A Visit With Mom

Today, we went to see my mother who lives in Pascagoula, MS.  We went via Orange Beach to stop and have lunch at Cosmo's.  I'd read that the restaurant has really good food that was reasonably priced and it turned out to be true overall.  We started with Crawfish tails in a light, buttery sauce with sesame bread.  Wonderful dish and the tails were sweet and perfectly cooked.  Next, we decided to try the duck and andouille sausage gumbo.  Gina didn't care for it much and I thought it was ok.  The spice tends to get to Gina's palette.  For the main course, we split an order of seafood pasta.  It was very rich and tasty, but the only seafood noticed was shrimp and some little chunks of crab.  The dun dried tomatoes and snow pea pods enhanced the dish to above average.  We also shared an extraordinary slice of key lime pie.  So far, this has been my favorite restaurant.  In MS, Mom and Miles met us at the door.  Mom had made lunch which I hadn't expected.  I should have called to let her know the approximate time we'd be there.  Anyway, we had some good conversation and Miles cooked Ribeye steaks smothered with ports and onions with salad.  Good stuff.  For desert, Red Velvet cake.    As we were leaving, they agreed to come and see us here in Pensacola before we head back to Arkansas.