Sahms At The Plaza - Blackened Shrimp Salad

Little bunny foofoo was hopping through the forest. He must have been eating green onions because he was alone.

Green onions are like pepper. Green onions are like garlic. Green onions are like hot sauce. A little goes a long way.

Opening up my blackened shrimp ceaser salad, I was overcome by a strong onion smell. "No big deal," I thought to myself.

Smell and taste are two different things. Five bites into my salad, I experienced something like nirvana. I had moved to this higher state of being. It was such a high state, the smell and taste of green onion permeated my entire world.

This wonderful salad was ruined by the over-use of green onions. I'm not taking "just a few too many." I mean a green onion extravaganza!" Every mouthful contained at least one green onion.

Red onions are usually the onion of choice when it comes to any sort of blackened food salad. The red onions provide a wonderful aroma, a great texture, and even a splash of color to the dish. If too many were added, it would only give the salad a sweeter taste. Those would have been a better choice. Green onions could have been used in this dish but in a much lesser quantity.

I will say the blackened shrimp was superb as far as a midwest salad goes. I've had shrimp salads from Burger King, Applebee's, Chili's, and a few places on the ocean coasts. I'd say Sahm's shrimp fell well within the Applebee's quality range.

The salad did have the perfect amount of tomato and parmesan as well as the right amount of light Ceaser dressing. All three of these were well proportioned and had the onion not been so pungent, the shrimp and veggie mixtures would have shown through.

The leafy contents of the salad were both spinach and lettuce with a slight bias for the lettuce. While I prefer the spinach, I thought the two blended well.

I would easily order this salad again, sans green onions. As is, I just can't recommend it. Now I think I'll washing this down with something bubbly.