had alligator in years, but unfortunately they hadn’t gotten their shipment of alligator yet. The shrimp remoulade po’boy was amazing nonetheless. The boiled shrimp were juicy and had a nice snap when biting into it. They were all tossed with a refreshing slaw that was very creamy from the remoulade sauce. The sandwich wasn’t too big, but it was plenty filling. This also came with a bag of Zapp’s Spicy Cajun Crawtators chips. We hadn’t ever had these before, and they were great.
Michelle couldn’t decide between the jambalaya or the traditional red beans New Orleans style, so we got both. We ordered the main entree of the red beans New Orleans style and got a side of the jambalaya. The traditional red beans New Orleans style were soupy at first but then we remembered to add in the rice. The red beans are brined with pork shoulder, herbs, and vegetables and had a pretty decent kick to it. The jambalaya was a delicious mix of rice, chicken, pork sausage, herbs, and vegetables. Both were good, but the jambalaya ended up being Michelle’s favorite.
We also got some Pecan Zelda Cookies for dessert. Named after their late dog Zelda, these pecan cookies looked like they were overcooked but they were quite soft and very tasty. They tasted like sweet and sugary pecan pie!
It was surprising to find such delicious Cajun food in a remote small town. Hopefully next time we go through the town we can eat in the restaurant and try out some alligator.
Google Maps Link: Bayou By You
