Pelican Club Restaurant and Bar 312 Exchange Place New Orleans, LA Phone: 504-523-1504 Fax:504-522-2331   WELCOME|MENU|CHEF|RECIPES|MAP Richard Hughes Executive Chef Before opening The Pelican Club in July 1990, Richard could look back on early training in some of the most respected restaurants in the new Orleans area (among them la Provence, The Fairmont Hotel's Sazcrac and Dante by the River), as well as opening three New York City restaurants - Memphis, Coastal and 107 West - that helped define the free-wheeling Manhattan style of the 1980's. Since creating The Pelican Club, he also has developed the menus at two Los Angeles eateries, Georgia (a Southern-style establishment owned by Denzel Washington and former LA Laker Norm Nixon) and Roxbury. While The Pelican Club's menu is solidly grounded in the New Orleans and Acadian mainstream, Richard has given his imagination free reign. The results are such dishes as panned Gulf Fish with Louisiana Barbecue Shrimp, pan roasted filet mignon served with mixed mushrooms, toasted garlic fricassee & Madeira demiglace, Gulf oysters, baked on the half shell with apple-smoked bacon, roasted red peppers. Parmesan & garlic herb butter, creamy crab & lobster bisque and hearts of Romaine served with bleu cheese and Alecia's Tomato Chutney Vinaigrette. The strong Asian influences of the menu are due to the presence in the kitchen of Chef de Cuisine/Co-Proprietor, Chin Ling, a Singapore native. His Chinese heritage has helped create such Asian inspired menu favorites as the shrimp and five duck confit spring rolls, spicy coconut curried shrimp and Crawfish & Shrimp Potstickers with ponzu. All of these innovative dishes are served in three dining rooms and a large bar fashioned from a handsome, 19th century French Quarter townhouse rising from the corner of Bienville Street and Exchange Place in the Quarter's heart. Hughes and his wife, architect-designer Jean Stinnett-Hughes, transformed a neglected architectural gem into a welcoming restaurant of three dining rooms and a large bar, all decorated in a crispy blend of traditional and contemporary. Each room has its own ambiance, created with such diverse elements as burnished Louisiana cypress, contemporary paintings by New Orleans artists, antique prints and the dramatic contract of black leather banquettes against cream-colored brick walls. WELCOME|MENU|CHEF|RECIPES|MAP © 2004-2007 Feeding Frenzy, Inc™ All Rights Reserved. For a truly unforgettable dining experience, visit Pelican Club Restaurant and Bar and remember to use your American Express Card.