Located in a city that is well-known for its annual International Rice Festival and nicknamed the 'rice capital of America', this North Cherokee Drive restaurant is aptly titled Rice Palace Incorporated. The cooking is a tribute to Cajun cuisine, so there's barbecuing, grilling and braising aplenty and a generous sprinkling of appetizers, salads and gumbos.

Among the Southern chicken favorites a strip dinner with Texas toast, fried steak and grilled chicken breast may appeal and the seafood extravaganza section is rife with delicious platters and dinners Take the Acadian super platter for instance, this seafood bounty embraces grilled or golden fried shrimp, fish, oysters and a fried stuffed crab. Meat lovers can expect the likes of a hamburger steak or a 12 oz, char-broiled rib eye supreme topped with etouffee, choice of one side and a green salad.

Rice Palace Incorporated also hosts the ever-tempting lunch and supper buffets and barbecue Sundays twice a month.