Trina K.
Yelp
Beware! While the food is ah-ma-zing, you are destined for cardiac rest or diabetes if you eat here regularly. After Sunday church service in the area, we decided to find a local soul food place to wet our palate.
The Bungalow is nestled in a neighborhood and it is unlikely you would pass this place at any point unless you are looking for it. It is a brick corner building that consists of about 7 booths and a bar area.
Reading the menu is enough to make a fan of soul food cheer. It offers everything, from smothered chicken, liver and onions, fried catfish, ox tails, smothered steak, fried chicken, ocean perch, cabbage, candied yams, black eyed peas, pinto beans, collard greens, broiled or fried okra, cornbread dressing, macaroni and cheese and a ton of other options. Each entree is served with your choice of three sides and cornbread. Yes, you heard it right, three sides. Like I said, your cardiologist. if you live to see one would recommend you only eat like this occasionally. While there were options like baked chicken, the starch filled sides drenched in butter or sugar diminish any attempt of eating healthy. We avoided the list of desserts but we each acknowledged seeing it. Custard pie and sweet potato pie are two of the desserts I remembered seeing. The beverage selection includes Pepsi products, homemade tea and lemonade.
I ordered the smothered chicken (dark meat), cabbage, candied yams and macaroni and cheese. My soul fool com padres ordered the fried catfish and baked chicken dinners. We all enjoyed our choices and required a nap after trying to eat half of our meal. ........Moving on to the item that is served with every meal. The cornbread at this Packer inspired place is different. It's a cross between a pancake and a crepe but it really tastes like cornbread. I was reluctant to try it but was glad I did. It tasted like cornbread, was firm like cornbread and it is called cornbread, so we'll just go with that. But if I received a test with pictures of food items, I am 99% certain most people would not identify this as a cornbread.
Three entrees and beverages totaled about $40 before gratuity. Service was average the food is over the top awesome. Glad I am not in Milwaukee often and my waistline is too!